Intercultural communication

Start learning Esperanto now!

Editor’s note: The 111th World Congress of Esperanto is currently taking place in the Austrian city of Graz. According to Austrian National TV, more than 1,100 attendees from 62 countries…

Nicole ElseAugust 6, 2026

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Intercultural Communication – Now in the 3rd edition

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Loy Lising speaks with Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller about the 3rd edition of her best-selling textbook Intercultural Communication (Edinburgh University…

Language on the MoveAugust 26, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage

In this podcast, Dr Alexandra Grey speaks with Dr Zozan Balci about Zozan’s new book, Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage: Language, Identity and Belonging in the Lives of Cultural In-betweeners,…

Alexandra GreyAugust 20, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Chinese in Qatar

Is Chinese becoming a major linguistic player in Qatar? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied…

Tazin AbdullahJune 19, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Gestures and Emblems

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Lauren Gawne, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University and co-host of the podcast Lingthusiasm with Gretchen McCulloch. Dr. Gawne also runs the generalist linguistics website Superlinguo, and from…

Brynn QuickApril 14, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Intercultural Competence in the Digital Age

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Amy McHugh, an Academic Facilitator at the National Centre for Cultural Competence at the University of Sydney. Dr McHugh’s research focuses on the roles of…

Brynn QuickMarch 12, 2025

Intercultural communication

More than meets the eye

Sunjoo Kim (middle) graduating from her Master of Research Whenever I write an email to a professor, there is one question lingering in my mind: Should I say “Dr +…

Sunjoo KimFebruary 6, 2025

Intercultural communication

I’m Dying to Speak to You

Flag for autism rights (Image credit: Deviantart) In this post written for autism acceptance month, autistic anthropologist Gerald Roche discusses connections between the communication styles and life expectancy of autistic…

Gerald RocheApril 17, 2024

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Nowruz: Celebration of Heritage and Unity

One of the Nowruz traditions involves leaping over bonfires to rid oneself of pain and sorrow (Image credit: Borna News) As people in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,…

Shiva Motaghi TabariMarch 18, 2024

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Happy Ramadan from London

Ramadan Lights on Coventry Street Ramadan in London is exceptional in many ways. As the centre of a former Empire which still exerts a global pull on its former subjects…

Alia AmirMarch 11, 2024

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

New ways to answer old questions about Ramadan

Image 1 Like many parents of teenagers, I delightedly welcome any occasion to connect with a generation I don’t always understand and that doesn’t always understand me. As a Muslim…

Tazin AbdullahApril 19, 2023

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

“Baraye” – preposition of the year

Prepositions are the unnoticed and underappreciated workhorses of language. They are "grammar words" that indicate relationships. Essentially, their job is to connect other words with bigger and more important meanings.…

Ingrid PillerDecember 12, 2022

Intercultural communication

Bilingual double vision

Memorial for Kian Pirfalak at Isfahan University (Source: Twitter) In the Name of the God of the Rainbow, let’s today think about bilingual double vision. Double vision is a condition…

Ingrid PillerNovember 21, 2022

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Food connections

Afghan-style mantu (Image credit: Wikipedia) One of our family’s favorite dishes is mantu. Mantu are steamed dumplings filled with minced lamb meat and served with a spicy lentil sauce and…

Ingrid PillerJuly 31, 2022

Intercultural communication Next Gen Literacies

Global Coalition for Language Rights

This post has been authored by Gerald Roche and Claire French *** Adéṣínà Ayẹni to Gerald Roche (2 Feb 2022): I will surely love to be a part of the…

Gerald RocheApril 29, 2022

Intercultural communication

The interpreting profession in Ancient Egypt

Remember Joseph speaking to his brothers through an interpreter? Joseph is sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers Academic interpreting often labors under the assumption that the profession…

Ingrid PillerJune 29, 2021

Start learning Esperanto now!

Intercultural Communication – Now in the 3rd edition

Erased Voices and Unspoken Heritage

Chinese in Qatar

Gestures and Emblems

Intercultural Competence in the Digital Age

More than meets the eye

Nowruz: Celebration of Heritage and Unity

Happy Ramadan from London

“Baraye” – preposition of the year

Bilingual double vision

Food connections

The interpreting profession in Ancient Egypt

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