Middle Class Timelines, Ethnic Humour, and Sexual Modernity in Delhi

by Professor Kira Hall, University of Colorado Boulder The QMUL Linguistics Department and the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication at King’s are thrilled to welcome Professor Kira Hall (University of Colorado Boulder) for a special invited talk, entitled ‘Middle Class Timelines, Ethnic Humour, and Sexual Modernity in Delhi’, on Thursday 4th April at 17:00 … Continue reading Middle Class Timelines, Ethnic Humour, and Sexual Modernity in Delhi

The Development of Children’s Understanding of Death by Georgia Panagiotaki and Carys Seeley

Georgia Pangiotaki, a Senior Lecturer at Norwich Medical School and Carys Seeley from the School of Psychology at the University of East Anglia will speak about their work investigating children's understanding of death. The research explores the development a child's understanding of death between 7 to 12 years and how this is affected by background … Continue reading The Development of Children’s Understanding of Death by Georgia Panagiotaki and Carys Seeley

Talk: Social identities of black females in English-language textbooks used in Brazil

Aparecida de Jesus Ferreira from the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil, will analyse how the social identities of black females are represented in English-language textbooks used in Brazil. The details and a brief description are provided below: UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL  Monday 23rd July, 2pm, Room 944 Social … Continue reading Talk: Social identities of black females in English-language textbooks used in Brazil