Keynote and Plenary Papers
2010
Designing Environments for Life: With Words and Wood: A Poetry Workshop, Dundee Art Gallery, 17th January 2009
Universitaet Giessen, Germany 15th February 2010, 'Gathering Meaning: Translation and Tourism.'
WCC: IEPC Planning Meeting January 2010, Ethiopia
AAAL, Atlanta, USA Voicing Solidarity, Panel on Poststrcuturalism and Applied Lingusitics chaired by Tim McNamara
LLAS GRAMNET, University of Glasgow with Elwira Grossman New directions: How languages promote research and internationalisation in higher education.
GRAMNET: London Detainee Support Group, 'Detained Lives, August 2010
Gramnet: NCADC, Research Workshop, STUC, October 2010
2009
University of Newcastle, Department of Anthropology, On the tip of the tongue: phrase books, languages and tourist language learning
University of Glasgow: Language Diversity in Scotland
National Occupational Stuandards: Scottish Launch February 19th 2009
University of California, Distinguished Professorial Lecture, UCSC, Irvine, : Space to Language: Being intercultural in a breathless world March 2009
Church of Scotland, Chaplains Conference, Edinbrugh, May 7th 2009
The Sound of Violets: Ethnography and Education, with Lesley Saunders, Manchester Metropolitan University, May 28th 2009
Napier University, On the Difficulty of Intercultural Speaking, June 5th 2009
British Council, London: Intercultural Speaking and Listening, 13th October 2009, Spring Gardens, London
Declaring Just Peace; Towards Tehologies of Non-Violence, St Andrew's University, 30th October 2009
Creativity and Innovation in English Language Teaching, Keynote: Creativity and Intercultural Justice; Air and Fire in Language Education, Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portgual, November 21st 2009
Guest Lecture: Phrase Books: Pocket sized Languages, Translation and Tourism, Estoril, November 23rd 2009, Portgual
WCC: IEPC Planning and Spiritual Life Meetings
- Geneva, January 2009
- Kingston, Jamaica, April 2009
- Hildesheim, Germany, August 2009
2008
British Council, Berlin Graduate Education ID-E
"Language Shopping: Phrase Books, Faith and Liturgies of Hospitality" IALIC 08 Glasgow, Scotland
University College London: Language Learning and Air:Towards an Elemental Pedagogy
ANZTAC, Victoria University Anglican Chapliancy, New Zealand
"Thinking as Thanking: Towards a Gracious University" Trinity Newman Lecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
"Calling the University: Exile, Breath, Prophecy" Critical Thoughts: Recovering Higher Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
"Inspired by Love and Anger: Peace in a Broken University", University of Waikito, New Zealand
Drawing Breath: Creative Elements and their Exile from Higher Education, CELT, Galway, 2008
‘Quality Street: Towards Language Pedagogies of Air’, Gesamt Verband Moderne Fremdsprachen Kongress (GMF), Leipzig 2008
2007
Languages and Identity: A European Institute, Committee of the Regions, Brussels, 2007
Languages and Identity, British Council, Brussels, 2007
Dancing on Line: Rhythm and Blues in e-learning, Dundee, 2007
Languages and Art, Lisbon, 2007
2006
‘24.7: Languages and the Teaching and Learning of Life’, European Day of Languages, Modern Languages Community of Practice, University of Galway, Ireland, September 2006 (simultaneous web and podcast to University College Dublin, Dublin City University, University College Maynooth)
‘Languaging in Higher Education’, Royal Society of Edinburgh, March 2006
‘The Quick and the Thick: Struggling with Intercultural Dialogue, Mobility and Mess’ European Commission HQ, Lisbon, October 2006.
2005
Scottish Learning and Teaching Support Network conference, with John Corbett, January 2005.
Beyond Culture? Land, Languaging and Translation. Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, USA, March 2005.
‘Whose Chances? People, Place and Praxis in Languages for Intercultural Communication’ DGFF (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung – German association for Languages Research), October, Munich, 2005.
‘Post-critical Citizens for an Intercultural World’ Graduate Conference, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, November 2005
‘The Sound of Higher Education’ ‘New Perspectives on Higher Education’ Society for Research in Higher Education, December 2005
University of Westminster, Universities of the 21st Century: beyond skills, technology and transferability – oral communication in academic and professional life, London, 2004.
Portuguese Association of Language Teachers in Higher Education, Averio, Portugual, September 2004 .
Leeds Metropolitan University's 3rd Cross-Cultural Capability Conference, 1998.
Invited Papers
International
"Interkulturelle Kommunikation und ethnographische Forschungsmethoden" TU Chemnitz, Germany, 1997.
“Intercultural German Studies in Britain” Dortmunder Kulturtage, Universität Dortmund, 2002.
‘Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World’ University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2003.
‘Critical Citizens for an Intercultural World’ University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2003.
‘Looking for Romance: Germans in Scotland’, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, 2004.
‘Being Intercultural: Languages in Higher Education’ University of Limerick, Ireland, 2004.
The Bland, the Boring and the Beautiful: Diversity Management and Intercultural Responsibility in Multicultural Teams, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, September, 2005
Instituto Politéchnico de Viseu, Escola Superior de Educaç?o Viseu, Portugal, November 2005
Beyond Culture: Land, Languaging and Translation. Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, USA, March 2005.
Travelling in Tongues:Tourism, Languages and Learning Hospitality, ESHTE, Estoril, Portugal 2006
‘After Class and After Culture’ AATG, Herder Isntitut, invited seminar, Leipzig, 2007
National
"Das Eigene und das Fremde." DAAD, Windsor Great Park, 1996.
"Clothing Women's Stories: The Silent Discourse of Material Culture." Modern Languages Forum, Cambridge University, 1998.
"Exchanging Cultures: A Theory and Praxis of Encounter" with Gavin Jack, Stirling University, 1999.
“Speaking Parseltongue and its Problems for Intercultural Communication” Open University, 2000.
“Germans on the Isle of Skye” with Gavin Jack, Interculture Project, Research Symposium, Lancaster University, 2000.
“Packing the Travel Bag: Languages, Intercultural Communication and Tourism” with Gavin Jack, Cardiff University, 2001.
“Unpacking the Travel Bag: Languages and Intercultural Communication” Lancaster University, 2002.
“Languages and Intercultural Studies” Scottish CILT, Stirling University, 2002.
‘The Case for Modern Languages’ LTSN, Area Studies, CILT, London, 2003
‘Teaching Rubbish: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Area Studies’, LTSN, Stirling University, 2004
‘Tourism and Languages: Area Studies on Holiday’ LTSN, Understanding the World Conference, London 2004.
‘Intercultural Metaphors’, Found in Translation symposium, UCL, London, 2004.
‘Learning to Language: Intercultural Speaking and Intercultural Listening’ Centre for Applied Language Study, University of Dundee, 2004.
Intercultural Connections – with John Corbett, University of Edinburgh, January 2005
Scottish Association for Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, March 2005.
On Risk: Tourism and Languages Department of Anthropology, Centre for Public Culture, University of Durham, May 2005.
Open University Research Forum, May 2005.
University of Birmingham Research seminar, May 2005.
‘Languages and Sustainability’ CILT, London, Sept 2005
The Researcher as Voyager, Graduate Colloquium, Institute of Education, November 2005
'Visual Communication and Intercultural Drama: Volunteering for Purgatory', University of Dundee, January 2006
‘Critical Scholarship and Postdisciplinarity’, HERG, Open University, March 2006
‘Rehearsing Speech’ Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen, May 2006
‘Words and Pictures: Representing Educational Research’ BERA Workshop, with Sara Delamont, University of Cardiff, November 2006
‘Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival’ Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, January 2007
‘Languages and Tourism’ Tourism and Management, Glasgow Caledonian University, January 2007
2008
Edinburgh Climate Change Conference
Pragmatics and Intercultural Communication: PIC Lancaster University & British Council
'Translating Perception? Land, Languaging and the cultivation of translation' IASH, Edinburgh University, 21st October 2008
eSharp: 5 Years on, 30th October 2008
International Conference Papers (outside U.K.)
‘Schwellen, Thresholds, Seuils’, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 1998.
‘Image and Imagery’, Brock University, Canada, 2000.
National Communications Association, Seattle, November 2000
(Languages and Intercultural Communication: Panel chair).
‘Transcultured Beings: Modes and Directions in Academic Travel’, Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria, 2002.
‘Language (s) in Intercultural Communication; Key Themes and Current issues’, International Communications Association, San Diego, USA, May 2003
‘The Languaging of Intercultural Communication’, International Communications Association, New Orleans, May 2004
‘Tourism and Intercultural Communication’, International Communications Association, New Orleans, May 2004
‘Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival’, IALIC, Passau, Germany, December 2006