Events

Dr Katherine Hindley - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (http://research.ntu.edu.sg/expertise/academicprofile/Pages/StaffProfile.aspx?ST_EMAILID=KHINDLEY&CategoryDescription=literature) Abstract In medieval England, written words were expected to physically change the world. Written charms could heal disease or protect people from harm, often without being read or even seen. Instead, they might be dissolved into water and drunk, sealed and hung around a patient's neck, inscribed on food […]

Dr Chris Heffer - Cardiff University, UK

Dr Johan Järlehed - University of Gothenburg, Sweden (https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/johanjarlehed) || Ms Maryam Fanni - University of Gothenburg, Sweden (https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/maryamfanni) Abstract In this paper, we are interested in how city fonts, as part of place-making practices, work to sustain social difference and cohesion, and we examine the ideologies that resonate both in their graphic form and in […]

Gloria Dou - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) || Xuekun Liu - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) Abstract Pride before profit: language policing on Carousell, an online classified platform in Hong Kong  Ms. Gloria Dou  In this talk, I investigate the direct communication that takes place between sellers and buyers on Carousell, an online classified […]

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Dr. Daniel Weston - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/88/Dr_Daniel_Weston) Abstract This talk will explore language use from a historical perspective in one of the few remaining British colonies: the Rock of Gibraltar. Located on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, Gibraltar has absorbed linguistic and cultural influences not just from the United Kingdom, […]