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05 Dec CIRCE Seminar | Dr. Julia Swan | “Accent Bias Experienced by Instructors at Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education”

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🎓 We are happy to announce the next and last webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series organized by the CIRCE project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena, H2IOSC project and CNR-ILC. Dr. Julia SwanSan José State University, USA Accent Bias Experienced by Instructors at Minority-Serving...

21 Nov CIRCE Showcases New Materials from the University of Leeds’ “All Accents Welcome” Campaign

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CIRCE is pleased to highlight new resources produced as part of the University of Leeds’ All Accents Welcome campaign, which promotes linguistic diversity and challenges accent bias in higher education. The campaign’s main video, All Accents Welcome, celebrates the richness of spoken language and calls for...

06 Nov CIRCE Seminar | Dr. Samantha Jackson | Biased ears: Investigating and reducing accent discrimination in hiring evaluations

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🎓 We are happy to announce the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series, organized by the CIRCE project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena, the H2IOSC project and CNR-ILC. SpeakerDr. Samantha JacksonUniversity of Toronto, Canada TitleBiased ears: Investigating and reducing accent discrimination in hiring...

09 Oct CIRCE Seminar | Onur Özkaynak | Sounding Right to Teach Right? Accentism and the Racial Politics of Legitimacy in TESOL Teacher Education

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🎓 We are happy to announce the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series, organized by the CIRCE project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena, the H2IOSC project and CNR-ILC. SpeakerOnur ÖzkaynakThe Ohio State University, USA TitleSounding Right to Teach Right? Accentism and the Racial...

01 Oct CIRCE Seminar | Dr. Eldin Milak – AI accent modification tools in the construction of neoliberal bodies

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🎓 We are happy to announce the next webinar in the CIRCE online seminar series, organized by the CIRCE project in collaboration with DFCLAM University of Siena, the H2IOSC project and CNR-ILC. SpeakerDr. Eldin MilakCurtin University, Australia TitleAI accent modification tools in the construction of neoliberal bodies 📅...

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 –...

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