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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 3d

Delighted to see my latest article published last week. Thank you to SI editors Maria Kuteeva and Amy Wanyu Ou, and journal editor Jean-Marc Dewaele. I'm looking forward to reading the full issue soon!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The complexities of ‘sticky objects’ and ‘happy objects’ in multilingual universities: emotional (un)belonging from a posthumanist perspective

As educational experiences in internationalised academic landscapes expand beyond classroom-based knowledge concerns, it is important to recognise that university spaces also embody affective, soci...

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Aug 2

I am honoured to be part of the editorial board for the University Exeter Press Book Series: Trajectories of Gender, Cultures, and Social Change in the Middle East. Thank you to the series editors Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco for inviting me. www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...

Trajectories of Gender, Cultures and Social Change in the Middle East

Series editors: Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco, both at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE The book series Trajectories of Gender, Cultures and Social Change in the Middle East explores the evolvin...

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Jul 29

Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Jul 26

Day #1 at #IAWE26_Giessen. Excellent plenaries and individual sessions. Great to be with friends and colleagues from the Gulf again! #world #Englishes

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Jun 9

Delighted to share this new article, with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social doctoral student Michela Gronchi as first author. "Teacher Identity in English Medium Instruction: A scoping Review of the Literature on EMI in the EU". Review of Education. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

English medium instruction (EMI) has steadily increased in higher education institutions across Europe since the Bologna Process in 1999. Most research in this area has focused on teaching practices ...

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Jun 9

Looking forward to giving a workshop on 'Exploring Alternative Pathways: Navigating Non-Traditional Routes to Publishing Academic Work' at this British Educational Research Association (BERA) event on Wednesday! Great programme of sessions!

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · May 4

Thoroughly enjoyed the May 'Away Day' with new UCL colleagues at October Gallery, Bloomsbury. Perfect 'Transvangarde' exhibition for us as intercultural communication scholars, delicious lunch, beautiful setting, and great company! Happy to have joined this team!

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · May 1

Great way to start May with ‘World Englishes in the Arab Gulf States’ now out! My chapter (Chapter 1) looks at translingual and transnational identities in the Gulf. Thank you to the editor Kay Gallagher. Looking forward to reading the other chapters!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Transnational and Translingual Englishes in the Arab Gulf States | 3 |

Varieties of English in the Arab Gulf States are shaped by transnationalism and translingualism. The Gulf nations have highly diverse populations where forms of

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Ibrar Bhatt @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social · Feb 19

For more details about the network and its activities, please see: srhe.ac.uk/networks/mul...

Original recording available here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

Multilingual University | Society for Research into Higher Education

SRHE Multilingual University Network seeks to serve as a platform for new developments in the intersections of linguistic inquiry and higher education studies

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Ibrar Bhatt @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social · Apr 9

📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast

'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB

🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Apr 25

Enjoyed attending the Teaching Excellence Awards event at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week. Happy to receive the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) award along with colleagues Jenny Taylorson, Shruti Narayanswamy & Kirsty McCall.

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Apr 21

Reflecting on a wonderful time at #IATEFL2025 in Edinburgh last week! Highlights were presenting (research with @sdovchin.bsky.social), meet ups, ELTJ debate (Sin-Wang Chong), excellent plenaries and sessions (Daniel Xerri, Catherine Walter & more), #HandsUpProject Gaza play (powerful).

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Apr 18

Honoured be a keynote speaker, alongside Sara Hillman, at GUST Global Studies Center conference in Kuwait (April 15-16). Excellent panels, warm hospitality, delicious food, and fantastic company! Heartfelt thank you to Marta tryzna, Jennifer Loftkrantz, and team!

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Apr 13

Enjoyed presenting at 'Languages in the city' Symposium with Melanie van den Hoven in Utrecht and exploring the city. Stimulating discussions, beautiful place, all things Miffy, and great Indonesian food with Chris Jenks, Wafa Al-Alawi and co. April 6-7.

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Apr 13

On my way to Kuwait for the GUST Global Studies Centre conference, with the theme: Cultural linguistics, local identities : Exploring cultural hybridity. Happy to be a plenary speaker at this event. See you soon @sarapatra.bsky.social!

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Mar 25

Pleased to be presenting at another #AAAL2025 colloquium 'Emotions of TESOL Teacher Educators: International Perspectives' on Tuesday at 10am-12pm in the Grand Ballroom. Come if you can (I'll be there in spirit / on the screen).

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Mar 24

Enjoyed our #AAAL2025 colloquium on (un)belonging and multilingualism in HE yesterday, which we started planning at last year's conference (first picture with Elizabeth Miller). Hard not to be there in person (Heathrow situation / canceled flight) but happy for video updates and Q&A via video call.

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Mar 23

Friends and colleagues at #AAAL2025 in Denver, our colloquium '(Un)belonging and Multilingualism among Stakeholders in Higher Education' is at 8am-10am today in Silver. Come if you can! Elizabeth Miller Pramod K. Sah @sarapatra.bsky.social Rima Elabdali & Olive Nabukeera.

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Mar 16

Thank you, Talia!

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Mar 16

Excited to have joined @ioe.bsky.social as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Intercultural Communication (dissertation supervisor - in addition to main role at the University of St Andrews). Proud to joining this fantastic university and team!

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wonderful to be part of the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of World Englishes - Kingsley Bolton (Ed.). A huge project including six volumes! My entry / article looks at 'English in the UAE'. Thanks to MENA volume editor Tariq Elyas! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

United Arab Emirates, English in the

The oil-rich Arabian Gulf nation of the United Arab Emirates has a diverse linguistic ecology with Arabic as the official language, English as a lingua franca and over 100 other languages spoken by i...

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Feb 21

New article published today on ‘sticky objects’ (and places) in relation to students’ emotions and belonging in EME higher education. Thanks to SI editors Pramod Sah, Madhu KC & Peter De Costa. Looking forward to reading the full issue! Open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Sticky Objects and Places: Entangled Emotions in an English‐Medium University Educationscape

This paper explores entangled emotions in an Abu Dhabi English-medium university educationscape in relation to sticky objects and sticky places, which are objects/places saturated in affect through f....

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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · Feb 19

My beautiful friend (and colleague!) @tazinabdullah.bsky.social wrote about mentorship in higher ed and passing it on to the next generation of scholars ❤️

Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · Feb 19

"University and higher education must be a journey of purpose, guided by our teachers and mentors who nurture our potential to contribute to the world."

@tazinabdullah.bsky.social reflects on the importance of mentorship
www.languageonthemove.com/lifelong-lea...

Lifelong learning from academic mentorship

Every year, the Bangladesh Forum for Community Engagement in Sydney, Australia hosts an event called ‘Talent Day’ to acknowledge the achievements of primary and high school students in the Australi…

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Feb 16

Excited about this #book #launch hosted by TESOL International Intercultural Communication Interest Section. @drmvdhoven.bsky.social and I present 'Reconceptualising Intercultural Communication Research for the MENA: A Rereading of the Social Construction of Reality'. Routledge - Hamza R'boul, Ed.

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Dr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · Feb 15

I’m honoured to be a plenary speaker, alongside @sarapatra.bsky.social at the Global Studies Center Conference in Kuwait on April 15-16, 2025. Check out the CfP and hope to see you there! www.gust.edu.kw/gsc/events/g...

Global Linguistics, Local Identities: Exploring Cultural Hybridity

Discover a world of opportunities at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST). Explore undergraduate and graduate programs, upcoming events, an...

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