Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin
@pauljmeighan.bsky.social
Gael Sociolinguist | Research: Colonialingualism, Transepistemic Education, Indigenous & Multilingual Pedagogies | Website: www.paulmeighan.com | Views=own, Reposts/likes≠endorsements
Call for Papers - Social (In)justice, Indigeneity and Colonialingualism: Recognition, Resistance and Re-Existence.
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Call for Papers - Social (In)justice, Indigeneity and Colonialingualism: Recognition, Resistance and Re-Existence.
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Looking forward to this new open book edited by Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta. Great to see colonialingualism used as a conceptual lens to interrogate Eurocentric ideologies in the South African context in Chaka Chaka and Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla’s chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Looking forward to this new open book edited by Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta. Great to see colonialingualism used as a conceptual lens to interrogate Eurocentric ideologies in the South African context in Chaka Chaka and Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla’s chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thrilled to share I will publish with Routledge, “Colonialingualism: An Introduction to Language, Power, and Colonialism”.
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thrilled to share I will publish with Routledge, “Colonialingualism: An Introduction to Language, Power, and Colonialism”.
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today.
Follow for updates!
My Language Awareness commentary “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education” is now published.
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
September 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My Language Awareness commentary “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education” is now published.
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece.
Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...
Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation.
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
September 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation.
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Lovely to receive this today! I contributed, “Whatever you do, don’t give up!”. My late mother, happy and proud, said this to me when I told her I was doing a PhD on Indigenous language reclamation. Here’s to you, Mum, and to all the revitalizers and reclaimers. Tha gaol agam ort.
September 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Lovely to receive this today! I contributed, “Whatever you do, don’t give up!”. My late mother, happy and proud, said this to me when I told her I was doing a PhD on Indigenous language reclamation. Here’s to you, Mum, and to all the revitalizers and reclaimers. Tha gaol agam ort.
Join the online launch of our Special Issue in The Modern Language Journal, “Critical Reflections on Colonial Pedagogies: Lessons Learned for Language Teacher Education”.
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Join the online launch of our Special Issue in The Modern Language Journal, “Critical Reflections on Colonial Pedagogies: Lessons Learned for Language Teacher Education”.
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST.
Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Thrilled to be a keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Mother Languages at CELL, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan.
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
August 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thrilled to be a keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Mother Languages at CELL, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan.
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education.
Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!
How can we address colonialingualism in language education?
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
August 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How can we address colonialingualism in language education?
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”.
Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...
My paper “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” will be published soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
July 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My paper “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” will be published soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education.
More soon!
Proofs arrived today! My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” will soon be published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
More to come.
More to come.
July 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Proofs arrived today! My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” will soon be published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics.
More to come.
More to come.
Delighted to share I’ve been contracted by Cambridge University Press to author a new book in their Cambridge Elements series, titled "Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies".
July 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Delighted to share I’ve been contracted by Cambridge University Press to author a new book in their Cambridge Elements series, titled "Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies".
Looking forward to reading how this new resource, "Navigating TESOL" (Routledge, August 2025), engages with colonialingualism and ways of countering colonial legacies within TESOL.
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
July 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking forward to reading how this new resource, "Navigating TESOL" (Routledge, August 2025), engages with colonialingualism and ways of countering colonial legacies within TESOL.
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
Thrilled to share my interview with Robert Phillipson, renowned for his work on linguistic imperialism and linguistic human rights.
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thrilled to share my interview with Robert Phillipson, renowned for his work on linguistic imperialism and linguistic human rights.
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities.
More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Our special issue editorial “Languages of the Land: Indigenous Knowledges, Linguistic and Epistemic Justice, and Multilingual Futures” is now available.
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
June 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our special issue editorial “Languages of the Land: Indigenous Knowledges, Linguistic and Epistemic Justice, and Multilingual Futures” is now available.
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Contributions collectively spotlight multilingual futures rooted in land, identity, and community.
➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...
Looking forward to my chapter “Whatever you do, don’t give up! A Scottish Gael’s language reclamation journey” being published in September.
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Looking forward to my chapter “Whatever you do, don’t give up! A Scottish Gael’s language reclamation journey” being published in September.
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Book is available for preorder (discount in flyer) ➡️ www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
Access full chapter ➡️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Delighted to share our Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM) special issue — “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability” — is now published and available open access!
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
June 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Delighted to share our Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM) special issue — “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability” — is now published and available open access!
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
jempub.com/volume-2-iss...
Excited our special issue “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability”, featuring a stellar lineup of global contributions, will be published next week in the open-access Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM).
More soon!
More soon!
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Excited our special issue “The Intersectionality of Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability”, featuring a stellar lineup of global contributions, will be published next week in the open-access Journal of Education for Multilingualism (JEM).
More soon!
More soon!
Happy to share my latest poster on Indigenous language reclamation, delivered at the Harmonious Bilingualism Network Colloquium (HaBilNet) in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Language is not just an abstract tool of communication—language is land, knowledge, culture, and identity.
Language is not just an abstract tool of communication—language is land, knowledge, culture, and identity.
June 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Happy to share my latest poster on Indigenous language reclamation, delivered at the Harmonious Bilingualism Network Colloquium (HaBilNet) in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Language is not just an abstract tool of communication—language is land, knowledge, culture, and identity.
Language is not just an abstract tool of communication—language is land, knowledge, culture, and identity.
Just launched an academic Instagram account!
I’ll be sharing updates on my research, projects, and work.
Follow along ⬇️
www.instagram.com/paul.j.meigh...
I’ll be sharing updates on my research, projects, and work.
Follow along ⬇️
www.instagram.com/paul.j.meigh...
June 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just launched an academic Instagram account!
I’ll be sharing updates on my research, projects, and work.
Follow along ⬇️
www.instagram.com/paul.j.meigh...
I’ll be sharing updates on my research, projects, and work.
Follow along ⬇️
www.instagram.com/paul.j.meigh...
What is oral tradition—and why does it matter for language revitalization?
Here are 4 key insights from my bilingual (Scottish Gaelic - English) paper, “Strengthening Gaelic revitalization: Dùthchas and oral tradition of the Gaels” ⬇️
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
Here are 4 key insights from my bilingual (Scottish Gaelic - English) paper, “Strengthening Gaelic revitalization: Dùthchas and oral tradition of the Gaels” ⬇️
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
May 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What is oral tradition—and why does it matter for language revitalization?
Here are 4 key insights from my bilingual (Scottish Gaelic - English) paper, “Strengthening Gaelic revitalization: Dùthchas and oral tradition of the Gaels” ⬇️
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
Here are 4 key insights from my bilingual (Scottish Gaelic - English) paper, “Strengthening Gaelic revitalization: Dùthchas and oral tradition of the Gaels” ⬇️
doi.org/10.13140/RG....
What is colonialingualism—and why does it matter in language education?
This framework shows how privileging dominant colonial languages and knowledges perpetuates inequities.
Here are 5 takeaways from my latest chapter, “Decolonizing Language Education” ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
This framework shows how privileging dominant colonial languages and knowledges perpetuates inequities.
Here are 5 takeaways from my latest chapter, “Decolonizing Language Education” ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
May 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What is colonialingualism—and why does it matter in language education?
This framework shows how privileging dominant colonial languages and knowledges perpetuates inequities.
Here are 5 takeaways from my latest chapter, “Decolonizing Language Education” ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
This framework shows how privileging dominant colonial languages and knowledges perpetuates inequities.
Here are 5 takeaways from my latest chapter, “Decolonizing Language Education” ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Nice surprise today—received the proofs for my chapter, “Whatever you do, don't give up!”: A Scottish Gael’s Language Reclamation Journey, which will appear in Untold Autoethnographic Stories of (In)Justice, Teaching, and Scholarship, edited by Ari Sherris and Joy Peyton.
May 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Nice surprise today—received the proofs for my chapter, “Whatever you do, don't give up!”: A Scottish Gael’s Language Reclamation Journey, which will appear in Untold Autoethnographic Stories of (In)Justice, Teaching, and Scholarship, edited by Ari Sherris and Joy Peyton.
Today, on International Mother Language Day, I'll be joining Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning show to discuss colonialingualism, its harmful effects on global linguistic and cultural diversity, and how we can address it.
Feb 21 3pm EST; Feb 22 9am NZT.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Feb 21 3pm EST; Feb 22 9am NZT.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today, on International Mother Language Day, I'll be joining Radio New Zealand's Saturday Morning show to discuss colonialingualism, its harmful effects on global linguistic and cultural diversity, and how we can address it.
Feb 21 3pm EST; Feb 22 9am NZT.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Feb 21 3pm EST; Feb 22 9am NZT.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...