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| MIND Data Session Spring 2023 session 5 + | Join the MIND research group for a data session on the 30th March 2023 with Marwa Amri (Mälardalen University) on the topic of Doing project work in EFL classrooms, U3-104 Västerås, Mälardalen University 14:15-15:45 + |
| MIUN data sessions + | MIUN data sessions is a forum to bring social interaction researchers together to work on work-in-progress video recorded data sets brought by guest presenters. The purpose of these data sessions is to create a space for social interaction researchers to collaboratively work on data in order to understand the social actions as they unfold in everyday lives. In addition, these data sessions aim to strengthen the teacher education and language teaching programs, and, in particular, English language teaching (ELT) and classroom interaction research at the Mid Sweden University. Besides data sets on social interaction, the organizers of the data seminar therefore welcome naturally-occurring classroom data and especially with a focus on teacher-student and ELT classroom interaction. The following research questions (but not limited to) will be focused: * What are the findings from classroom interaction research that can be utilised to improve university teaching and learning? * What are the cutting edge research results from conversation analysis that can pinpoint good teaching practices? * Concerning methodological frameworks, the data seminar is open to any methodological approach relevant to social interaction. However, the seminar organizers have expertise on Conversation Analysis and therefore the data sessions will highlight naturally-occurring audio and video data, verbal and multimodal aspects of human interaction (e.g., gestures, body movements, body configurations), and fine-grained, qualitative, micro analysis. Social interaction researchers employ robust methodology which provides authentic information about the audio and video data as and how it happens by focusing on both verbal and multimodal aspects of human interaction e.g. gestures, body movements, body configurations etc. Therefore, multimodal analysis will be employed due to the nature of the audio and video data under study which requires a qualitative approach providing fine-grained analysis. Our research expertise * Classroom interaction * English language teaching * English teacher education * English language policy * Applied Linguistics * Sociolinguistics Seminars on Social Interaction Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSV) https://www.miun.se/en/meet-mid-sweden-university/Organisation/departments/department-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/ Fall 2021 * 30 September, 2021, Rizwan-ul Huq, Mid-Sweden University * 28 October, 2021, Ali Ghamdi, Newcastle University * 25 November, 2021, Suant Jane Sezgin of Sabancı University (Turkey) * 16 December, 2021, Alia Amir * 27 January, 2021, Nigel Musk, Elizabeth Stokoe, Olcay Sert Time All seminars will be held via Zoom. 16:00 (Sweden) 15:00 (UK) Organizers * ALIA AMIR, Mid Sweden University * CIHAT ATAR, Sakarya University * SABRIA SALAMA JAWHAR, KSAU-HS * RIZWAN-UL HUQ, Linköping University Contact To request for slot, or for more information, please contact * Alia Amir - https://www.miun.se/en/personnel/aliaamir/ * Assistant Professor in English Linguistics * Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSV) * Mid Sweden University + |
| MOVIN 1995-2020 + | First Call for Papers MOVIN Days: Exploring Social Interaction Celebrating 25 years of the Danish MOVIN Network Venue: University of Copenhagen Date: 24 – 26 June 2020 Organizer: MOVIN groups in Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Kolding, Odense and Roskilde After 50 biannual national meetings, hundreds of data session in Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Kolding, Odense, Roskilde and Sønderborg, many conferences, projects and PhD seminars, and hundreds of international short and long-term visitors, the EMCA community in Denmark is proud to announce that the MOVIN network (Microanalysis Of Verbal/Visual Interaction) has come of age. To celebrate 25 years of MOVIN, we cordially invite EMCA and Interactional Linguistics researchers in general and MOVIN-affiliated international scholars in particular to a workshop oriented conference. The aim of this event is to share and develop state-of-the-art research in social interaction in the topics that has been the center of attention for us: * Atypical Interaction * Everyday Interaction * Health Communication * Meeting Interaction * Interaction analysis based training of participant * Multimodality * Objects * Organizational Communication * Space and Mobility * Grammar and Prosody in interaction * Multilingualism/Second language use in interaction * Teaching, training and instruction * Technology and Interaction * Video-mediated interaction This workshop oriented conference will not just discuss social interaction; it will also take itself seriously as an interactional event. We aim to apply different formats across sessions. * Important Dates * First Call: June 2019 * Second Call: September 2019 * Third Call: November 2019 * Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15th, 2019 * Notification of acceptance for abstracts: February 15th, 2020 * Registration starts: February 1st, 2020 * Early Registration Deadline: April 1st, 2020 * Author registration Deadline: April 1st, 2020 * Registration ends May 1st, 2020 + |
| Maelardalens University Postdoc in Educational sciences and (language) teacher development, with a focus on classroom interaction and participation 2023 + | '''Postdoc in Educational sciences and (language) teacher development, with a focus on classroom interaction and participation''' '''Employment Information''' '''Employment:''' Temporary employment, 2 years '''Scope:''' Full time '''Closing date for application:''' 2023-03-31 '''Campus location:''' Västeras '''School:''' School of Education, Culture and Communication, (UKK) '''Position description''' We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow who will join the Mälardalen INteraction and Didactics (MIND) Research group as part of the project “Fostering student participation in classrooms: Digitally-enhanced teacher reflection and feedback in education”. The post-doctoral researcher will focus on the interactional aspects of classroom participation and engagement, and explore- from micro-analytic, multimodal, and reflective perspectives- the ways digital tools encourage transformative reflections. The researcher is expected to be involved in collection and analysis of audio-visual data from classroom settings, while also attending and taking active part in organizing regular activities of the research group, including data sessions, research seminars, and workshops. The researcher will be expected to (1) transcribe and analyse pedagogical interaction data using (multimodal) conversation analysis, (2) annotate audio-visual data from reflection sessions, and (3) carry out thematic/content analysis of stimulated recall data and interviews. The post-doctoral researcher will be expected to work with the research group members in reporting research findings in international peer-reviewed publications and collaborate with the members of the group in disseminating research findings (e.g. presenting in and organizing research conferences/symposia as well as events for teachers). The position is a temporary employment of 2-3 years. '''Qualifications requirements''' The applicant is required to have a PhD degree in educational sciences, applied language studies (e.g., applied linguistics, educational linguistics, (second) language education, TESOL) or related fields, with a focus on interactional aspects of learning and teaching, or discursive practices in institutional interaction in its broad sense. The applicant is also expected to be very proficient in English language, both in speech and writing. The applicant must have completed the degree no more than three years before the end of the application period. The candidate should be able to demonstrate skills and expertise in using discursive methodologies, preferably (multimodal) conversation analysis, for analyzing interactions where learning is mediated, including, but not limited to, classrooms. The researcher should have in-depth knowledge and experience in the analysis of discursive data, demonstrated through published work and other academic activities. Experience in publishing research in international journals will be important in the decision. Personal qualities required include willingness to collaborate and (demonstrated) skills in collaboration; good communication skills; and the ability to take research initiatives and work independently. Decisive importance is attached to personal suitability. We value the qualities that an even distribution of age and gender, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, can contribute to the organisation. '''Merit''' In addition to the requirements listed above, the candidates who have knowledge and skills in analyzing classroom interaction may have an additional advantage. Furthermore, experience in the use of other discursive methodologies and analysis software are meriterous. Having taken part in data sessions, experience and skills in dealing with corpora, as well as video annotation tools may be advantageous. '''Application''' Application is made online. Make your application by clicking the "Apply" button below. The scientific publications that you do not have in digital form are to be sent by post to: Mälardalen University Division of Human Resources Ref.no: 2023/0039 Box 883 721 23 Västerås The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and will reach the University no later than closing date for application. We look forward to receiving your application! We decline all contact with recruiters and salespersons of advertisements. We have made our strategic choices for this recruitment. '''Union representatives:''' Michaël Le Duc (SACO), tel: +46 (0) 21-10 14 02 Susanne Meijer (OFR), Tel: +46 (0) 21-10 14 89 '''Contact person''' Veronika Appelqvist Avdelningschef/Head of Division 021-15 17 17 veronika.appelqvist@mdu.se Olcay Sert Professor 021- 10 16 36 olcay.sert@mdu.se + |
| Major upgrades July 2018 + | Hi EMCAwiki users, we've not really done any major updates to the wiki in a long time since we had to upgrade all the underlying software. We've done that now, but there might be a few problems. Once we've identified any issues and sorted them out, we can start implementing some of the long-needed upgrades and features. If you do experience any problems with the wiki in July or August 2018, please email admins@emcawiki.net - thanks! + |
| MannheimHeidelberg2024 + | The Leibniz-Institute for the German Language (IDS Mannheim) and Heidelberg University offer two fellowships for researchers in the areas of Interactional Linguistics, Conversation Analysis and Multimodal Interaction Analysis. Each fellowship includes a three months stay at one or both of the two institutions. Fellowships cover the travel expenses for an outward journey from the fellow’s home to Mannheim or Heidelberg and the return journey, three months of accommodation at the university guesthouse, a private workspace at one of the institutions, and access to the digital services of the host institution. It does not include a salary or an honorarium. We invite applications from researchers at all career stages (pre-doc, post-doc, senior). The fellowships are available to researchers who are not currently based in Germany. During their research stay, applicants are expected to work on a scientific project of their own related to the areas stated above. The project does not have to be designed specifically for the research stay. Applicants are expected to engage in scholarly exchange with researchers from the IDS and/or Heidelberg University who are working in the fellow’s fields of study, to participate in data sessions, and to give at least one lecture on their own research during their stay. Research stays in Mannheim/Heidelberg will be possible in the timeframe between May 2024 and May 2025 upon individual appointment with the hosts. Applications include (as pdf-files): • a CV including list of publications, • a project proposal (max. two pages), • a motivation letter explaining why a research stay at the IDS Mannheim/Heidelberg University is expected to benefit the fellow’s scientific/professional advancement. The deadline for applications is April 26, 2024. Applications are to be addressed via email to: Prof. Dr. Arnulf Deppermann, IDS Mannheim - deppermann@ids-mannheim.de Prof. Dr. Elwys De Stefani, Heidelberg University - elwys.destefani@rose.uni-heidelberg.de + |
| Map of EM/CA announcements worldwide 2016 + | In March 2016 EMCA wiki has added some long-awaited new features including dynamically updated News Conferences, Jobs and Training opportunities pages, and iCalendar feeds (http://emcawiki.net/iCalendar) you can export to your favorite calendar application. There's even a Map http://emcawiki.net/Map of EM/CA-related announcements worldwide which gives a sense of who is contributing to EM/CA wiki the most! At the moment, it's looking very European! Let us know what you think - and if you have any items to share, please email it to us at admins@emcawiki.net or we can open you an account so you can post items yourself! We can list anything from a new data set to a data session - and announcements will get tweeted out to our news feed: https://twitter.com/EMCA_News + |
| Membership Categorization Analysis workshop Lboro 11-12th March 2019 + | '''Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA) workshop''' This is a two-day workshop which will introduce you to Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA) as a method for analysing the way categorical topics (e.g., gender, identity, ethnicity, sexuality) can be analysed in everyday social life. It will describe the development of MCA in the context of other methods, particularly conversation analysis and discursive psychology. We will use examples from spoken and written interaction to develop a toolkit for analysis, as well as materials to practice analysis. We will also see how MCA research can have applications in the world beyond academia. The MCA workshop is held ''11-12th March 2019'', at Burleigh Court, Loughborough University, UK. ''NB:'' The MCA workshop is followed by the CARM training workshop, held 13th-14th March, for people who want to attend both. This workshop is part of an ongoing annual series of CA workshops offered at Loughborough University's Centre for Research in Communication and Culture. '''Who is running the workshop?''' The workshop will be organised and led by Elizabeth Stokoe. Liz is Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University and has worked extensively across conversation analysis, discursive psychology and MCA, including bringing together these methods in studies of gender, racism and identity in interaction. '''Time and place''' The workshop will run in Burleigh Court, Loughborough University, from 10.00-17.00 on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th March, 2019. '''What to bring''' Bring your own laptop and headphones. All materials will be provided. '''To apply to attend this workshop''' The workshop has limited places, which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please register to attend via the link below. The cost of the workshop is £160. This includes daily mid-morning and afternoon (unlimited!) refreshments, lunch, but not dinner. Accommodation can be booked at Burleigh Court or in one of the cheaper hotels in Loughborough (e.g., Link, Premier Inn, Travelodge). Please contact Liz (e.h.stokoe@lboro.ac.uk) with any queries. + |
| Michigan State Univ. Instructor/Asst. Prof. - Fixed Term German + | Working/Functional Title Inst/Ast Prof - Fixed Term German Position Summary The Department of Linguistics, Languages and Cultures is seeking a full-time Instructor or Assistant Professor of German. This is a non-recurring fixed-term position for academic year 2022-2023, starting August 16, 2022. A Master's degree is required for the Instructor position; a PhD for the Assistant Professor position. All degrees must be conferred by the time of hire. Advanced PhD candidates are encouraged to apply. Responsibilities include teaching three courses per semester. Every effort will be made to keep workload sustainable in the course assignment. All courses will be taught at the undergraduate level. German and English are the languages of instructions and assignments will be a mix of in-person and online courses. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status. Required Degree Doctorate Minimum Requirements A Master's degree is required for the Instructor position; a PhD for the Assistant Professor position. ●Proven record of excellence in teaching language and content courses online and in person. ●Expert language proficiency in German and English. Desired Qualifications Ability and willingness to design and implement one general education course per semester. Familiarity with contemporary language teaching approaches. Familiarity with D2L and Cengage’s MindTap platform. Team-working skills Required Application Materials: ● Cover letter with a brief statement of teaching philosophy and a summary of German teaching experience as it relates to this position's requirements; ● Curriculum vitae; ● A summary of your experience with diversity in the classroom and/or in your past or planned research endeavors, any experience mentoring diverse students or community outreach initiatives, and an explanation of how you will advance our goals of inclusive excellence; ● Names and email addresses of three recommenders; Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Zoom interview. Together-we-will Statement The university is requiring all MSU students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with limited exceptions. Learn more at: https://msu.edu/together-we-will/ Special Instructions Review of applications will begin May 6, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications must be submitted electronically to the Michigan State University Human Resources website http://careers.msu.edu . For more information, contact Matt Handelman, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at [handelm@msu.edu]. Persons with disabilities have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation. For information about the German Program, please visit https://lilac.msu.edu/german/about/ Review of Applications Begins On 05/06/2022 Website https://lilac.msu.edu/german/about/ + |
| Micro-Analysis Network Data Session 6th April 2022 + | In the second data session of the Spring (2022) semester, Gülsah Uyar will present an extract from a corpus of video-mediated reflective talk on virtual exchange tasks. The session will be held online via Zoom and start at 15:00 (GMT+3), April 6 2022. + |
| Microsoft Research Cambridge UK post-doc position on the Future of Work 2019 + | The Human Experience & Design group at Microsoft Research Cambridge UK has a new two-year post-doc position open. We’re looking for a technology-oriented social researcher to help us explore the Future of Work. Application details are at: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/468669/Post-Doc-Researcher Our website is admittedly lagging behind the most current work, but you can get an idea of what we’re up to at: https://hxd.research.microsoft.com/ One example of the impact of the work we do comes from my work on video-mediated collaboration. Concepts that I’ve been working on for quite a while have recently been released as features in Microsoft Teams (see a post at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/wall-of-fame/companionexperiences/). I’m now able to start to research on the use of these features by end-users at a scale rarely possible in academic projects. We have several similar projects on the go at present. If you’re interested, it will be important that your research and/or experiences reflect a strong and clear interest in technology. Feel free to contact me if you’d like more information. Also feel free to pass this advertisement on to relevant people/lists. Until anon, Sean + |
| Mid-Sweden University Webinar Jan 2022 + | Dear colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to a webinar which is a part of our MIUN data session series (Data sessions schedule (miun.se)). Here you can find the registration link: https://bit.ly/3mCYiG1 Our theme of the day (for 27th January, 2022) is On the Shoulders of Interaction: MIUN Higher Seminars on Social Interaction - English Classroom Practices and Methods . We will have three speakers (Elizabeth Stokoe, Nigel Musk & Olcay Sert) and our schedule looks like this: * 10:00 Inauguration of the day, Start of session 1 * 10:05 - 10:00 Introduction of credentials (Nigel Musk) * 10:10 - 10:50 Presentation: Vocabulary work in digital collaborative writing in the English language classroom * 10:50 - 11:30 QA, open discussion etc. * 11:30 - 13:00 Break (Lunch) * 13:00 Start of Session 2 * 13:05 - 13:10 Introduction of credentials (Elizabeth Stokoe) * 13:10 - 13:50 Presentation: Conversation analysis in the wild * 13:50 - 14:30 QA, open discussion etc. * 14:30 - 15:00 Break (Coffee break and fresh air) * 15:00 Start of Session 3 * 15:05 - 15:10 Introduction of credentials (Olcay Sert) * 15:10 - 15:50 Presentation: Going back to the roots: Classroom interaction as prearranged participation? * 15:50 - 16:30 QA, open discussion etc. * 16:30 - 16:40 Concluding discussions. Merry Christmas, and happy new year in advance! Alia and Rizwan + |
| More than a state of mind : the temporal unfolding of cooperative action + | Alessandro Duranti, professeur à UCLA « More than a state of mind : the temporal unfolding of cooperative action Abstract I build on the critique of the notion of collective intentionality (or “we-intentions”) presented in The Anthropology of Intentions (Duranti 2015) and on the analysis of ritual glitches provided in Throop and Duranti (2016) to offer a view of cooperative action that goes beyond the mental model provided by analytic philosophers and cognitive scientists (e.g., Tuomela 1984 ; Tuomela and Miller 1985 ; Gilbert 1990 ; Searle 1990 ; Bratman 1993). By integrating a phenomenological approach to temporally unfolding collective activities with methods and concepts developed by anthropologists and sociologists interested in the details of human interaction, I analyze a number of video recorded cases of spontaneous activities that have often been mentioned as primary examples of collective intentionality : moving a piano together, making a toast, and playing a tune with a band. I argue that when “things go wrong” and participants’ actions require adjustments and “repairs” we become aware of some taken-for-granted properties of cooperative action and the importance of the often ignored or hidden dimensions of temporality, embodiment, ethics, and improvisation. Salle Jourda, de 14h à 16 + |
| MultiLing Summer School 2020 + | Multiling Summer School 2020, Oslo Second Language learning and interaction is the topic for Multiling Summer School, 7 - 11 September 2020. This PhD course will give an introduction to the conversation analytic approach to second language (L2) learning and interaction. It will address how language learning is accomplished in conversational interaction and how the development of linguistic and interactional competence may be traced in actual conversational behavior over time. The course will be concerned with people's methods for accomplishing learning and the interactional evidence researchers rely on to make claims about such methods. Furthermore, it will give insight into characteristics of interaction between first and second language speakers, for instance how L1 speakers adapt to the perceived proficiency level of L2 speakers and seek to preempt understanding problems. The data will come from both formal, pedagogic activities and informal conversations outside the classroom (‘in the wild’). Addressing methodological issues and challenges, the course will give hands-on experience with analyzing recordings of video- and audio-recorded conversations using a conversation analytic methodology. If it is not possible to hold the course as planned due to the corona crisis, we will offer this course virtually. Topics covered: * Conversation Analysis as an approach to L2 learning and interaction * Methodological issues in studying L2 interaction longitudinally * Methodological challenges of eclecticism * L2 interactional competence and its development * L2 Grammar-in-interaction * L2 talk as atypical interaction? * Language learning in the classroom and ‘in the wild’ * Securing understanding in L2 interaction Instructors: Simona Pekarek Doehler is professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In her research she seeks to understand how participants to talk-in-interaction use grammar in concert with bodily conduct as a resource to accomplish social actions and how, in turn, linguistic and communicative resources emerge from the process of interaction. A second line of her research is dedicated to exploring the development of interactional competence in a second language, including the methodological challenges that arise when it comes to documenting change across time in situated social interactions. Søren Wind Eskildsen is an associate professor of Second Language (L2) Acquisition at the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg. His primary research interest concerns the usage-based processes and practices in L2 learning, in situ and over time, as seen through the lenses of usage-based models of language and conversation analysis. Other interests include the role of gestures and other embodied conduct in L2 learning and interaction. He works with both in- and out-of-class L2 data and with both adult and child L2 learning. Jan Svennevig is Professor of Language and Communication at MultiLing - Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan. His research deals with practices used by L1 speakers for securing understanding and preempting understanding problems in conversations with L2 speakers. He has performed research in various institutional settings, such as workplace meetings, construction site interaction, doctor-patient consultations, police investigative interviews and medical emergency calls.l + |
| Multimodal Communication Symposium 2023 + | Organised by the GrEP Research Group (Prosodic Studies Group, Dept of Translation and Language Sciences, UPF) and the GEHM Research Network (GEstures and Head Movements in Language) The 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium, MMSYM 2023, aims to provide a multidisciplinary forum for researchers from different disciplines who study multimodality in human communication as well as in human-computer interaction. This 2023 edition of the MMSYM symposium is organised by the GrEP Research Group (Prosodic Studies Group), from the Department of Translation and Language Sciences of the University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, in conjunction with the GEHM research network (e.g., GEstures and Head Movements in Language) https://cst.ku.dk/english/projects/gestures-and-head-movements-in-language-gehm/. The symposium follows up on a tradition established by the Swedish Symposia on Multimodal Communication held from 1997 until 2000, and continued by the Nordic Symposia on Multimodal Communication held from 2003 to 2012. Since 2013 the symposium has acquired a broader European dimension, with editions held in Malta, Estonia, Ireland, Denmark, Germany and Belgium. This year the symposium will be held in Spain for the first time and has a truly international ambition, hence the new name. This year we focus on three research themes, which are of particular interest to the GEHM network. The first is language-specific characteristics of gesture-speech interaction, which seeks to account for how speakers’ ability to process and produce gesture and speech is affected and changed by their language profile. The second is multimodal prominence, which investigates the theoretical question of how linguistic prominence is expressed through combinations of kinematic and prosodic features. The third is conceptual and statistical modelling of multimodal contributions, with particular regard to head movements and the use of gaze. + |
| Multiple positions Policing Laurier 2022 + | Visions of Policing is a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded project partnered with scholars based in the United Kingdom, Germany and France to examine how visual technologies are impacting police oversight and training. It is a mixed methods project, utilizing document ethnography, observational ethnography, ethnographic interviewing, social media analyses, and vernacular video analyses to better understand what constitutes a “reasonable” police officer. The successful candidate will join a team of established researchers with strong publication and funding records in the areas of policing and civilian police oversight. There will be opportunities for co-publication with project leads, and the project will support travel to venues to disseminate project findings. Post Doc The post doctoral associate/fellow will undertake an ambitious program of ethnographic and documentary-ethnographic research on training police officer reasonableness. The role is anticipated to include direct observation of new-recruit and in-service training activities, and may involve considerable deployment to field sites across Ontario and Canada. The role requires an experienced ethnographer with strong field-work, time management, and research dissemination skills. The successful candidate will receive instruction and guidance on the role, but must also be prepared to make adjustments and adaptations as necessary in the field. A PhD in Sociology, Criminology, Anthropology, or another relevant social science discipline is required at the time of appointment. Qualifications Qualifications required to perform this position include education, special accreditations, years and type of experience, skills and abilities. • Candidates must have a PhD in sociology, criminology, anthropology, or a cognate discipline • Familiarity with policing and police oversight in Canada • Excellent time management, organization, and communication skills • Writing and presentation skills • Excellent computer literacy (i.e., MS Windows and Office suite) PhD candidate one Research Undertake directed research in support of the Visions of Policing team Collect court documents pertaining to sexual assault cases where the accused was investigated by the SIU Observe court proceedings (in person, online) across Ontario for police officers charge with sexual assault offences by SIU Maintain database(s) of relevant case materials, including news reports, court documents, field/observation notes Collaborate with PI, CO-Is and international partners on comparative data analysis Prepare research findings for dissemination, including conference presentations, scholarly journal publications, monograph preparation, etc. Other duties Conduct background readings, literature reviews, etc. Network with scholars in the field and share research updates Assist with document preparation including annual reports and ethics applications Contribute to project blog, YouTube, Twitter, and other public-facing research outputs Qualifications Candidates must be enrolled in a PhD program in a relevant discipline (i.e., sociology, anthropology, political science, criminology, etc.) Familiarity with policing and police oversight in Canada Excellent time management, organization, and communication skills Writing and presentation skills Excellent computer literacy (i.e., MS Windows and Office suite) PhD Candidate two Research Undertake directed research in support of the Visions of Policing team Collect official public reports from various civilian police oversight agencies in Canada Code and analyze official public reports data Conduct comparative analyses with PI, CO-Is and international partners Maintain database(s) of relevant research materials, including official reports, news reportage, court documents, field/observation notes Prepare research findings for dissemination, including conference presentations, scholarly journal publications, monograph preparation, etc. Other duties Conduct background readings, literature reviews, etc. Network with scholars in the field and share research updates Assist with document preparation including annual reports and ethics applications Contribute to project blog, YouTube, Twitter, and other public-facing research outputs Qualifications Candidates must be enrolled in a PhD program in a relevant discipline (i.e., sociology, anthropology, political science, criminology, etc.) Familiarity with policing and police oversight in Canada Excellent time management, organization, and communication skills Writing and presentation skills Excellent computer literacy (i.e., MS Windows and Office suite) Master’s Candidate Research Undertake directed research in support of the Visions of Policing team Collect and analyze data using the social media analytic software Maintain database(s) of social media posts and news reportage Collaborate with international partners to catalogue and synthesize research findings Prepare research findings for scholarly publication with PI and Co-Is Participate in research dissemination activities Other duties Conduct background readings, literature reviews, etc. Network with scholars in the field and share research updates Assist with document preparation including annual reports and ethics applications Qualifications Candidates must be enrolled in an MA program in a relevant discipline (i.e., sociology, anthropology, political science, criminology, etc.) Familiarity with policing and police oversight in Canada Excellent time management, organization, and communication skills Writing and presentation skills Excellent computer literacy (i.e., MS Windows and Office suite) + |
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| NCA 2026 CfP Paper Session Death and Dying as Social (Interactional) Move/ments + | Overall Description Death and dying are at the center of contemporary biomedical and cultural social move/ments that emphasize dignity at end of life. LSI research has long addressed various aspects within death and dying. In this panel, we apply LSI methodologies to the death and dying process to show the social and discursive construction of distinct cultural and social move/ments. Paper Session Rationale Death and the dying process are important, but under-examined social processes. Since the 1960s, death-and-dying social move/ments have occupied a range of positions from within biomedicine as well as located outside of biomedical organization around ethical, relational, and spiritual communities of practice. For example, while the hospice movement was started in the early 1960s, hospice was expanded and institutionalized within hospitals and biomedical practice in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Similarly, palliative care, advance care planning, and medical aid in dying are similarly rooted in biomedical institutions authorized in professional medical authority, even when these move/ments critique biomedicine from the inside. However, other social movements located outside of the biomedical sphere are organized around ethical, relational, and spiritual communities. Dying at home was common before the pre-20th century when death was institutionalized as a primarily medical problem. Other movements including the “good death” movement, death doulas or end-of-life companions, and green burial or the eco-death move/ments are all located outside of the biomedical realm. Language and Social Interaction (LSI) research has a long history with death and dying. David Sudnow’s classic ethnomethodological study Passing On: The Social Organization of Dying (1967) documented inequalities in the process of dying. Observing health care staff, Sudnow argued that resuscitation efforts were given based on the perceived value of the patient’s social status where perceived lower status individuals were likely to have less aggressive resuscitation than perceived higher status individuals. Later, Harvey Sacks’ and Harold Garfinkel’s work at the Center for the Scientific Study of Suicide (1963-1964) culminated in early Conversation Analytic research on suicide hotlines (Sacks, 1995). Specific insights from these calls ultimately revealed more general organizations of how telephone calls worked in social interaction. More recently, LSI scholars have maintained interest in death and dying. Kitzinger & Kitzinger (2014) explored the experiences of caregivers of family members in a permanent ‘vegetative state’. The caregivers describe this as an in-between, liminal state where the family member is not medically deceased but is not able to socially interact and shows how those caregivers understand the condition and their relationship with their family member. The work explores the grief accompanied through the process of caregiving for someone who is “present but absent” (p. 240). Kevoe-Feldman (2019) offered a review of how emergency calls were conducted over the prior 30 years focusing on how institutional roles are established and done in these calls, many dealing with suicidality and life-threatening emergencies. Land and Pino (2025) found that patients in hospice care made allusions to End of Life during consultations not explicitly focused on that aspect of care and healthcare providers had an opportunity in those moments to stepwise discuss death and dying in their consultations. Tate (2022) found that despite policy changes after the Affordable Care Act was instituted, doctors were still hesitant to have discussions about transitioning stage IV cancer patients into hospice and palliative care, showing that physicians orient to the treatment imperative. In her paper, Autoethnographic conversations with my dying sister, Carolyn Ellis (2024) gives readers an intimate look into her relationship with her sister throughout her sister’s end of life care, showing “[…] how terminally ill people and the caregivers who love them might think about and do the last stages of life” (p.367). Building on this trajectory, this panel seeks to extend LSI investigation into death and dying as socially constructed discursive process. This includes but is not limited to Conversation Analysis, Ethnomethodology, Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Ethnography, and Auto-Ethnography. We are especially interested in research that does not primarily occur in a medical setting, but we do welcome papers in the biomedical domain. Thank you for your time and consideration for submitting to this panel! When you would like to submit, or when you have questions, please email Bryanna Hebenstreit at bhebenstreit@albany.edu with your paper proposal including title, 300 word abstract, and presenter names and affiliations by March 13th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. Sincerely, Bryanna Hebenstreit, M.A./M.S. (Session Chair) and Christopher J. Koenig, PhD. (Respondent) References Ellis, C. (2024). Autoethnographic Conversations with my Dying Sister. Women & Language, 47(2), 367–380. https://doi-org.libproxy.albany.edu/10.34036/WL.2024.026 Kevoe-Feldman, H. (2019). Inside the Emergency Service Call-Center: Reviewing Thirty Years of Language and Social Interaction Research. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 52(3), 227–240. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2019.1631038 Kitzinger, Celia & Kitzinger, Jenny. (2014) “This in-between: How families talk about death in relation to severe brain injury and disorders of consciousness” in The Social Construction of Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (L. van Brussel & N Carpentier, eds), p. 239-258. https://cdoc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Kitzinger-This-In-Between_ch12-copy.pdf Land, V., & Pino, M. (2025). Patient cues about end-of-life matters: An observational study of palliative care consultations using conversation analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 139, Article 109243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2025.109243 Parry, R. (2024). Communication in Palliative Care and About End of Life: A State-of-the-Art Literature Review of Conversation-Analytic Research in Healthcare. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 57(1), 127–148. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2024.2305048 Sacks, H. (1995). Lectures on conversation (G. Jefferson, Ed.). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Sudnow.(1967). Passing On: The Social Organziation of Dying. Prentice Hall. Tate, A. (2022). Death and the treatment imperative: Decision-making in late-stage cancer. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 306, Article 115129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115129 Wu, Y., & Zhang, X. (2024). Examining Conversation Analysis in Palliative Care: A Systematic Review. Health Communication, 39(13), 3072–3083. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2023.2301202 + |
| NORDISCO 2025 + | NORDISCO – the 8th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction – takes place in Trondheim, Norway, 3-5 December 2025! See our website: https://www.ntnu.edu/nordisco2025/home Abstract deadline - 28th March 2025 (same deadline for both individual and panels presentations). We invite individual papers and panels, from a broad interdisciplinary range of research on discourse and interaction. We proudly present our three plenary speakers – Pentti Haddington (University of Oulu, Finland), Irmelin Kjelaas (NTNU, Norway) and Jakob Steensig (Aarhus University, Denmark) – who will all address methodological and/or ethical challenges they (and their team) encounter in their research, and how they address these challenges. We look forward to welcoming you to Trondheim next winter! (https://visittrondheim.no/en/winter-in-trondheim/) + |
| NSPCR Primary Care Research PhD Studentship at University of Southampton UK + | Applications are invited from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in primary care research. Awards will normally be taken up in October 2021. Applicants must have a first degree in a discipline relevant to primary care research and will be expected to complete a PhD/DPhil during the award period. This award will fund tuition fees to the value of hoome fees; Students with overseas status are welcome to applu but will need to fund the remainder of their fees from alternative sources. Please contact Dr Mark Lown M.Lown@soton.ac.uk<mailto:M.Lown@soton.ac.uk> or Prof Hazel Everitt H.A.Everitt@soton.ac.uk<mailto:H.A.Everitt@soton.ac.uk> for further advice and for help with identifying a suitable PhD project or supervisory team. Please look on the Primary Care website for information about the Primary Care Research Centre https://www.southampton.ac.uk/primarycare/about/index.page Applications will be via the University of Southampton Postgraduate School link: https://studentrecords.soton.ac.uk/BNNRPROD/bzsksrch.P_Login?pos=7203&majr=7203&term=202122 Please reference SPCR PhD – Primary Care Research Centre on your application and enclose a CV. Deadline: 31st July 2021 + |
| Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) - Looking for Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies June 2022 Start + | Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is ranked 12th globally. It is also placed 1st among the world’s best young universities. The School of Humanities at NTU Singapore pursues disciplinary excellence and promotes interdisciplinary teaching and research. The School aims to equip our students with up-to-date knowledge, critical thinking competence, research expertise, and communication skills to enable them to realise their potential and aspirations and to make lasting contributions to Singapore and beyond. Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies The School of Humanities invites outstanding academics to apply for a tenure-track position in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor. Candidates must possess a PhD in Linguistics at the time of appointment. The successful applicant is expected to have a specialisation in sociolinguistics, working on issues such as transnational mobility, identity, language planning and policy, and education. The candidate must show a proven track record of research excellence and a continuing research agenda that includes securing grants and collaboration with other academics in these areas. He/she should also have demonstrable expertise in methods such as Linguistic Ethnography and qualitative approaches to discourse analysis, and be expected to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to such methodologies. Experience in teaching other core courses in general areas such as syntax is preferred. The teaching load is typically 2/2, and we expect this appointment to begin in June 2022. Emoluments Salary is competitive and is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University offers a comprehensive fringe benefit package. Application Procedure The closing date for applications is 31 October 2021. Applicants are invited to submit their applications (cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, and Google Scholar citation report if available) through the NTU career portal: https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Assistant-Professor_R00007528-1 Enquiries about the position may be addressed to: Chair, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies Search Committee Email: lms-search@ntu.edu.sg + |
| National Communication Association 2017 + | Language and Social Interaction Division NCA 103rd Annual Convention Division Call The Language and Social Interaction (LSI) Division promotes research and teaching on language and discourse processes in social interaction. The LSI Division invites submissions of individual papers, paper sessions, and panel discussions for the 103rd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) to be held in Dallas, Texas, November 16-19, 2017. This year’s convention will engage with the theme “Our Legacy, Our Relevance”. The theme seeks to interrogate our role and responsibilities as educators, scholars, practitioners, and community members, and challenges us to look at who we are, who our audiences are, what we do, and why we do it so that we might extend the parameters of our thinking to more significantly impact the world around us. Submissions that address the convention’s theme from the LSI perspective are welcome. Submissions to the LSI division may be empirical, theoretical, methodological, or exploratory in nature but should take an approach that is grounded in at least one of the following traditions: applied linguistics, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnography of communication, ethnomethodology, membership categorization analysis, narrative analysis, pragmatics, social psychology of language, social semiotics, sociolinguistics, or speech act theory. All submissions must be made via NCA Convention Central. The submissions are accepted starting January 16, 2017 until the deadline of March 29, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Individual Papers: An individual paper is a paper submitted by an author or authors that is not part of a preconceived paper session. Both complete papers (no longer than 25 pages in length, double spaced, excluding references) and extended abstracts will be considered. Extended abstracts should provide a rationale for the study, state the main analytic point(s) or argument(s) of the paper, and include a brief analysis of at least one data extract. Recognition for the top three individual papers will be given, including awards for top paper and top student paper. Only full papers will be considered for the awards. Please complete the required electronic submission fields including title, description, author(s), and keywords. Upload a copy of your paper or abstract. All identifying author information (names, institutions, hidden document properties) should be removed from your paper document before uploading. Please indicate whether your paper submission should be considered a student-authored paper and if you would like to be considered for presentation in Scholar to Scholar on the electronic submission form. Paper Sessions: A paper session is a preconceived and complete session of papers surrounding a topic, in which each presenter (3-5) presents her or his paper. Paper sessions are submitted and reviewed for consideration. Paper session submissions should include: 1) a session title; 2) an overall session description; 3) chair(s) and respondent(s) (if applicable); 4) titles, author(s), and abstracts for each paper; 5) a rationale for the value of the session. Panel Discussions: A panel discussion is a preconceived and complete session of presenters discussing a topic or issue. Panel discussions should include: 1) a panel title; 2) an overall panel description; 3) participant contact information; 4) a rationale for the value of the panel. All submitters are encouraged to review the Professional Standards for Convention Participants prior to submission. Helpful resources, including step-by-step instructions on how to submit, definitions of different submission types, and how to prepare a blind submission, are available in the NCA Convention Resource Library at www.natcom.org/conventionresources. All submissions must be made online through NCA Convention Central, and must list any A/V requirements at the time of submission. Check your email address listed in NCA Convention Central before or after submission, as all correspondence goes there. Further information about the LSI division can be found at our website: www.nca-lsi.org. For questions about this call, please contact the Vice-Chair of the LSI division: Alexa Hepburn Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA E-mail: alexa.hepburn@rutgers.edu + |
| New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2025 + | Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce that New Developments in Ethnomethodology will be held at the Centre for Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies (CrimSL) at the University of Toronto, July 7-9. New Developments is a series dedicated, among other things, to platforming graduate students and early career scholars working in sociology and its cognate disciplines from an Ethnomethodological perspective. It brings together ECRs and mid-career scholars, with an aim to producing new collaborations, networks, and opportunities to seek funding to support Ethnomethodologically informed ECRs. Previous meetings have been held at Liverpool University, UK (2018), Gothe University Frankfurt, Germany (2019), Gothenburg University, Sweden (2023) and Sogang University, Korea (2024). 2025 will mark the first occasion New Developments has been hosted in North America. The University of Toronto is perhaps not the first institution that comes to mind when thinking about Ethnomethodology. However, there is a history at the institution that extends several decades and generations of Ethnomethodologists. The University has, at various times, been home to Dorothy Smith, Michael Lynch, Ian Hacking, James Heap, Peter Eglin, Gus Brannigan, and other noted Ethnomethodologists. Harold Garfinkel visited UofT and CrimSL in 1980 and 1981 and had considerable impact on CrimSL scholars. This meeting will aim to recapture some of the energy and excitement of those early days of Ethnomethodology, as well as showcasing Ethnomethodological inquiry to scholars currently working at UofT. There is no cost to attend New Developments. Registration will be required and details on how to register and accommodate options will be circulated shortly. We are working to obtain funding to offset costs for travel and accommodations for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Attendees who would benefit from financial support will be asked to identify themselves in the registration process, and notification of the amount of support available will be circulated in early 2025. Questions about the event can be sent to patrick.watson@utoronto.ca. Please stay tuned for the registration and abstract submission site to go live in the coming week. Best wishes, New Developments in EM 2025 Organizing Committee + |
| New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026 + | Hybrid Studies: Of Work, Talk, and Technology (New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026) Date and location: 27. – 29. 5. 2026, Sierre (Valais), Switzerland Organizers: - Jakub Mlynář (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) - Philippe Sormani (University of Siegen / Zurich University of the Arts) - Clemens Eisenmann (University of Siegen / University of Konstanz) The New Developments in Ethnomethodology 2026 meeting aims to revisit, discuss, and advance “hybrid studies” (Garfinkel 2002) that probe the nexus of work, talk, and technology. More broadly, the meeting may engage with “practical or applied research” that is “done by outsiders who are also insiders” (Rawls 2002: 40), be it current ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EM/CA) or related fields (e.g., media studies, human–computer interaction, science and technology studies). Keeping hybridity at the centre of discussion, we encourage and welcome contributions from researchers across EM/CA and related fields who are interested and involved in studies of practical action and practical reasoning in “naturally organized ordinary activities,” “studies of work” and “the workplace,” studies of “talk-in-interaction,” and their relationships, and/or their contribution(s) to the development, testing, deployment, or critique of communicative and other technologies. Read the full extended abstract here: https://www.academia.edu/145370132/CALL_FOR_ABSTRACTS_Hybrid_Studies_Of_Work_Talk_and_Technology_New_Developments_in_Ethnomethodology_2026_27_29_May_2026 == We invite researchers interested in presenting their work to submit a title and an abstract of approximately 300 words (excluding references) by 12 January 2026 to jakub.mlynar@hevs.ch. Notification regarding the inclusion of your contribution in the programme will be provided at the beginning of February. + |
| New MA at Bielefeld + | The Department of Linguistics at Bielefeld University (Germany) is pleased to announce a new international Master’s program, taught entirely in English, starting in April 2026. We welcome applications and inquiries from prospective students in Germany and around the world. The MA in Linguistics at Bielefeld University offers a solid and broad foundation, followed by specialization in the areas that most interest you. We offer seven different profiles: Communication, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Laboratory Phonology and Experimental Phonetics, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Theoretical Aspects of Clinical Linguistics. Bielefeld University is a campus university with many excellent resources to support you in organizing your studies and navigating student life, including a student service center, an international office, family services, workshops on overcoming academic challenges and discovering personal strengths, and counseling on study financing as well as physical and mental health. As of 2026, the enrollment fee at Bielefeld University is EUR 333 per semester. This fee not only covers your tuition, but also provides Germany-wide travel on public transportation, as well as a range of subsidies. The MA in Linguistics is designed as a two-year program (4 semesters) with a workload of 120 ECTS credits. As students typically choose to begin in the winter semester, the program is oriented toward an October start. However, starting in April is also possible. Assuming an October start, the first semester focuses primarily on building core knowledge and skills. In the second and third semester, students specialize in one of the profiles offered by the program. In the fourth semester, students carry out independent research and write a Master's thesis on a topic of their choosing. The language of instruction is English. To be eligible to apply, students must hold a BA degree with a substantial focus on linguistics, as well as English language proficiency equivalent to level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (corresponding to an IELTS band score of 5.5.–6.5). Application deadlines are January 15 for starting in April, and July 15 for starting in October. For more information about the program and its individual specializations, please visit our webpages: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/linguistik-literaturwissenschaft/studium-lehre/faecher/linguistik/master/ If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at studienberatung-linguistik-ma at uni-bielefeld.de + |
| New PhD thesis: Karl Hedman (2016) + | Karl Hedman presented his doctoral dissertation "Managing Medical Emergency Calls" in the Sociology department at Lund University on 3rd of June 2016. The dissertation is a conversation analytic examination of recurrent practices of interaction in medical emergency calls. + |
