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02 Sep CIRCE Seminar | Dr. Christian Ilbury | Linguistic Discrimination in Higher Education: Unlearning Accentism: A student-staff collaborative approach to tackling accent bias

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We are happy to announce the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series: Dr. Christian IlburyEdinburgh UniversityLinguistic Discrimination in Higher Education: A student-staff collaborative approach to tackling accent bias September 22, 2025 4:30 – 5:30 PM (CEST) Summary: Socio- and applied linguists have long been committed to critically...

12 Jun CIRCE Seminar | Prof. Clara Molina | Unlearning Accentism: Action Research and Critical Pedagogies

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We are happy to announce the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series: Prof. Clara MolinaUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid, SpainUnlearning Accentism: Action Research and Critical Pedagogies📅 June 30, 2025🕓 4:30 – 5:30 PM (CEST) Summary: This talk explores how to counteract language ideologies that damage speakers'...

27 May Bonn Talks on Research Trends in Applied Linguistics

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*Teaching English or Englishes? Curricular expectations and textbook realities*Dr. Philipp Meer, University of MünsterFriday, May 30, 2.15 - 3.45 pm CESTRegister here: https://uni-bonn.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/4uExmq32QCCD3lU5lEahawBuilding on a previous analysis of how World Englishes are represented in the English curricula across all German federal states (Meer 2021), this...

21 May Unveiling linguistic bias: Approaches to accent perception and discrimination

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Dr. Giuliana Regnoli, University of Salerno, Italy & University of Regensburg, GermanyDate: May 26, 2025Time: 16:30 – 17:30 (CEST)Venue: OnlineAttendees: Secondary school teachers, researchers, language instructors To register: you should create an account on the H2IOSC Training Environment. Once logged in with your credentials, choose the course...

07 May CIRCE goes to Salone Internazionale del Libro, Torino, Italy

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We are pleased to announce that on Thursday, May 15, CIRCE will be hosted at the CNR booth at the Turin International Book Fair.Claudia Soria, from the Institute for Computational Linguistics of the CNR, will give a public talk titled “Il potere degli accenti –...

07 May Intersectionality in translingual spaces: Migrant experiences from ‘down-under’

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Dr. Ana Tankosic, Curtin University, AustraliaDate: May 12, 2025Time: 14:00 – 15:00 (CET)Venue: OnlineAttendees: Secondary school teachers, researchers, language instructors To register: you should create an account on the H2IOSC Training Environment. Once logged in with your credentials, choose the course “Language and Accent Discrimination – Online...

05 Mar March 31, 16.30 – 17.30 CIRCE Online seminar

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Ten things everybody should know about (spoken) language Prof. Rob Drummond, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKDate: March 31, 2025Time: 16:30 – 17:30 (CET)Venue: OnlineAttendees: Secondary school teachers, researchers, language instructors To register: you should create an account on the H2IOSC Training Environment. Once logged in with your credentials, choose...

25 Feb CIRCE Contest Award Ceremony, Arezzo, February 21

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On February the 21st, in honor of UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, we proudly nominated the CIRCE Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in language and culture through our Writing and Video Contest. Adding depth to the event, we were honored to host a special lecture from Samuele...

21 Feb Meet the international champions of the CIRCE contest!

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We are thrilled to announce that our contest received an incredible response, with over 1,200 votes cast! 🌍✨ On the special occasion of International Mother Language Day, we are delighted to reveal the winners of the international phase. Video Contest "Act Vocally, Think Globally!" 🏆🥇To You Irene Cardillo,...

20 Feb Dear high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, join us in celebrating International Mother Language Day!

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Location: International Burch University, Block B, Room 129 Time: Monday, 24 February, at 2 p.m. Program activities: Welcoming contest participants and high school students An interactive accent guessing activity Linguistic diversity wall: Do we judge by accents? Winning stories: Inspiration behind the words - a space for high school winners to...

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