LIP Programme, Term 1 2024-25 

Sessions will take place on Tuesday, 1pm UK time, via Microsoft Teams 

Week 1 – 08 October: Introductory session (**Hybrid session** – County South B89 and via Teams) 

Week 2 – 15 October: No session 

Week 3 – 22 October: Jai Mackenzie and Aimee Bailey (Birmingham Newman University, De Montfort University): Mermaids, gender conspiracy and threatened futures in the British news media 

Week 4 – 29 October: Dimitris Serafis (University of Groningen): Soft hate speech and authoritarian practices 

Week 5 – 05 November: Helena Stakounis (Université Côte d’Azur): Language policy at the internationalised, multilingual UK university 

Week 6 – 12 November: [READING WEEK] 

Week 7 – 19 November: Sofia Orrben (Uppsala University): Stereotypes and rape myths: A critical discourse analysis of written judgments on sexual offences in Swedish district courts 

Week 8 – 26 November: Jana Declercq (University of Antwerpen): Untangling chronic pain: talking about pain, illness and medical treatment in interactions in a pain clinic 

Week 9 – 03 December:  Rodrigo Borba (University of Rio De Janeiro): Feminist and trans-affirming linguistic reform in Brazil: forms, uses and ideologies 

Week 10 – 10 December:  Korina Giaxoglou (Open University, UK): Towards a critical storytelling approach to the curation of migrant narratives 

All welcome!