Charles Antaki

@charlesantaki.bsky.social

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Ex-prof, but still in with a shout on language, interaction etcetera

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ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 14h

Intriguing to see where in the BlueSky universe CA users sit, and pleasing that the journal is at the heart of the community.

bluesky-map.theo.io

Detail from a map of bluesky users, showing the CA community (with ROLSI's account in the centre) and its near neighbours, academic linguists and progressives

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 14h

A fascinating new book on mental disorder (though here "madness" is indeed better) and the sea

link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Madness and the Sea

This book traces the literary origins and experiences of using sea journeys to treat mental illness through the nineteenth century.

link.springer.com

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 1d

Aha - yes, that makes sense. Phew! Nice one, Kari.

Here's the nub of it:

An explanation of the mysterious headline. It turns out that a doctor's surgery wanted to expand, but they were turned down because there would be too many cars coming.

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 1d

Stumped by this one in the local paper

Image of headline in local newspaper which reads "West Bridgford dental surgery expansion recommended for refusal over parking concerns"

Reposted by Charles Antaki, Elwys De Stefani

Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an early career researcher interested in communicating linguistics to broader audiences?

Consider applying for a @lingcomm.org grant!
Deadline April 30, via @lingthusiasm.com

lingcomm.org/grants/

Grants

2026 LingComm Grants – Small Grants for Communicating Linguistics to Wider Audiences We want to see more linguistics in the world! The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 (USD) to support lin…

lingcomm.org

Reposted by Charles Antaki, Sally Wiggins, Alexa Hepburn

ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · 4d

PhD course: April 7-9, 2026

Conversation analysis and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts, USN Norway

Application deadline: March 1, 2026.

www.usn.no/activities/p...

PhD course: Conversation analysis (CA) and the analysis of interaction in everyday and institutional contexts - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

This course is aimed at PhD candidates who investigate interaction in various everyday- and institutional contexts.

www.usn.no

Reposted by Elwys De Stefani

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 7d

PubPeer contributors do an admirable job of trying to keep science honest.

In her latest blogpost, @deevybee.bsky.social notes "58% of highly-cited papers that were annulled between 2021-2025 had prior PubPeer comments".

deevybee.blogspot.com

Publishers: a free alert to potential problems

A paragraph from Dorothy Bishop's blog post, recommending that publishers consult PubPeer to identify potential problems with papers they publish

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 10d

Another of those teasing picture puzzle competitions in my local paper

Local paper headline says "Man bitten by dog on a bus – police release images", illustrated by a stock picture of a bus with neither man nor dog visible

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 10d

Wow - even for someone who has no Icelandic, Kári, that's a v. arresting & intriguing way of setting out a poem

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Wil Housley @wilhousley.bsky.social · 10d

The conversational action test: Detecting the artificial sociality of artificial intelligence.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The conversational action test: Detecting the artificial sociality of artificial intelligence - Saul Albert, William Housley, Rein Ove Sikveland, Elizabeth Stokoe, 2025

Drawing on the “Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test”—a science fiction version of Turing’s famous thought experiment—we propose the Conversational Action Test (CAT): a ne...

journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Elwys De Stefani

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 14d

A really excellent example of a CA research-based applied workshop, tried and tested over many years of development.

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 14d

Next CARM workshop for #EMCA researchers wanting to develop their own training - inc development, design, delivery, and evaluating #impact and #benefit

📍📅 Friday 5th June 2026, 10.30-16.30 GMT, online, register: eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-cata... - fee covers 1-2-1 support for CARM Affiliates 💬

a film reel that becomes a roadway with three people at the start of a journey, and 'Start' signpost - in a monochrome line drawing

Reposted by Charles Antaki, Sally Wiggins

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 14d

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 14d

Yes! Gaalty scieencce. I've been doing that for a while.

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 14d

Makes a change from the usual two–heads-facing-each-other, I guess.
Good to see Paul Dickerson getting a second edition; my memory is that it's not a bad intro.

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Dr Yanyan Li @dryanyanli.bsky.social · 17d

📣 Call for Chapters
@adambrandt.bsky.social, Tony and I are pleased to invite abstract submissions for a proposed edited book, Human-AI Interaction: Discourse and Interactional Perspectives. Potential publisher: Routledge. Please see the Call for Chapters for more details. #EMCA #ConversationalAI

Call for Chapters | Edited Volume on Human-AI Interaction: Discourse and Interactional Perspectives

Reposted by Charles Antaki, Elwys De Stefani, Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre , and 1 more Charles Antaki, Elwys De Stefani, Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre, Mick Smith

Antti Kamunen @kamunenantti.bsky.social · 17d

Hiring! 📢 We have a three-year position open at the University of Oulu for a Doctoral Researcher in English. Not only will you get to study social interaction in an interesting setting, you'll also get to work with the nicest* people in the business. See announcement below.

*biased statement

Doctoral Researcher, English, Languages and Literature, Faculty of Humanities

We are now looking for a Doctoral Researcher to join us in the research unit of Languages and Literature (English) at the Faculty of Humanities. The position is part of the SafeEarth research program

oulunyliopisto.varbi.com

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Alonso Vásquez-Kanashiro @avasquezkanashiro.bsky.social · 19d

#EMCA #spanish #español

Secuenciando acaba de inaugurar los Open Data Sessions, un espacio libre y casual para que personas del ámbito hispano, interesadas en el análisis de la conversación, puedan reunirse y hacer observaciones de datos interaccionales con otrxs ;)

Secuenciando presenta Open Data Sessions. ¡Un espacio libre y casual para analizar imteracciones con otros!

Cronograma de sesiones. ¡Todos los martes, a las 6 p.m.! (hora peruana)
Enero: 20, 27
Febrero: 03, 10, 17, 24
Marzo: 03

Reposted by Charles Antaki, Sally Wiggins, Alexa Hepburn

YorCCA @yorcca.bsky.social · 19d

📢 YorCCA 2026 — Call for Abstracts

YorCCA 2026 is now accepting abstract submissions.
🗓 Submission deadline: Friday 10 April 2026
🎓 Eligible: current MA/PhD researchers & recent PhD graduates (2023+)

🔗 Full details & submission:
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...

Reposted by Brett Smith, Charles Antaki, Elwys De Stefani , and 2 more Brett Smith, Charles Antaki, Elwys De Stefani, Éric Laurier, Michael Larkin

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 20d

Hello #EMCA community!

There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.

Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!

1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX

2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 24d

So that's Steve McClaren's other job

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Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 24d

Aston Stylistics Research Centre is launched!

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · 29d

Speedy recovery, Sue!

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Jan 8

Well that was quite a surprise - thanks for sharing, Kári

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Jan 8

BBC weatherman in Rab C Nesbitt homage

Image of BBC weatherman wearing what seems to be a vest underneath his suit jacket

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Jan 8

Good stuff, John!

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Jan 7

Well done Alex!

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Jan 7

This week's parsing puzzle from my local paper

Headline from local online newspaper reads "NUH £35.5 million worse than plan as board papers rule out break–even this year"

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Charles Antaki, Heike Baldauf-Quilliatre

DirkvL @dirkvl.bsky.social · Jan 6

Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction - 04 June 2026 10:00 to 05 June 2026 16:30 - www.kcl.ac.uk/events/wit-a...

Work, Interaction & Technology Advanced Summer Institute | Video in qualitative research: materiality, embodiment and social interaction | King's College London

The WIT Advanced Summer Institute on Video in Qualitative Research: Materiality, Embodiment and Social Interaction

www.kcl.ac.uk

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Jan 6

I used to read Searchlight back in the day – what an eye-opener it was

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Charles Antaki

ROLSI journal @rolsi-journal.bsky.social · Jan 6

A paper in BMJ with important clinical implications for the treatment of heart disease – yet sleuths find troubling evidence of fabricated data.

A new blog post by @deevybee.bsky.social reporting on the case, and the unsatisfactory response from the journal.

deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-o...

An Open Letter to the BMJ Editorial Board

to: Editor in chief, Kamran Abbasi , kabbasi@bmj.com Executive editor, Theodora Bloom , tbloom@bmj.com Head of research, Elizab...

deevybee.blogspot.com

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