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Marie BELENGER’s public defence to obtain the academic degree of Doctor of Languages, Literature and Translation Studies will take place on Monday, October 20, 2025.
Ms. Marie BELENGER will present and publicly defend an original essay entitled: « Pragmatic advantage in autistic females, who are we really talking about ? Exploring narrative coherence, pause patterns, and parental reports of pragmatic abilities in diagnosed autistic females and females at increased likelihood of autism » The Jury will be composed of Mrs.[…]
Call for papers – DiscourseNet Congres #6
DNC6 (6th DiscourseNet Congress) – Discourse and the imaginaries of past, present and future societies: media and representations of (inter)national (dis)orders Website: www.discourseanalysis.net/DNC6 Contact: contactdnc6@gmail.com Location: ULB (Université libre de Bruxelles), Brussels Date: July 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th , 2025 Important dates: Language policy: DiscourseNet is a multilingual association. At DNC6 we welcome contributions in the[…]
Research project : Kalamu na wino
As a result of contacts with Muslim merchants from the Swahili coast and Sudan in the second half of the 19th century, Arabic script was circulating in certain regions of the Congo (Maniema, Kisangani, Uele, etc.) even before the arrival of Europeans, and continued to do so throughout the colonial period, giving rise to a[…]
Seminar UTiL : 19/04/2024
We’re writing to remind you about our next ULB Talks in Linguistics meeting on April 19th, 14:00 – 16:00! We’re very excited to invite you to our panel discussion on Post-Colonial Linguistics, featuring Nancy Kula (Leiden University), Jacky Maniacky (AfricaMuseum), and Lameen Souag (LACITO – CNRS). While we are centering this discussion on post-colonial linguistics[…]