Seminar

This seminar seeks to examine how the notion of energy transition is discussed in various contemporary discourses, more specifically in journalistic discourse. Building on the observation put forward by Richard York and Elizabeth Bell (2019) and by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (2024) that the energy transition does not correspond to historical reality, it becomes necessary to analyse the stakes of a critique of what may be described as a formula (Krieg-Planque, 2009), or even a myth (Jeusette, Pieron and Provenzano, 2024).

The contemporary landscape of Legal English is increasingly defined by a shift from a monolithic entity to a diverse array of Legal Englishes, reflecting the role of English as a global lingua franca in legal, judicial and institutional settings. Within multilayered legal systems, practitioners and professionals from various fields (e.g.

Rosina Márquez‑Reiter and Johannes Angermuller, Co‑Leads of the CSGD Language & Society Hub at the Open University, are inviting you to the webinar Understanding Communication in the Informal Economy on 23 April 2026 14:30-16:00 London time.

"Street art and the marginalized economy of Brazil: a case study" 
Kellie Gonçalves, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Bern, Switzerland 

The I-LanD Research Centre is delighted to invite you to the second round of I-LanD Seminar Series – 4th Edition (2nd semester).

Innovative in nature, the I-LanD Seminar Series showcases convenors debating issues in their field(s) of expertise. The seminars aim to encourage speakers to reveal insights, introduce adopted methodologies, highlight pitfalls, and expand knowledge in a given area.

Linguistic Lounge is a forum for researchers to present their work and connect with scholars in the Ruhr region and beyond.

DemLab Webinar Series: Session 2 – Hegemonic defeatism: How the liberal elite paved the way for the reactionary resurgence

Date: 18 December 2025
Time: 12:00 (GMT+2 / Athens, Greece)

Dear colleagues,

Please join us again in 2025-202 for our monthly Friday lunchtime online English-language seminars from London, a collaboration of the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK and DiscourseNet. 

Dear all,

I'm pleased to share the programme for the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics research seminars. They run every other Thursday, 16:00-17:00 (UK time) and can usually be attended either online or in person (unless stated otherwise).

For Eventbrite links, abstracts, recordings of past seminars and future events please go to our website: https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/events.

Upcoming seminars:

The Seminar Series "Discourse and Sustainability" is an international forum for presenting and discussing new, cutting edge, research on discourse and issues of sustainability, environment, climate change and ecology. Please join us again in 2025-2026!

To join our seminars, you will need to register: