Charlotte Taylor
Professor of Discourse & Persuasion
Rhetorics of nostalgia | migration discourses & memory | metaphor | WATER metaphors | mythopoesis | corpus linguistics | (critical) discourse analysis
Posting in a personal capacity
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- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor🚨 The Call for Papers for the Indebtedness in Linguistics Conference is now online! Deadline is April 15, 2026. Submit your abstracts here: indebtedness.sciencesconf.org and please share widely! #indebt2026
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorWater in a Changing Environment: Too much, too little, too hot Professor David M. Hannah (UNESCO Chair in Water Sciences) speaks at DHSS about how water quantity and quality respond to climate and other drivers of change. 📅 14 Jan 2026| ⏰ 12:30–14:00 📍 Nürnberger Straße 74, Room 00.013 #fau #DHSS
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorToday is the final day to send us your abstracts! You have until midnight (UK time)! 😁 Here is the submission link: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorIf you have never applied for a British Academy fellowship before, let me just say that you will need a lot of onboarding and the institution will have internal deadlines, so you should get in touch with your proposed partner institution/faculty mentor no later than end of January.
- Would this be Frontiers previously-classed-as-predatory journals?
- Publisher backs ‘responsible’ AI use in peer review Frontiers says survey showing reviewers already using artificial intelligence supports transparent, “supervised” approach www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
- Worth a read. My take is that universities are undervaluing the importance of the external which makes the system vulnerable. EEs receive less time & information than previously and the work done by EEs is +/- ignored by the 'sending' institution www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/extern...
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorPlease find below all information to nominate wonderful researchers in language, gender and sexuality.
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorWhen will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!
- Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorThis sounds great! Wish I could attend! It's a @unesco.org webinar on 17 Dec 2025, 14:00-15:30 (Paris time) Title: Protecting and promoting #cultural and #linguistic diversity in the #digital environment #langsky 🗣💬 #edusky www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorGB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
- Very proud of this paper which is based on work by three brilliant MA students here at Sussex. They were an exceptional team to lead and they all learnt so much about how to do research by doing research
- NEW Framing water for future action: Corporate communications by Smith, Bowerman, Elliot & @proftaylor.bsky.social jcads.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/10.... Offers new insights for research in ecolinguistics + methodological reflection essential to corpus & discourse studies at large
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor🗣️📢LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 🗣️📢 The final deadline for abstracts for CADAAD 2026 (Universidad de Valladolid) is DECEMBER 15th, 2025. There are still twelve days left for you to send your poster and presentation proposals. And remember: you'll be sad if you miss CADAAD 😉
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorSo happy to have been able to contribute a chapter on refugees as identity fraudsters in Spanish, Polish, and British media reporting on the “refugee crisis”. Congratulations to all of the authors!
- 📢 The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities co-edited with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social & Stuart Dunmore Very proud of this collection in which we have tried to shift assumptions around whose perspective we should analyse 1/4
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorWe've got an A Level Eng Lang course on child language in Jan, a repeat of our New Directions course in Feb and a webinar on social and occupational language in March. Get signed up!
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorSee below EOI for AHRC-funded PhDs at UoL. Keen to supervise a project on critical approaches to migration.
- The @livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College is accepting applications for 2026. EOI due by 1st Dec. I am keen to supervise a project on the politics of abortion care. Get in touch with your project idea! www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... @livunipol.bsky.social
- To balance out the 'delighted to announce's, I am displeased to discover that with less than a week to the deadline, I still don't know what to offer Corpus & Discourse 2026 So, this may be the first I miss (unless we count the Camerino one which we probably shouldn't) Ideas on postcards welcome 🆘
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorI am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorOur latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorAfter submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorGoing to post a few readings relating to social psychological analyses of discourses of 'effortfulness', 'earned citizenship' and migration as it seems like they might be relevant right now. First, here's Andreouli & Dashtipour (2014) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor📢 Reminder about our CFP for the Mobility and Migration Seminar in collaboration with @ihr.bsky.social! Please see below for more information on the CFP, abstracts are due on 15th November! Please share widely!
- 📢 New Seminar Series! We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorThis is why we should all be angry about the use of asylum hotels. Private firms raking in millions while people forced to live in these hotels endure appalling conditions. People seeking safety and UK taxpayers are losing out and the only winners are millionaire companies.
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorTheme: Queer (dis)belonging CfP: 5 January 2026 Website: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk (to be updated as more info becomes available) PLEASE SHARE WIDELYYYYY 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎉
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorThis little experiment proves nicely how ai just tries to get you an answer asap, one that fits the most likely or commonly accepted "truth", does a "quick google" and then lies about having done research. Which is... rather human. Oh btw:
- Funding opportunity: PhD at Sussex - Open to applicants on PhD Linguistics - Scholarships cover tuition fees, a stipend at UK Research Council rates plus some research & training costs - 5 interdisciplinary themes addressing major social sciences challenges www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorCannot believe we have to entertain the ridiculous and wrong idea that taking paracetamol "causes autism." But even if it did: - Women should be allowed to take pain relief during pregnancy - More autistic people is not a bad thing Misogyny and ableism all around.
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorHave now listened and it's great! So much to look at for A Level English Language students around representation of gender, language change and technology.
- New Word of Mouth podcast with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and @jessaiston.bsky.social on language and the ‘manosphere’ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #linguistics
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor🗣️📢 The call for abstracts of #cadaad2026 is out! 🗣️📢
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorUK meritocracy and social mobility update from The Guardian
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorToday's @britishfuture.bsky.social report presents new evidence about public attitudes to asylum - which are not irredeemably hostile. It shows a growing public frustration at failure on boats + a strong public interest in more control, which can unlock broad public support for more compassion too
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorI haven't logged in for several years but this was the nudge i needed, maybe you do too? Academia dot edu was both such a good idea initially ("facebook for academics"), later a place where people who found specific repositories too confusing went, then eventually a dated + dead place
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorJoin us for our Autumn #IdentitiesEvents Series! Register online: www.eventbrite.com/c... @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorAfter our very succesful Corpus Linguistics 2025 conference hosted by @robbielove.org at Aston, CL is going on tour! Our next conference will be Easter 2027 in Hong Kong at HK Poly U. In summer 2029 we return to Europe when @michamahlberg.bsky.social will host CL at Erlangen!
- Ah, the self-awareness of people who move to another country because they dislike immigration / immigrants
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorAnd we’re also thrilled to announce that the next RaAM Conference will be held in Pamplona, Spain! Save the dates!
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorAccurately recognising how refugees actually feel is linked to reduced fear and greater willingness to help.
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorMissed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand! YouTube links on conference website and in replies: www.cl2025.co.uk/home
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View full threadReposted by Charlotte Taylor"What counts?" by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social #CL2025 youtu.be/dcHUftGaSQU?...
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." --Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
- 'there are more pupils studying A levels in PE than in French, German and classical languages combined' at the same time on Duolingo 'the UK ranks second globally for the proportion of learners studying more than one language – led by those under 22' www.timeshighereducation.com/news/vicious...
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor*So* much research starts with difference-based questions and researchers' categories/assumptions - helping to feed or legitimise communication myths and stereotypes. But the evidence about what people say/do in actual non-lab non-post-hoc accounts of interaction shows something else entirely #EMCA
- 'The Department for Education has also made the possibility of a higher education institution “exiting the market” one of the “top tier risks” facing the education sector [...] the risk rating had been “escalated” to “critical – very likely” in 2024-25' www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-fea...
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor✨Diversifying the History of Linguistics✨ We are compiling a bibliography to highlight contributions by underrepresented groups to the study of linguistic ideas. Let us know which important publications we missed by filling out a form on our website!
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorThis morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education. This is an important moment for the oracy movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Which newspapers get talked about in UK parliament debates you (didn't) ask? Well, these ones. The Times is consistently top, Financial Times also quite consistently relevant. The Daily Mail decreasingly so. Data from www.clarin.si/ske/#open
- Which newspapers get talked about? (v2 inc. Guardian)
- Which political parties are mentioning UK newspapers you (didn't) ask (either)?
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorI've been tracking my peer review activity over the years (like @alessandronai.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com) ad wanted to share some of that for transparency, manage expectations, and reflect on what it suggests for early-career researchers' development, esp. in #polisky #commsky #policom 1/n
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorDon’t forget to send in your application before the summer hols! Deadline August 18 tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_... Open rank professorship in Tampere, English linguistics. We will be working side by side
- That #r4today interview. It's been a while since I heard anything that overtly hostile. If it weren't for the tragic content, would be prime material for anyone teaching implicational vs on-record impoliteness in political discourse
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorI hope there are linguists in court (not in the dock, obvs) but as expert witnesses.
- The grammar police have started arrested people for signs like the one I held on our last demo. It'll be an interesting test of the law, because "I support Palestine. Action is needed now" is an expression of opinion. It would make no sense without the full stop. www.instagram.com/reel/DMTrNXu...
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorProbably about 35%+ of all university Humanities posts will be closed. Those subjects will be taught in far fewer universities. There will be a lot less modular choice within those degrees that remain. A large-scale but unannounced policy change from central govt, with far-reaching implications.
- Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy - on.ft.com/3Isnddj via @FT 'Black called for the abolition of the Office for Students, set up by the previous Conservative government, which “just sees universities as a marketplace and students as consumers”.'
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylorwe would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already
- Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects. Find out more ⬇️
- Every now and again I am reminded I live in a very odd country. The radio just interrupted the normal broadcast to play the national anthem for the queen because it's her birthday today 🤷
- The latest Antisocial is all about linguistic impoliteness (& forensic linguistics) Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill makes employers responsible for protecting staff from harassment by third parties (eg clients) But what counts as harassment? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #LanguageInTheNews
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorThe Call for Papers and Call for Workshops for ICAME47, May 26-30 2026 in Koblenz, Germany, now out Submission deadlines 31 October 2025. Calls and conference dates here: wp.uni-koblenz.de/icame47/ Conference email address: icame47@uni-koblenz.de
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor🗞️ LANGUAGE IN THE NEWS: THE WRONG SOLUTION TO A NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM ✍️ In the latest Babel, read all ab out Trump and English becoming the official language of the USA
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor📢 2nd Call for Papers International Conference 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Conference theme: 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 📅 3–5 December 2025 📍 University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy ➡ CfP: www.unich.it/progetti-ric... ♦ 𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 ➡ 𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylorif you want STEM without federal funding, remember that it's the cheap humanities that subsidize funding at the internal level. cutting humanities will kill STEM. enjoy!
- Reposted by Charlotte Taylor🎒 Free Babels for your school! 📚 Request a pack of 10 back issues for your school/college/library at babelthelanguagemagazine@gmail.com (P&P applies outside the UK)
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorPreparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026
- Reposted by Charlotte TaylorBritish Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).
