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Book Launch: Jason Anderson, Suyog Dixit and Ofelia García
Jason Anderson and Suyog Dixit will be joined by Professor Ofelia García for the online launch of their new book, Translanguaging in English Language Classrooms: A Guide for Teachers.
The event is:Translanguaging in English Language Classrooms: A Guide for Teachers book launch, featuring Jason Anderson, Suyog Dixit and Professor Ofelia García, 9 October 2026, 3.00pm (UK time).
Registration and further information: https://cambridgeorg.zoom.us/webinar/register/7517877538534/WN_mMEyXJbmTDuryHPdYqNCQg.
Book details: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009776813.
Publication: Christopher Strelluf
Christopher Strelluf co-edited, with Michelle Waldispühl (University of Oslo), a special issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language on the theme of Publicly engaged historical sociolinguistics and present-day conflicts.
The special issue explores how historical sociolinguistic research can engage with contemporary social issues and conflicts. Christopher and Michelle co-authored the introduction to the issue, while Christopher also co-authored a research article examining the role of participatory research in addressing language ideology conflicts in East London.
The publications were:
- Strelluf, C., & Waldispühl, M. (2026). Introduction: Publicly engaged historical sociolinguistics and present-day conflicts. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2025-0154
- Strelluf, C., Green, A., & Osmani, S. (2026). Reducing standard-language-ideology conflicts through participatory research in historical sociolinguistics. International Journal of the Sociology of Language. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2025-0153
Invited Talks: Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson delivered two invited talks in September 2026.
The talks focused on project-based learning and teacher resilience in educational settings.
The talks were:
- Supporting project-based learning in the British School Group, plenary talk at the British School Group Annual Conference (Italy), 17 September 2026.
- Teacher resilience through expertise in difficult circumstances, webinar for the Ukrainian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, 24 September 2026.
Guest Talks: Altman Peng
Altman Peng delivered three guest talks at Australian universities in August 2026. The talks explored digital culture, gender, and dissent in contemporary Chinese and Sinophone contexts.
- From neoliberal feminism to the jiaoqi/tradwife aesthetic: Two faces/phases of China’s women-centric influencer economy, Digital Media Research Centre Seminar Series, Queensland University of Technology, 18 August 2026.
- A critical reading of (distorted) dissent in the transnational Sinophone context, Chinese Studies Seminar Series, University of New South Wales, 17 August 2026.
- A feminist reading of China’s digital manosphere/sports fandom through Critical Discourse Studies, PhD and ECR Workshop Series, Asian Cultural Research Hub, University of Melbourne, 14 August 2026.
Publication: Mehnaz Iqbal and Tony Liddicoat
Mehnaz Iqbal and Tony Liddicoat have published a new article exploring the multilingual ideologies of Bangladeshi children in the UK.
The study examines how children negotiate relationships between their heritage languages and their everyday lives in Britain, providing insights into multilingualism, identity, and language use within migrant communities.
The article, published in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, is titled:
Iqbal, M. M., & Liddicoat, A. J. (2026). Between heritage and the here-and-now: Bangladeshi children's multilingual ideologies in the UK. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.
Presentations: Christopher Strelluf
Christopher Strelluf presented two papers at the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, held in Milan in June 2026.
The presentations explored regional and social variation in the history of English, examining both nineteenth-century American English and the historical development of English in Coventry, England. The conference travel was supported by SELCS conference travel funding.
The papers were:
- Strelluf, C. & Gordon, M. J. Regional variation in 19th-century Missouri English.
- Strelluf, C. & Asprey, E. “An accent exceedingly rare”: The historical emergence of a sociolinguistically “liminal” English in Coventry, England.