LOREL Lab Book Club Events: Winter 2025
Join the LOREL Lab in reading Decolonizing Linguistics (Oxford 2024) during our Winter quarter book club. This text is open-access and a print copy will be awarded via lottery at each of our meetings. Students, faculty, and staff from across the university are welcome.
Podcast: Decolonizing Linguistics: Colonial Geographies
Recommended to read before listening: Chapter 3, “The Colonial Geography of Linguistics: A View from the Caribbean”
Featuring guest respondent Kristy Ali.
To be released this February.
Feburary 19, 2025: The Scholar as Disruptor: A Workshop on Decolonizing the Academy
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Location: Jeffrey’s Jazz Coffeehouse (910 Embarcadero del Norte)
Recommended reading: Chapter 4, “We Like the Idea of You But Not the Reality of You: The Whole Scholar as Disruptor of Default Colonial Practices in Linguistics”
Reading is not required! Please feel welcome to attend without having completed the recommended reading.
March 12, 2025: Decolonizing Linguistics: A Conversation with Mary Bucholtz
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Location: McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6080
Recommended reading: Introduction & Conclusion
Reading is not required! Please feel welcome to attend without having completed the recommended reading.