Christina Balaska
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Immigrant and PhD student in #sociolinguistics at @SociolingatUoL. Research interests: pinned tweet. Talk to me in 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇬🇧 about pizza and falafel #phdlife
Liverpool, England
Joined October 2022
Hello, my name is Christina and I'm currently a PhD student at @SociolingatUoL. My current project is on the ethnolinguistic vitality of the Arabic language in Greece. My research interests include language ideologies, family language policy, immigration, and transnationalism.
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Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Francesca Albanese on Palestine after the Ceasefire
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Shortly after the Gaza ceasefire deal was signed, I had the pleasure of a conversation with Francesca Albanese, the UN Rapporteur on Palestine. The occasion was MeRA25’s National Convention (Jan...
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Next Thursday, @MethodsNW has their first lunchtime session of the year. These sessions are a great way to engage in stimulating discussions about fresh methods perspectives, with the first challenging the notion that interviews are supplementary. 👇Sign up below👇
Our first online Lunchtime Session of the year is next Thursday (12pm-1pm), where we're joined by Dr John Loewenthal from @SPGSKeele to challenge the notion that interviews are supplementary or second best within ethnographic research. https://t.co/ULoqB8w8mK
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Looking forward to presenting at the event "Europeans and European Culture in the Liverpool City Region: Exchanging Ideas and Experiences" organised by my colleague @stephconnorUOL The event is now sold out! https://t.co/8kxYWlWW8v
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Tickets are now available for Europeans and European Culture in the Liverpool City Region: Exchanging Ideas and Experiences at School of Law and Social Justice Building (Events Space), Liverpool on...
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Our event "Europeans and European Culture in the Liverpool City Region: Exchanging Ideas and Experiences" (funded by ESRC Festival of Social Science) will be take place at The University of Liverpool on Saturday 19th October. More details on ticket link: https://t.co/Rj0NQ2K9TS
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Tickets are now available for Europeans and European Culture in the Liverpool City Region: Exchanging Ideas and Experiences at School of Law and Social Justice Building (Events Space), Liverpool on...
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📢 So excited to share my article on Family Language Policy and language ideologies More on language ideologies to come very soon! https://t.co/mOtZENPyDb
#sociolinguistics #languageideologies
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Coming January 2025 to a multilingual education or research methods course near you inshallah:
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This book examines what 'researching multilingually' means in practice and theory. The chapter authors reflect on the process of conducting, analyzing and reporting multilingual research in various...
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There will be sad faces as the #methodsSS2024 #qualitative #interviewing course draws to a close today. Deep engagement with process, practices, experiences and emotions of in-depth interviewing and attendees learning from each other as well as the fantastic Dr Gail Hebson.
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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Spanish Studies is being advertised at University College Dublin. Deadline for applications: 3rd July 2024. @ucddublin See link for more details:
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Bristol school helping Ukrainian children learn their language
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The weekend school is teaching refugee children their own language and traditions.
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.@arabicartsfest takes place in Liverpool next month and here's a taste of what's happening https://t.co/pPryKe2cjP
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Liverpool Arab Arts Festival returns to city venues from today with the festival celebrating the city’s unique identity.The annual event, now in its 22nd year, is the UK’s longest festival of Arab...
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📢 Only 3 days left to submit your abstracts for this conference on #Bilingualism, #BilingualEducation & #SocialConflict — hosted by @UNED in Madrid! 🇪🇸 #Sociolinguistics #Multilingualism #MultilingualEducation #MinorityLanguages #CfP 🔗 https://t.co/ppmjkSlXRw
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The next Bilingualism Matters Symposium will take place in Edinburgh on 24-25 March 2025. The call for papers is out and can be found here: https://t.co/2YMkYKn9OS Submit abstracts and encourage submissions! And plan to attend in person in beautiful Edinburgh.
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Happy to see my book review for @linguistlist has now been published on their website. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection of studies on multilingualism and pluricentricity across different cities.
Review: Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics: Hajek, Norrby, Kretzenbacher, Schüpbach (eds.) (2023): SUMMARY The study of urban multilingualism examines the coexistence of multiple languages in urban settings. Broadly, researchers focus on how these…
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HUGE WIN FOR PALESTINE French-Palestinian wins European Parliament seat Rima Hassan has become the first person of Palestinian heritage to be elected to the EU She has promised to make Gaza her priority, calling for an “urgent need to act politically now.” Congratulations
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Looking forward to presenting my research on Italian transnational families at the EU migrants in the UK symposium organised by the university of Liverpool https://t.co/AVwwg0affV
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European Migrants in the UK in the Brexit Era: Discursive Approaches – Zoom, Wed 12 Jun 2024 - Thu 13 Jun 2024 - The existing literature on Brexit has covered the experiences of EU migrants mostly...
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🤔Would you like the space to explore and reflect on the art of qualitative interviewing? ❓What are the limits of using interviews in our qualitative work? See more details about this course and others on our website: https://t.co/x3hzv6j6ak
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📢 Why care about heritage languages? Very excited to be presenting tonight for #pintofscience 🥳 https://t.co/MCfb8SRFW0
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Join us for an evening of thought-provoking discussions: from what makes a cook book queer, to the impact new surveillance techniques have on protesters in…
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10 days before #pint24! Check the programme and get your tickets here to join the science celebration here 👇 🎟️ https://t.co/tA4R5NQ4R9 🎟️ 🐝🧪👩🔬📚🔬👓🧠🐟🫀💫🥼👨🔬🔭🧫🦴 🗓13th-15th May 2024 📍40+ locations across the UK 🗣450 events
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