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We're ending our main programme for the day with a session from Prof. Louise Mullany, who has brought together politics and politeness for a very timely topic of 'Politics and Impoliteness at Work' (anybody for a General Election?)

We're finishing the day in the best way, with a work-in-progress showcase. Our brilliant students have brought their work, ideas and plans to share, and we brought the bubbly and snacks 😉

Words We Live By Words We Live By: A Guide to LGBTQ+ Language is a glossary of words defined by young LGBTQ+ people created by Lucy jones Nottingham English Read more about the guide which details the words that they think we all need to know if we're to support and understand them better 🏳️‍🌈 ow.ly/CsuO50StF0y

Day 4! Becca Gregory is talking to us about ‘Rewilding the namescape’ - wildcats and beavers and bears, oh my!

Now, to the coast!

Real place-names, fictional maps! Such fun 🌳🌳

Fifth (and sadly final) day of Applied English (MA English) online Distance-Learning Summer School 2024 is off to a good start with Chris Collins' session on Ireland and Martin McDonagh's Theatre

That's it! Another Summer School over. We've had such a brilliant time - huge thanks to our Nottingham English colleagues for running engaging and inspiring sessions all week, and to our students for (as ever) throwing themselves into it all with gusto! Time for a little lie down... 😴

It’s a great rabbit hole to go down, to be fair. Welsh accents in Shakespeare, worth a read:

The practice of medicine looked very different in the Middle Ages compared to today. Dr Christina Lee Nottingham English ArtsEngaged UoN joins the Drug Discovery News podcast to discuss her research identifying suitable remedies used in medieval medical books. 🌿 ow.ly/UK2G50SwUj2

Hold on to your hats, everyone... here comes a new pathway! We're thrilled to announce that on our online MA English, you can now specialise in Discourse and Communication! Check out the video for a taster of the pods on offer, or take a look at linktr.ee/appliedenglish for more.

Is politeness declining? A new book by sociolinguist Louise Mullany Nottingham English asks this question. 'Polite: The Art of Conversation at Home at Work and in Public' analyses the important role it plays in our work, relationships and lives. Read more 🔽 ow.ly/5G9950SxUM0

Please share this amazing opportunity widely! 3 funded MA studentships in Black British Local History for the coming academic year based at Centre for Regional and Local History (HyPIR at Leicester University of Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities) in partnership with BCA More info: le.ac.uk/english-local-…

The Medieval Onomastics panel returns to IMC_Leeds 2025, again kindly sponsored by Institute for Name-Studies! Get your proposals in on all things personal and place names, and for a great chance to talk to other name nerds. Please RT!

Name nerds ftw

'beneath the friendship bracelets and sequins, [Swift's] global Eras Tour makes extensive use of gothic elements to engage her audience and articulate her feminist politics' Nottingham English Matt Green writes for The Conversation on Taylor Swift, Eras and the Gothic. Uni of Nottingham Press Office

The cake was nearly as good as the book...

Congratulations Dr Dr Kathryn Bullen! Lovely to see you walk across the stage yesterday 💐

Huge congratulations to our recent graduate Carolien Wielockx, whose poetry has just been published in the journal New Writing. Carolien's work was undertaken as a creative-critical hexapod project in the third phase of her MA degree. Check it out now: tandfonline.com/eprint/BZHVT7N…

#CfP alert. We're pleased to share the details on our forthcoming SNSBI autumn day conference - which will be held in York on Saturday 19 October as a hybrid event. If you would like to present, please find initial details on the poster attached.