Friederike Lüpke
@friederikelupke.bsky.social
Linguist. Multilingualism researcher. Africanist. Learner of Finnish. Professor of African Studies at the University of Helsinki and chair of AfriStadi.
In these times, it‘s important to savour good moments. Come and join me in celebrating this book!
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
In these times, it‘s important to savour good moments. Come and join me in celebrating this book!
On Wednesday, I'm making first forays into machine translation and so-called low-resource languages and the question whether machine translation can be useful for languages spoken in multilingual environments by multilinguals at #HSSH. All welcome onsite or online: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
Brown Bag Seminar | Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities | University of Helsinki
Brown Bag Seminar meetings every Wednesday.
www.helsinki.fi
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
On Wednesday, I'm making first forays into machine translation and so-called low-resource languages and the question whether machine translation can be useful for languages spoken in multilingual environments by multilinguals at #HSSH. All welcome onsite or online: www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-...
I have been invited to give a talk on globalising multilingualism research at the University of Graz on March 6 from 17:00 to 18:00 local time (18:00-19:00 in Helsinki).
The talk is hybrid, all welcome! More info and the Zoom link are available here: lnkd.in/ePXVZiij
The talk is hybrid, all welcome! More info and the Zoom link are available here: lnkd.in/ePXVZiij
February 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I have been invited to give a talk on globalising multilingualism research at the University of Graz on March 6 from 17:00 to 18:00 local time (18:00-19:00 in Helsinki).
The talk is hybrid, all welcome! More info and the Zoom link are available here: lnkd.in/ePXVZiij
The talk is hybrid, all welcome! More info and the Zoom link are available here: lnkd.in/ePXVZiij
Pyyntö helsinkiläiselle verkostolleni: poikani Max etsii vielä kesätyötä, noin kuukaudeksi tai alle. Hän on erittäin luova lukiolainen, joka pitää musiikista (ja tekee sitä itse), taiteesta, muotoilusta ja muodista. Tässä mitä hän kirjoittaa itsestään:
February 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Pyyntö helsinkiläiselle verkostolleni: poikani Max etsii vielä kesätyötä, noin kuukaudeksi tai alle. Hän on erittäin luova lukiolainen, joka pitää musiikista (ja tekee sitä itse), taiteesta, muotoilusta ja muodista. Tässä mitä hän kirjoittaa itsestään:
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We ignore Sudan at our peril. This campaign of mass murder and rape will have global consequences | Nesrine Malik
We ignore Sudan at our peril. This campaign of mass murder and rape will have global consequences | Nesrine Malik
Almost two years into the war, Sudan is facing anarchy, famine, genocide – and ambivalence from the rest of the world
Sudan’s war, which began in April 2023, is closing in on its second year. No one expects or becomes accustomed to war, but it is…
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January 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
We ignore Sudan at our peril. This campaign of mass murder and rape will have global consequences | Nesrine Malik
Keskustelemme tänään suomalaista yhteiskuntaa jakavasta ja koko Euroopassa ajankohtaisesta aiheesta: siitä, miten käsitellä lisääntyvän maahanmuuton tarvetta ja siihen liittyvää kysymystä maahanmuuttajien kielitaidosta. Keskustelussa käytetään osallistavaa kaksikielisyyttä englanniksi ja suomeksi.
Daily Debate: Do you speak Finnish? Is it possible to live and work in Finland without speaking the language?
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January 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Keskustelemme tänään suomalaista yhteiskuntaa jakavasta ja koko Euroopassa ajankohtaisesta aiheesta: siitä, miten käsitellä lisääntyvän maahanmuuton tarvetta ja siihen liittyvää kysymystä maahanmuuttajien kielitaidosta. Keskustelussa käytetään osallistavaa kaksikielisyyttä englanniksi ja suomeksi.
Today, we are debating an issue that is dividing Finnish society and is topical across Europe: how to deal with the need for increased immigration and the concomitant issue of language skills of immigrants. The debate will use inclusive bilingualism in English and Finnish.
Daily Debate: Do you speak Finnish? Is it possible to live and work in Finland without speaking the language?
tieteenpaivat.fi
January 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Today, we are debating an issue that is dividing Finnish society and is topical across Europe: how to deal with the need for increased immigration and the concomitant issue of language skills of immigrants. The debate will use inclusive bilingualism in English and Finnish.
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"It is far easier to quantify a researcher’s output than it is the actual outcome of their work."
Dan K. Pearson discusses the gamification of #academic metrics and alternative ways for assessing and valuing researchers. Check out the post on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
#ScholComm
Dan K. Pearson discusses the gamification of #academic metrics and alternative ways for assessing and valuing researchers. Check out the post on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
#ScholComm
Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…
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December 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM
"It is far easier to quantify a researcher’s output than it is the actual outcome of their work."
Dan K. Pearson discusses the gamification of #academic metrics and alternative ways for assessing and valuing researchers. Check out the post on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
#ScholComm
Dan K. Pearson discusses the gamification of #academic metrics and alternative ways for assessing and valuing researchers. Check out the post on the @lseimpactblog.bsky.social 👇
#ScholComm
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Every time you share a "The Conversation" post I want to remind you that they have a multi-million dollar annual budget and pay writers zero dollars, including adjuncts and grad students. We cannot rely on exploited labor to achieve a better public humanities.
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A Better Conversation | David M. Perry
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December 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Every time you share a "The Conversation" post I want to remind you that they have a multi-million dollar annual budget and pay writers zero dollars, including adjuncts and grad students. We cannot rely on exploited labor to achieve a better public humanities.
www.patreon.com/posts/better...
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Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why?
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
December 13, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Universities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why?
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)!
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
If you work in a language programme at a European university, take part in this very important survey! And please also share in your networks.
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
December 13, 2024 at 2:44 PM
If you work in a language programme at a European university, take part in this very important survey! And please also share in your networks.
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
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Threats to academic systems are not uniquely Dutch. Across the globe, we see regimes dismantling those equipped to critique them, disrupting the cosmopolitan academic space that resists nationalist and xenophobe policymaking. This calls for solidarity and even more cosmopolitan worldviews! 4/
December 12, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Threats to academic systems are not uniquely Dutch. Across the globe, we see regimes dismantling those equipped to critique them, disrupting the cosmopolitan academic space that resists nationalist and xenophobe policymaking. This calls for solidarity and even more cosmopolitan worldviews! 4/
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📢 4 permanent junior research positions at CNRS, France in #linguistics of which as a priority :
- 1 "Oral & Multimodal Corpora, NLP & Under-resourced Languages".
- 1 "Multilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Education"
One month left to apply!
carrieres.cnrs.fr/concours-ext...
#academicsky
Concours externes des chercheurs (H/F) - CNRS Carrières
Consultez les offres, accédez à votre espace candidat et informez-vous sur le déroulement des concours.
carrieres.cnrs.fr
December 11, 2024 at 12:03 PM
📢 4 permanent junior research positions at CNRS, France in #linguistics of which as a priority :
- 1 "Oral & Multimodal Corpora, NLP & Under-resourced Languages".
- 1 "Multilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Education"
One month left to apply!
carrieres.cnrs.fr/concours-ext...
#academicsky
A most convincing case for case!
Joke that does not work in Finnishm although we also have a female name Helmi ('pearl'). Possessive would be Helmin, or adverbial would be helmiltä or kuin helmet.
This is why it is advisable to have cases that differentiate syntactic funtions! 😁
This is why it is advisable to have cases that differentiate syntactic funtions! 😁
December 10, 2024 at 8:36 PM
A most convincing case for case!
Guess what this course I taught was about!
Arvaa, mistä tällä minun opettamalla kurssilla on kyse!
Arvaa, mistä tällä minun opettamalla kurssilla on kyse!
December 10, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Guess what this course I taught was about!
Arvaa, mistä tällä minun opettamalla kurssilla on kyse!
Arvaa, mistä tällä minun opettamalla kurssilla on kyse!
More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1LWm2...
December 9, 2024 at 4:05 PM
More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1LWm2...
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Namens @woinactie.bsky.social:
Aanstaande woensdag 11 december zullen er vanaf 13.00 uur nieuwe acties plaatsvinden in Nijmegen, Enschede, Tilburg, Leiden, Maastricht, Utrecht, Groningen, Amsterdam, en Rotterdam.
Aanstaande woensdag 11 december zullen er vanaf 13.00 uur nieuwe acties plaatsvinden in Nijmegen, Enschede, Tilburg, Leiden, Maastricht, Utrecht, Groningen, Amsterdam, en Rotterdam.
December 8, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Namens @woinactie.bsky.social:
Aanstaande woensdag 11 december zullen er vanaf 13.00 uur nieuwe acties plaatsvinden in Nijmegen, Enschede, Tilburg, Leiden, Maastricht, Utrecht, Groningen, Amsterdam, en Rotterdam.
Aanstaande woensdag 11 december zullen er vanaf 13.00 uur nieuwe acties plaatsvinden in Nijmegen, Enschede, Tilburg, Leiden, Maastricht, Utrecht, Groningen, Amsterdam, en Rotterdam.
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2 PhD fellowships in language and linguistics at the Uni of Oslo. Fully funded 3 years, plus if you submit in time an extra year to work on publications and do some teaching. Area open; project has to fit a research group. Deadline 28 Feb.
Please repost. #linguistics
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please repost. #linguistics
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Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship within language and linguistics (271069), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
December 6, 2024 at 8:49 PM
2 PhD fellowships in language and linguistics at the Uni of Oslo. Fully funded 3 years, plus if you submit in time an extra year to work on publications and do some teaching. Area open; project has to fit a research group. Deadline 28 Feb.
Please repost. #linguistics
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Please repost. #linguistics
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Tärkeitä kohtia. Kansainväliselle henkilöstölle sanotaan usein, ettei heidän tarvitse oppia suomea myös yliopistossani. Moni haluaa oppia, mutta se vie paljon aikaa, kun tekee kokopäivätyötä.
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
December 8, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Tärkeitä kohtia. Kansainväliselle henkilöstölle sanotaan usein, ettei heidän tarvitse oppia suomea myös yliopistossani. Moni haluaa oppia, mutta se vie paljon aikaa, kun tekee kokopäivätyötä.
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
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If you've been #whammed this week and need an antidote, this song will definitely stick in your head... Chapeau to my @hhu.bsky.social colleague Christian Uffmann, who puts the fun back in phonology www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...
Meet Christian Uffmann! #phonology
YouTube video by HHU
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December 7, 2024 at 9:17 AM
If you've been #whammed this week and need an antidote, this song will definitely stick in your head... Chapeau to my @hhu.bsky.social colleague Christian Uffmann, who puts the fun back in phonology www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOl...
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Miten sumerien tunteet paikantuivat kehoon? Taannoin muistelin sumerien sanoneen, että "maksani on sinulle vihainen" tms. joten aloin pohtia kehokarttojen vaihtelua. Nyt siis sain täsmäuutisia ja päivitystä lukemaani! Kiitos Saana Svärd &co. 🙂
www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
Miltä tunteiden kehokartat näyttivät muinoin ja nyt? Mesopotamiassa onnellisuus hohti paljon vahvemmin maksan alueella | Helsingin yliopisto
Tutkijat ovat analysoineet savitaulujen nuolenpäämerkeistä käännettyä ja digitoitua, jopa miljoona sanaa käsittävää muinaista tekstimassaa. Tavoitteena on jatkossa selvittää, ovatko jotkin tunneperäis...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Miten sumerien tunteet paikantuivat kehoon? Taannoin muistelin sumerien sanoneen, että "maksani on sinulle vihainen" tms. joten aloin pohtia kehokarttojen vaihtelua. Nyt siis sain täsmäuutisia ja päivitystä lukemaani! Kiitos Saana Svärd &co. 🙂
www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
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Hot off the press: reflections on a feminist ethics of care to not only survive but thrive in the overwhelming world of academic publishing
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Can we escape the textocalypse? Academic publishing as community building [Language on the Move]
Rapid developments in digital technologies have fundamentally changed writing practices leading to an explosion in the number of textual products. The result is a “textocalypse” – a deep crisis in kno...
www.degruyter.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Hot off the press: reflections on a feminist ethics of care to not only survive but thrive in the overwhelming world of academic publishing
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
A shocking assault on humanities and social science research in New Zealand.
Unbelievable: “The focus of the Fund will shift to core science, with humanities and social sciences panels disbanded and no longer supported. Real impact on our economy will come from areas such as physics, chemistry, maths, engineering and biomedical sciences"
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
Marsden Fund refocused for science with a purpose
Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins today announced the Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift our economic growth and c...
www.beehive.govt.nz
December 5, 2024 at 5:19 AM
A shocking assault on humanities and social science research in New Zealand.
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"France is so attached to its so-called colour-blindness that it cannot stand the public existence of anyone who challenges the theoretical universalism of our republic"
Spot on as always by @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spot on as always by @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How has the French far right managed to cancel a Black anti-racism scholar for ‘racism’? | Rokhaya Diallo
An event at the European parliament featuring the French academic Maboula Soumahoro was axed after French MEPs objected, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo
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December 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
"France is so attached to its so-called colour-blindness that it cannot stand the public existence of anyone who challenges the theoretical universalism of our republic"
Spot on as always by @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spot on as always by @rokhayadiallo.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
APCs cause over-production of papers, because journals get paid per paper. And even PLOS says this model is broken. ⤵️
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My take (and some context) on why even these light/bon-existant details are actually quite big. PLOS publicly taking a position that APCs as a model doesn't work is quite a signal to the broader #AcademicPublishing system.
My take (and some context) on why even these light/bon-existant details are actually quite big. PLOS publicly taking a position that APCs as a model doesn't work is quite a signal to the broader #AcademicPublishing system.
There's been some interest in this PLOS announcement, so despite it being light on details, here's why it's big. In our recent study 'The strain on scientific publishing' we showed how certain groups took off in total articles published.
Why? And why now?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
1/n 🧵
Why? And why now?
direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
1/n 🧵
December 3, 2024 at 6:34 PM
APCs cause over-production of papers, because journals get paid per paper. And even PLOS says this model is broken. ⤵️