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What's new?

• Some great video interviews with Wes Sharrock on the Manchester sociology blog.
• An obituary for Stephen Hester 1947-2014
• Celebrating 50 years of conversation analysis, University of York, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 from 09:30 to 17:30
• Set up this wiki, now transferring over info from Paul's website --SaulAlbert (talk) 17:06, 10 July 2014 (CEST)
• CfP 1st Groningen Symposium on Language and Social Interaction (GSLI), January 23rd, 2015, theme: Interaction and Learning; deadline submissions: September 1, 2014
• Check the EMCA News page for more.

New publications

The most recent additions to the EMCA bibliography database:

• Linell-Bredmar1996: Per Linell, Margareta Bredmar (1996) Reconstructing Topical Sensitivity: Aspects of Face-Work in Talks Between Midwives and Expectant Mothers
• Hutchinson2026a: Phil Hutchinson (2026) “Who Is Watching me?”: Recovering the Grammar of Stigma in Interaction
• Heritage2026: John Heritage, Jeffrey D. Robinson (2026) On the perimeter of preference: Low-stakes polar questions
• Burdelski2026b: Matthew Burdelski, Olga Anatoli Smith, Asta Cekaite (2026) Environmental noticings on the move: Interactional affordances and children’s engagement during preschool walks

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    • (incl.: Goffman, anthropology, micro-ethnography, etc.)
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