identity – LANTERN

Conference organised by Alex Baratta and Paul Smith, Call for papers: An exploration of religious voices and identities in higher education, The University of Manchester

06/06/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

This one-day conference brings together researchers, lecturers and students who share an interest, be it personal, teaching or research-based, in the topic of religion in higher education. The focus is to explore the reality for university students who are also members of a faith. The broad question that derives from this is essentially, ‘can the two identities of student and […]

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Call for papers: ESRC seminar series – The Multilingual University final conference, 8-9 July 2016

18/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

ESRC Seminar series: The Multilingual University: The Impact of Linguistic Diversity on Higher Education in English-dominant and English Medium Instructional Contexts Seminar 6: The linguistic landscape in higher education in English-dominant and EMI settings: Future directions UCL Institute of Education 8th-9th July 2016 Despite an established body of knowledge on linguistic diversity and bi/multilingual learners in compulsory and complementary schooling, there is […]

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Summer school on Intercultural Relations, Turku, Finland, August 2016

11/02/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Introducing and Exploring Intercultural Relations in Everyday Life August 9-19, 2016 in Turku, Finland http://www.tuas.fi/en/study-tuas/exchange-students/international-summer-school/ We keep hearing that we are living in an intercultural world and that we need to prepare for it. What does this really mean? How do we meet ‘other’ people? What are intercultural relations made of? This introductory course will tell you everything about the […]

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Course in qualitative data analysis at Kings College, London, July 2016

22/01/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Is ‘qualitative data analysis’ too vague for you? Are you wondering how to do justice to your data? ‘Key concepts and methods in ethnography, language & communication’ 4 – 8 July 2016 If you are researching social processes, institutions, culture or identity, but are unsure about how to analyse the discourse data from your fieldwork, then consider joining this […]

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Call for papers – Individuals in Contexts: Psychology of Language Learning 2 (or PLL2)

18/01/2016 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Please see the call for presentation proposals in this international conference, organized for the second time. The first one was held in Graz, Austria, in May 2014. This one will be held from Monday, August 22 – Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland Conference theme The conference will focus on the role of psychology in learning and teaching languages […]

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Living intercultural lives ….

13/06/2015 Richard Fay Leave a comment

Building on our earlier work (on Ladino and intercultural identity and ‘competence’), am pleased to say that the following contribution by Leah Davcheva and myself has now been accepted for the ‘Identities, Relationships and Languages in Migration’ conference taking place 25th – 27th September, 2015 in Cagliari, Sardinia. “Living Intercultural Lives: Identity Performance and Zones of Interculturality” The Sephardim in […]

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New Journal: International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education

14/03/2015 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

The newly created International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education website is now available here: http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-bias-identity-diversities/125026#indices The International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities in Education (IJBIDE) investigates critically the positioning of diverse individuals in formal and informal contexts of education – from kindergarten to adult education, but also lifelong learning. Diversities here refer to different identity markers such as ethnicity, […]

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Special journal issue: Chinese Students and Scholars in the Global Community: Challenges of Integration

17/11/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Special issue of the journal Frontiers of Education focused on Chinese Students and Scholars in the Global Community: Challenges of Integration together with a series of articles exploring academic interactions in the contexts of Australia, Denmark, Finland, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore. We invite you to read our articles and take advantage of the free trial access until Dec 7th 2014. Feel […]

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New Book: Researching Identity and Interculturality

22/10/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Edited by Fred Dervin and Karen Risager Routledge This volume focuses on advances in research methodology in an interdisciplinary field framed by discourses of identity and interculturality. It includes a range of qualitative studies: studies of interaction, narrative studies, conversation analysis, ethnographic studies, postcolonial studies and critical discourse studies, and emphasizes the role of discourse and power in all studies […]

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New book- Origins: A Sustainable Concept in Education

22/10/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

Fred Dervin (The University of Helsinki, Finland) and Hanna Ragnarsdóttir (The University of Iceland, Iceland) (Eds.) Sense Publishers Introduction available here: Although we live in an era of multiple identities and belongings, origins still seem to matter. For most people origins are obvious and transparent. We all come from somewhere. Yet talking about one’s origins can be highly sensitive and […]

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Ethical musings

03/04/2014 Susan Dawson Leave a comment

I have just got back from a few days at this year’s IATEFL conference in Harrogate. Perhaps I’ll blog about the conference itself sometime, but what I’d like to try and write down now is the essence of what for me was a very interesting series of conversations. They started in the very elegant surroundings of Betty’s tearooms (Harrogate tea, […]

Ethics (approval)

QI 2012 Here I come!

01/01/2012 Tanya Halldórsdóttir 20 comments

I am delighted to be returning to the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Champaign-Urbana this year, where I shall be participating in a panel reflecting on the process of ‘becoming’ a scholar. The idea for the panel came from a special issue of the Emotion, Space and Society journal being edited by the panel chair (Sophie Tamas), and all the contributions […]

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Another year, another ICQI…

01/06/2011 Tanya Halldórsdóttir Leave a comment

…and after my third outing, I feel no less excited, engaged and exhilarated by the ideas expressed, the connections made in conversation and the potent sense of purpose that pervades everything at the Congress. Here is a body of scholars actively striving for a better world, for social justice in all its forms and for an education that is both […]

Conference experiences

Article submission

12/04/2011 2 comments

I’ve just submitted an article to Gender and Education based on a content analysis I did last year as part of the MSc Educational Research. The article looks at the representation of gender relations in the online version of New Headway, and the ways in which theorisations of gender, identity and language learning may inform, and be informed by, the emergent postmethod movement […]

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