Abhi Sharma
aksharma2019.bsky.social
Abhi Sharma
@aksharma2019.bsky.social
Hi, I am Abhi. I teach German Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. My first book titled Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy was published in 2022 in Springer's Language Policy Series.
Founder @camsocioling.bsky.social
Get ready for LPF2026
Are you working on language policy?

Do you like Spain?

Then apply for the Language Policy Forum 2026 in Spain!

22-23 April, @ucm.es

Venue details, plenary speakers, abstract deadline and submission form on our website: langpol.ac.uk. Go go go! 👇
BAAL Language Policy group
Welcome to the Language Policy special interest group of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. The Language Policy (LP) SIG provides a forum to discuss, critically engage with, and research...
langpol.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Are you working on language policy?

Do you like Spain?

Then apply for the Language Policy Forum 2026 in Spain!

22-23 April, @ucm.es

Venue details, plenary speakers, abstract deadline and submission form on our website: langpol.ac.uk. Go go go! 👇
BAAL Language Policy group
Welcome to the Language Policy special interest group of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. The Language Policy (LP) SIG provides a forum to discuss, critically engage with, and research...
langpol.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reposted by Abhi Sharma
🟠 Deadline approaching ‼️ Ag teannadh leis an spriocdháta
🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔

🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar

Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social

📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: iraal2025conference@gmail.com
forms.gle
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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What about Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Irish, Ulster Scots?
May 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking forward to this
April 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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While everyone's (rightly) condemning the US approach to Greenland, people romanticize Denmark's (colonial) relation to Greenland.

Earlier this year, this docu on Danish colonialism was censored from Danish TV, illustrating the strong forces of colonial denial.
tanguysandre.me/2025/03/03/c...
Cryolite: Denmark censors its colonial history
The article is originally written in French. Over the past few days, DR, the Danish broadcasting corporation, has withdrawn the documentary Orsugiak: The White Gold of Greenland from its catalog. T…
tanguysandre.me
April 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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The Scottish Languages Bill would likely make it unlawful to do what Falkirk Council proposed. If a council doesn't offer Gaelic education itself, it will have to support families to access it elsewhere. And it would have to show that altering transport arrangements would bring educational benefits
March 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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How do linguistics and law intersect? Find out in this really engaging @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast from Alexandra Grey, where she interviews Karen McAuliffe about multilingual law-making in Europe.
www.languageonthemove.com/how-does-mul...
How does multilingual law-making work?
In this podcast interview, Alexandra Grey explores multilingual law-making with Karen McAuliffe, a Professor of Law and Language at Birmingham Law School in the UK. The conversation is about the im…
www.languageonthemove.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Review of my book 'Reconceptualising Power in LP' by David C. Johnson (published in Language Problems & Language Planning last week) @langpolicy.bsky.social
@camsocioling.bsky.social

www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Review of Sharma (2022): Reconceptualising power in language policy: Evidence form comparative studies | John Benjamins
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March 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM