An excellent job opportunity here. Cardiff University are recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics:

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Out now! #CorpusCast Episode #28: English Language Teaching with guest Professor Mike McCarthy (Prof Mike McCarthy) on the contributions of corpus linguistics to the ELT industry!

Watch here: youtu.be/qNptE93-QJ8?si…

Audio links: robbielove.org/corpuscast-epi…

If you are interested in cats and dogs in Dickens have read of this blog post by Dr. Lydia Craig 🐶🐈‍⬛🐕🐱

blog.bham.ac.uk/clic-dickens/2…

Dante Gabriel Rossetti died on this day 9th April 1882. Beata Beatrix (Blessed Beatrice) was unfinished at the time of his death, the background was completed by Ford Madox Brown. Rossetti modelled Beatrice after his late wife the artist & model Elizabeth Siddal who died in 1862.

We're thrilled to share some of the wonderful letters in our collection, beautifully narrated by Harry Lloyd, the great-great-great grandson of Charles #Dickens .

Our first is dated from 1852, when Dickens was forced to apologise to one of his contributor writers...

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Fantastic!

Language has the potential to contribute to and/or resist dementia stigma. How might it do this? What does research say?
See our new #openaccess scoping review in the Journal of Language and Aging Research for more!
By Emma Putland and Gavin Brookes
⬇️
journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup2/jlar/arti…

Ah, great piece!

I’m pleased to say that English Literature at the University of Glasgow are advertising two new permanent posts. Applications for the James Murray Beattie Lectureships in Victorian Literature, and in Fantasy Literature, close on 6th May 24. More info here: gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/

We went to see the Victorian Radicals ⁦Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery⁩ today. Absolutely brilliant - not to be missed. Bonus: children up to 15 go free 😀

Jobs: English; Language Acquisition: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of York: Role The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is looking to appoint a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) specialising in research on lifespan language… dlvr.it/T4q3nm

Are you a multilingual linguist with language teaching experience? Duolingo is hiring! 🎉

We're looking for a polyglot familiar with typologically distinct languages to join our Learning & Curriculum org. YOU should apply!!

Read more and apply here: boards.greenhouse.io/duolingo/jobs/…

Friday afternoon meeting of the #Dickens2024 organising committee @Dickens_society

We've had the sun pop out for a bit! Anyone have any breakthroughs in their #Writing ? Or is it time to pause, maybe take a walk, before diving in again?

Evening sky

📢 #Literature scholars and #CLS researchers! Come to University of Wolverhampton for a 2-day Training School to discover new perspectives and methods.
🗓️Training School dates: 14-16 May 2024
✍️Registration and more info: wlv.ac.uk/research/resea… Bas Groes @basgroes.bsky.social

Well, 1974 clearly was a good year 😃.

Our department was founded in 1974, which makes 2024 our 50th anniversary! 🎉

We have a series of events celebrating our anniversary over the coming months. You can find more details here: lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/50…

The IDS and the Uni Heidelberg offer two fellowships for researchers of #InteractionalLinguistics , #ConversationAnalysis and #MultimodalInteractionAnalysis at all career stages who are not currently based in Germany. Application deadline: April 26, 24. ➡️ ids-mannheim.de/org/karriere/s…

Fantastic postdoc opportunity to work alongside our fabulous partners Françoise Baillet (Caen) and Dr Clare Horrocks (LJMU) on the Punch's Pocketbook archive - please share widely! eribia.unicaen.fr/recherche/punc…