Here you will find information about the regular research seminars, workshops, and lectures of the series entitled the Jyväskylä Discourse Studies Forum. In addition, you will find information about upcoming conferences and seminars at other institutions that may be of interest to you.
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Discourse hub seminars spring 2022
March 10, 2022 - May 12, 2022Discourse Hub is a supportive space to present and discuss our ongoing research. We meet once a month with researchers doing their research in the fields of critical discourse studies, critical sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology. The schedule for the meetings is as follows: Thursday 10 Feb - at 14-16 Elisa Räsänen & Camila Alves Thursday 10 Mar- at [...]
Discourse Hub seminars autumn 2021
October 11, 2021 14:00Discourse Hub is a supportive space to present and discuss our ongoing research. We meet once a month with researchers doing their research in the fields of critical discourse studies, critical sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology. The schedule for the meetings is as follows: 11.10. Monday at 14–16 14–15 Fabio Ferraz de Almeida & post doc [...]
Discourse hub seminars spring 2021
February 16, 2021 - May 11, 202116.2. Tuesday 15.00–17.00 (Zoom) 15–15.50 Encounters: Nettie Boivin & project application 16–17 Engagements: Invited project presentation: Negotiating International Criminal Law, Sigurd D'hondt 16.3. Tuesday 15.00–17.00 (Zoom) 15–15.50 Encounters: Kati Dlaske & work-in-progress 16–17 Engagements: Invited speaker Friederike Lupke, University of Helsinki 13.4. Tuesday 15–17.00 (Zoom) 15–15.50 Encounters: Pauliina Puranen & PhD project (more information closer [...]
Discourse Hub seminars autumn 2020
October 20, 2020 - November 10, 2020Discourse hub is a dedicate and supportive space to present, discuss and debate on our on-going research as well as key literature in critical discourse studies and its close allies, critical sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. For this academic year, we have two aims. Firstly, to discuss and support research each of us is doing. We [...]
Discourse Hub seminars spring 2020
January 28, 2020 - May 29, 2020In spring term 2020, we read and discuss the ways in which 'social' has been conceptualised in discourse studies, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. By discussing a number of classical readings on this topic, we (re)think the various contexts of our research and reconsider what we actually mean and claim when we say that we examine the relationship [...]
Discourse Hub seminars autumn 2019
September 10, 2019 - November 12, 2019These seminars are for discussing key texts, new elaborations and critique around Critical Discourse Studies and related fields. Session dates and times: Tuesday, 10th of September, 14.15-16.00 (F205) In this meeting, we have two talks: 1) On the so-called "origins" of so-called "sociolinguistics" Monica Heller, University of Toronto 2) Negotiating International criminal law: A courtroom [...]
Discourse hub seminars spring 2019
January 31, 2019 - June 3, 2019These seminars are for discussing key texts, new elaborations and critique around Critical Discourse Studies and related fields. Session dates and times: January, 31 (12.15-14.00, A134). The reading for the first time is "Materiality and Subject in Marxism, (Post-)Structuralism, and Material Semiotics" by Johannes Beetz (2016). February, 15 (13.00-15.30, C411). Old practices, new directions? Revisiting [...]
Discourse hub seminars autumn 2018
October 3, 2018 - November 19, 2018These seminars are for discussing key texts, new elaborations and critique around Critical Discourse Studies and related fields. Session dates and times: October, 3 (12.15-15.00, L207). Presenters: Sari Pietikäinen, Sigurd D`hondt, topics: why discourse then and now, critical debates, planning. Reading: Sari Pietikäinen, 2016, Critical debates: Discourse, boundaries and social change. October, 29 (12.15-15.00, AgC134). [...]
Discourse hub seminars spring 2018
March 5, 2018 - May 14, 2018These seminars are for discussing key texts, new elaborations and critique around Critical Discourse Studies and related fields. Session dates and times: February, 12 (13-15, AgC133; presenter: Sigurd D`hondt) March, 5 (13-15, Ag C133; presenters: Jari Parkkinen, Anna-Liisa Ojala) April, 9 (13-16, OPK 238; presenters: Saija Peuronen, Minna Tiainen, Anna Kavoura) May, 14 (13-16, S304; [...]
Producing work, language and (in)equalities: Ethnographic and discourse analytical approaches
November 20, 2017 - November 21, 2017Programme Monday 20.11.2017 Lea Pulkkinen’s room, Agora 9.00–11.45 Round-table discussion: Producing language, work and inequalities Introduction / Sari Pietikäinen & Maiju Strömmer, Cold Rush project and ReCLaS Round-table discussion: invited talks Ingrid de Saint-Georges, University of Luxembourg: Undervalued and unrecognised: valuation at work Kellie Gonçalves, University of Oslo (MultiLing): Work in hidden domains Eeva Jokinen, [...]
Open lecture "Ethnography by design" on knowledge exchange
October 30, 2017 13:00 - 14:00Productive encounters lecture on knowledge exchange by professors Christine Hegel and Luke Canterella (Productive Encounters - collective) Location: L207
Discourse Hub Seminars fall 2017
October 2, 2017 - November 27, 2017These seminars are for discussing key texts, new elaborations and critique around Critical Discourse Analysis. Session dates and times: September, 11 (14-16; presenter: Monica Heller) October, 2 (14-16, Ag B301; presenters: Sari Pietikäinen, Maiju Strömmer & Anna-Liisa Ojala /Cold Rush project) October, 16 (13-16, Ag D213.1; presenters: Sanna Tapionkaski, Nettie Boivin) November, 13 (13-16, [...]
Discourse Hub Seminars spring 2017
January 1, 2017 - June 30, 2017These seminars are for discussing key texts, new elaborations and critique around Critical Discourse Analysis. Session dates and times: February, 2 (14.00-16.00, L208) – start of the term February, 16 (14.00-16.00, L208) March, 9 (14.00-16.00, Puutarhurin talo) March, 23 (14.00-16.00, L207) April, 24 (13-16) May, 22 (13-16) Discourse Hub leaders and info: Sari Pietikäinen [...]
Discourse Hub Writing School
November 3, 2016 - November 5, 2016Discourse writing school: Writing your journal article in 12 weeks. An intensive writing school for 12 weeks, led by prof. Lindsay Bell. First class: September 8, 2016 (for registrated writers only) Discourse Hub Writing Retreat: November 3-5, 2016 Dedicated time and peer support to give the "final push" to your article. The retreat [...]
Productive Encounters Workshop
October 28, 2016 - October 29, 2016Productive Encounters Workshop with Luke Cantarella and Christine Hegel
Discourse Hub Seminars 2016
September 30, 2016 - October 7, 2016These seminars are for presenting and discussing the most recent developments in our work and field. Each session is led by 1-2 researchers. Session dates and times: September, 2 (14.00-16.00, Puutarhurin talo) - starts of the term September, 15 (11.00-13.00, L207) - discussing work by Florian Hiss and Sini Lemmetty September, 22 (13.00-15.00, Ag [...]
Workshop: Writing and peer review sessions 2015-16
May 26, 2016Discourse Hub writing and peer review sessions. During the 2015-16 academic year, members of the Jyväskylä Discourse Hub have been meeting regularly to share working papers meant for publication, to provide peer reviews on the papers circulated, and to participate in dedicated writing sessions. Session dates: October 2, 2015 (10:00-12:00, F203) - discussing work by [...]
Thick Description and Telling Discourse: An Ethnographic Writing Workshop
December 11, 2015 - December 12, 2015Thick Description and Telling Discourse: An Ethnographic Writing Workshop with Dr. Lindsay Bell Assistant Prof. Anthropology, SUNY Oswego, and Associate Editor, North American Dialogue University of Jyväskylä, December 11 & 12, 2015 Sponsored by the Peripheral Multilingualism research project and the Jyväskylä Discourse Hub How do I know what I think until I see what [...]
Seminar: Tracing mobility across boundaries – ethnography, go big?
September 18, 2015 10:00 - 16:00Jyväskylä Discourse Hub Think Tank Seminar Puutarhurin Talo (J building, in the centre of the Main Campus), University of Jyväskylä The Jyväskylä Discourse Hub invites researchers and students to participate in an interdisciplinary think tank seminar to discuss and debate the concepts of mobility, boundaries and ethnography. Mobility is a hot topic at this moment [...]
PhD dissertation: Sámi languages as capital at the Skábmagovat Film Festival
May 29, 2015 12:00 - 15:00Public defense: Reetta Karjalainen (Faculty of Humanities, Applied Linguistics) Seminaarinmäki, S212 The study examines the value and function of the Sámi languages used in Finland at Skábmagovat, an international indigenous people’s film festival Individuals can commodify their linguistic and other skills in the niche markets, such as the one in which Skábmagovat positions itself, created by [...]
Seminar: Strategies for local language work
January 30, 2015 - January 31, 2015Strategies for local language work Seminar by Dr. Kathryn Jones and Prof. Sari Pietikäinen. Sámi Education Institute, Inari, Finland. January 30-31, 2015.
Workshop: So, you're Ph.inisheD. - what next? (19.1.15)
January 19, 2015So, you're Ph.inisheD. - what next? Workshop by Dr. Helen Kelly-Holmes, University of Limerick, Ireland Monday, January 19, 2015 at 13.00-14.00 University of Jyväskylä, Agora, room Delta Jyväskylä Discourse Hub is an initiative of Discourse Studies at the University of Jyväskylä and Peripheral Multilingualism -project (SA). The hub is intended as a space for showcasing [...]
Sign Language Interpreter Professional Development Workshop Series 2014
November 18, 2014Sign Language Interpreter Professional Development Workshop Series 2014 Pathways into sign language communities As part of the JDH's Discourse Knowledge Mobilisation Lab, the three workshops in this series of sign language interpreter professional development were designed for participants to reflect on the pathways through which sign language users have become members of various (signed and spoken) [...]
AILA World Congress 2014
August 10, 2014 - August 15, 2014One World, Many Languages Brisbane, Australia http://www.aila2014.com/
Sociolinguistics Symposium 20
June 15, 2014 - June 18, 2014Language/Time/Space University of Jyväskylä https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/ss20
Nexus analysis reading group (2014)
June 5, 2014Jyväskylä Discourse Hub Engaging with Nexus Analysis Reading Group Spring 2014 The Nexus Analysis Reading Group was one of the discourse knowledge mobilisation activities of the Jyväskylä Discourse Hub (http://www.discoursehub.fi), itself an initiative of Discourse Studies at the University of Jyväskylä and the Peripheral Multilingualism (Academy of Finland) research group. The hub is intended as [...]
Discourse for all - Diskurssia kaikille (mostly in Finnish)
May 14, 2014Discourse for all - Discourse Studies Knowledge Mobilization Lab* Diskurssia kaikille -ajatushautomo: tutkimustiedosta yhteiskunnalliseen vuorovaikutukseen Jyväskylä Discourse Hub, Monikielisyys & periferia -hanke Jyväskylän yliopisto *Most of the events in this series were organized in Finnish in 2014. For more information contact the coordinator Kati Dlaske: kati.dlaske@jyu.fi. Diskurssia kaikille -ajatushautomossa kohtaavat teoreettisen tutkimustiedon ja käytännön tiedon [...]
Writing Talk II: Ethnographic Possibilities for the Linguistically Inclined
April 14, 2014 - April 15, 2014Jyväskylä Discourse Hub presents: Writing Talk II: Ethnographic Possibilities for the Linguistically Inclined Two day Workshop led by scholar in linguistic anthropology Dr. Lindsay Bell, University of Toronto & fiction and screenwriter Genevieve Scott, Canada Ylioppilastalo, OPK141, Jyväskylä University Main Campus April 14-15, 2014, 10-16 The Jyväskylä Discourse Research Hub (http://www.discoursehub.fi) is an initiative of [...]
Sign Language Interpreter Professional Development Workshop 1
March 4, 2014Jyvaskyla Discourse Research Hub: Discourse Knowledge Mobilisation Lab Sign Language Interpreter Professional Development Workshop Series 2014 Pathways into sign language communities This workshop series of interpreter professional development trainings was designed to reflect on the pathways through which sign language users have become members of various (signed and spoken) language communities and how participation in these communities [...]
Discourse Studies Article Writing Programme (2014-15)
February 18, 2014 - February 28, 2015Discourse Studies Article Writing Programme Jyväskylä Discourse Hub & Peripheral Multilingualism Project February 2014 - February 2015 Publishing is becoming an ever bigger part of academic life. Getting your research published in internationally ranked, peer reviewed journals is an important requirement for funding and future jobs. It is also a significant way to make your [...]
Writing Talk: Ethnographic Possibilities for the Linguistically Inclined
December 5, 2013 10.00:00 - 16:00:00Jyväskylä Discourse Studies Forum Writing Talk: Ethnographic Possibilities for the Linguistically Inclined by Dr. Lindsay Bell, University of Toronto University of Jyväskylä, main campus, building M, room M216 The hub organises a guest lecture and a working seminar on writing strategies and analysis of ethnographic data led by a visiting scholar Lindsay Bell. The seminar [...]
Jyväskylä Discourse Studies Forum
November 19, 2013 14:00:00 - 15:00:00Working with discourse data University of Jyväskylä, main campus, building P (Philologica), room P 326
Jyväskylä Discourse Studies Forum
November 5, 2013 10:00 - 16:00‘New Speakers’ guest lecture and seminar by Professor Joan Pulojar, visiting scholar Puutarhurintalo building, Main campus University of Jyväskylä
Invisible Multilingualisms - Open Seminar (2013)
October 31, 2013 10:00 - 14:15Invisible multilingualisms is a concept that can be used to refer to a lack of recognition of linguistic diversity in new or changing situations. Intensified mobility of people, goods, and languages has resulted in new speakers of national, regional, and minority languages, as well as unexpected spaces for lingua francas. During a one-day open seminar held on October 31, 2013, researchers, [...]
Peripheral Multilingualism Project
September 18, 2013Discourse Studies Seminar on Ethnography University of Jyväskylä Opinkivi, YOL 139 Prof. Joan Pujolar, Universitat Oberta de Catalynia
Jyväskylä Discourse Studies Forum
January 24, 2013 - January 25, 2013Ethnography in the Language Disciplines Discourse Master Class Jyväskylän yliopisto, main campus, building L (Lyhty) prof. Monica Heller, University of Toronto Jyväskylän yliopisto, Kielten laitos, diskurssintutkimus Monikielisyys ja periferia – tutkimushanke (SA)