Dr Sarah Hopkyns
@drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social
Sociolinguist. Assistant Professor at University of St Andrews & IOE, UCL. Visiting research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
Excited about the online launch for the St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE) on November 26th 10:30am (UK). Do register and come along!
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St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE)
Join us for the official launch of St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE), an open-access online journal
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November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Excited about the online launch for the St Andrews Journal of International and Language Education (SAJILE) on November 26th 10:30am (UK). Do register and come along!
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/st-an...
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I am excited to be giving an invited talk with Kay Gallagher, Anna Dillon, Geraldine Chell and more at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia next week (November 10th). Thank you to Michela Gronchi for this wonderful invitation to be part of this BALEAP EMI SIG associated event!
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am excited to be giving an invited talk with Kay Gallagher, Anna Dillon, Geraldine Chell and more at Università Ca' Foscari Venezia next week (November 10th). Thank you to Michela Gronchi for this wonderful invitation to be part of this BALEAP EMI SIG associated event!
Delighted to see my latest article published last week. Thank you to SI editors Maria Kuteeva and Amy Wanyu Ou, and journal editor Jean-Marc Dewaele. I'm looking forward to reading the full issue soon!
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The complexities of ‘sticky objects’ and ‘happy objects’ in multilingual universities: emotional (un)belonging from a posthumanist perspective
As educational experiences in internationalised academic landscapes expand beyond classroom-based knowledge concerns, it is important to recognise that university spaces also embody affective, soci...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Delighted to see my latest article published last week. Thank you to SI editors Maria Kuteeva and Amy Wanyu Ou, and journal editor Jean-Marc Dewaele. I'm looking forward to reading the full issue soon!
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I am honoured to be part of the editorial board for the University Exeter Press Book Series: Trajectories of Gender, Cultures, and Social Change in the Middle East. Thank you to the series editors Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco for inviting me. www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...
Trajectories of Gender, Cultures and Social Change in the Middle East
Series editors: Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco, both at Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE The book series Trajectories of Gender, Cultures and Social Change in the Middle East explores the evolvin...
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August 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am honoured to be part of the editorial board for the University Exeter Press Book Series: Trajectories of Gender, Cultures, and Social Change in the Middle East. Thank you to the series editors Emanuela Buscemi and Cristina Greco for inviting me. www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/...
Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Just returned from #IAWE26_Giessen full of inspiration! A superb experience, especially as a full day was allocated to our sessions on #world #Englishes in the #Arab #Gulf #states (chapters in Kay Gallagher's edited book). @annamariedillon.bsky.social @drmvdhoven.bsky.social @zabanwala.bsky.social
Day #1 at #IAWE26_Giessen. Excellent plenaries and individual sessions. Great to be with friends and colleagues from the Gulf again! #world #Englishes
July 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Day #1 at #IAWE26_Giessen. Excellent plenaries and individual sessions. Great to be with friends and colleagues from the Gulf again! #world #Englishes
Delighted to share this new article, with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social doctoral student Michela Gronchi as first author. "Teacher Identity in English Medium Instruction: A scoping Review of the Literature on EMI in the EU". Review of Education. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
English medium instruction (EMI) has steadily increased in higher education institutions across Europe since the Bologna Process in 1999. Most research in this area has focused on teaching practices ...
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June 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Delighted to share this new article, with @uniofstandrews.bsky.social doctoral student Michela Gronchi as first author. "Teacher Identity in English Medium Instruction: A scoping Review of the Literature on EMI in the EU". Review of Education. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Looking forward to giving a workshop on 'Exploring Alternative Pathways: Navigating Non-Traditional Routes to Publishing Academic Work' at this British Educational Research Association (BERA) event on Wednesday! Great programme of sessions!
June 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Looking forward to giving a workshop on 'Exploring Alternative Pathways: Navigating Non-Traditional Routes to Publishing Academic Work' at this British Educational Research Association (BERA) event on Wednesday! Great programme of sessions!
Thoroughly enjoyed the May 'Away Day' with new UCL colleagues at October Gallery, Bloomsbury. Perfect 'Transvangarde' exhibition for us as intercultural communication scholars, delicious lunch, beautiful setting, and great company! Happy to have joined this team!
May 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed the May 'Away Day' with new UCL colleagues at October Gallery, Bloomsbury. Perfect 'Transvangarde' exhibition for us as intercultural communication scholars, delicious lunch, beautiful setting, and great company! Happy to have joined this team!
Great way to start May with ‘World Englishes in the Arab Gulf States’ now out! My chapter (Chapter 1) looks at translingual and transnational identities in the Gulf. Thank you to the editor Kay Gallagher. Looking forward to reading the other chapters!
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Transnational and Translingual Englishes in the Arab Gulf States | 3 |
Varieties of English in the Arab Gulf States are shaped by transnationalism and translingualism. The Gulf nations have highly diverse populations where forms of
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May 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Great way to start May with ‘World Englishes in the Arab Gulf States’ now out! My chapter (Chapter 1) looks at translingual and transnational identities in the Gulf. Thank you to the editor Kay Gallagher. Looking forward to reading the other chapters!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Multilingual University | Society for Research into Higher Education
SRHE Multilingual University Network seeks to serve as a platform for new developments in the intersections of linguistic inquiry and higher education studies
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February 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Reposted by Dr Sarah Hopkyns
📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
April 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
Enjoyed attending the Teaching Excellence Awards event at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week. Happy to receive the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) award along with colleagues Jenny Taylorson, Shruti Narayanswamy & Kirsty McCall.
April 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Enjoyed attending the Teaching Excellence Awards event at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week. Happy to receive the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) award along with colleagues Jenny Taylorson, Shruti Narayanswamy & Kirsty McCall.
Reflecting on a wonderful time at #IATEFL2025 in Edinburgh last week! Highlights were presenting (research with @sdovchin.bsky.social), meet ups, ELTJ debate (Sin-Wang Chong), excellent plenaries and sessions (Daniel Xerri, Catherine Walter & more), #HandsUpProject Gaza play (powerful).
April 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reflecting on a wonderful time at #IATEFL2025 in Edinburgh last week! Highlights were presenting (research with @sdovchin.bsky.social), meet ups, ELTJ debate (Sin-Wang Chong), excellent plenaries and sessions (Daniel Xerri, Catherine Walter & more), #HandsUpProject Gaza play (powerful).
Honoured be a keynote speaker, alongside Sara Hillman, at GUST Global Studies Center conference in Kuwait (April 15-16). Excellent panels, warm hospitality, delicious food, and fantastic company! Heartfelt thank you to Marta tryzna, Jennifer Loftkrantz, and team!
April 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Honoured be a keynote speaker, alongside Sara Hillman, at GUST Global Studies Center conference in Kuwait (April 15-16). Excellent panels, warm hospitality, delicious food, and fantastic company! Heartfelt thank you to Marta tryzna, Jennifer Loftkrantz, and team!
Enjoyed presenting at 'Languages in the city' Symposium with Melanie van den Hoven in Utrecht and exploring the city. Stimulating discussions, beautiful place, all things Miffy, and great Indonesian food with Chris Jenks, Wafa Al-Alawi and co. April 6-7.
April 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Enjoyed presenting at 'Languages in the city' Symposium with Melanie van den Hoven in Utrecht and exploring the city. Stimulating discussions, beautiful place, all things Miffy, and great Indonesian food with Chris Jenks, Wafa Al-Alawi and co. April 6-7.
On my way to Kuwait for the GUST Global Studies Centre conference, with the theme: Cultural linguistics, local identities : Exploring cultural hybridity. Happy to be a plenary speaker at this event. See you soon @sarapatra.bsky.social!
April 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On my way to Kuwait for the GUST Global Studies Centre conference, with the theme: Cultural linguistics, local identities : Exploring cultural hybridity. Happy to be a plenary speaker at this event. See you soon @sarapatra.bsky.social!
Pleased to be presenting at another #AAAL2025 colloquium 'Emotions of TESOL Teacher Educators: International Perspectives' on Tuesday at 10am-12pm in the Grand Ballroom. Come if you can (I'll be there in spirit / on the screen).
March 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Pleased to be presenting at another #AAAL2025 colloquium 'Emotions of TESOL Teacher Educators: International Perspectives' on Tuesday at 10am-12pm in the Grand Ballroom. Come if you can (I'll be there in spirit / on the screen).
Enjoyed our #AAAL2025 colloquium on (un)belonging and multilingualism in HE yesterday, which we started planning at last year's conference (first picture with Elizabeth Miller). Hard not to be there in person (Heathrow situation / canceled flight) but happy for video updates and Q&A via video call.
March 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Enjoyed our #AAAL2025 colloquium on (un)belonging and multilingualism in HE yesterday, which we started planning at last year's conference (first picture with Elizabeth Miller). Hard not to be there in person (Heathrow situation / canceled flight) but happy for video updates and Q&A via video call.
Friends and colleagues at #AAAL2025 in Denver, our colloquium '(Un)belonging and Multilingualism among Stakeholders in Higher Education' is at 8am-10am today in Silver. Come if you can! Elizabeth Miller Pramod K. Sah @sarapatra.bsky.social Rima Elabdali & Olive Nabukeera.
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Friends and colleagues at #AAAL2025 in Denver, our colloquium '(Un)belonging and Multilingualism among Stakeholders in Higher Education' is at 8am-10am today in Silver. Come if you can! Elizabeth Miller Pramod K. Sah @sarapatra.bsky.social Rima Elabdali & Olive Nabukeera.
Excited to have joined @ioe.bsky.social as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Intercultural Communication (dissertation supervisor - in addition to main role at the University of St Andrews). Proud to joining this fantastic university and team!
March 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Excited to have joined @ioe.bsky.social as a Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Intercultural Communication (dissertation supervisor - in addition to main role at the University of St Andrews). Proud to joining this fantastic university and team!
Wonderful to be part of the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of World Englishes - Kingsley Bolton (Ed.). A huge project including six volumes! My entry / article looks at 'English in the UAE'. Thanks to MENA volume editor Tariq Elyas! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
United Arab Emirates, English in the
The oil-rich Arabian Gulf nation of the United Arab Emirates has a diverse linguistic ecology with Arabic as the official language, English as a lingua franca and over 100 other languages spoken by i...
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March 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Wonderful to be part of the Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of World Englishes - Kingsley Bolton (Ed.). A huge project including six volumes! My entry / article looks at 'English in the UAE'. Thanks to MENA volume editor Tariq Elyas! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New article published today on ‘sticky objects’ (and places) in relation to students’ emotions and belonging in EME higher education. Thanks to SI editors Pramod Sah, Madhu KC & Peter De Costa. Looking forward to reading the full issue! Open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Sticky Objects and Places: Entangled Emotions in an English‐Medium University Educationscape
This paper explores entangled emotions in an Abu Dhabi English-medium university educationscape in relation to sticky objects and sticky places, which are objects/places saturated in affect through f....
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February 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New article published today on ‘sticky objects’ (and places) in relation to students’ emotions and belonging in EME higher education. Thanks to SI editors Pramod Sah, Madhu KC & Peter De Costa. Looking forward to reading the full issue! Open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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My beautiful friend (and colleague!) @tazinabdullah.bsky.social wrote about mentorship in higher ed and passing it on to the next generation of scholars ❤️
"University and higher education must be a journey of purpose, guided by our teachers and mentors who nurture our potential to contribute to the world."
@tazinabdullah.bsky.social reflects on the importance of mentorship
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@tazinabdullah.bsky.social reflects on the importance of mentorship
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Lifelong learning from academic mentorship
Every year, the Bangladesh Forum for Community Engagement in Sydney, Australia hosts an event called ‘Talent Day’ to acknowledge the achievements of primary and high school students in the Australi…
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February 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My beautiful friend (and colleague!) @tazinabdullah.bsky.social wrote about mentorship in higher ed and passing it on to the next generation of scholars ❤️
Excited about this #book #launch hosted by TESOL International Intercultural Communication Interest Section. @drmvdhoven.bsky.social and I present 'Reconceptualising Intercultural Communication Research for the MENA: A Rereading of the Social Construction of Reality'. Routledge - Hamza R'boul, Ed.
February 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Excited about this #book #launch hosted by TESOL International Intercultural Communication Interest Section. @drmvdhoven.bsky.social and I present 'Reconceptualising Intercultural Communication Research for the MENA: A Rereading of the Social Construction of Reality'. Routledge - Hamza R'boul, Ed.