Anastassia Zabrodskaja
azabrodskaja.bsky.social
Anastassia Zabrodskaja
@azabrodskaja.bsky.social
Professor of Intercultural Communication; Head of the Communication Management Master’s program at Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media, and Arts School; Executive Director of the European Master’s in Intercultural Communication program; Tallinn, Estonia
🎉 The EUROCAMPUS 2025 in Paris🥐, a key part of the European Masters in #interculturalcommunication - #EMICC semester, ended on 9 December 2025!
🌟 Excited to announce that I’ll be leading #EUROCAMPUS 2026 at Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School!
@visittallinn.bsky.social
#Erasmus+
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
✨Feeling inspired after attending the 2nd International Conference on #MigrationLinguistics #ICML2 at the prestigious University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the #Philippines — one of the oldest and largest #Catholic universities in the world and the oldest in #Asia #education #TraFaDy
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
In Estonian, we say "kaua tehtud kaunike" "a long time made, little beauty"—perfect for this moment! Dinara’s article (co-authored with Assel Akzhigitova and yours truly) was published in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development doi.org/10.1080/0143...
It was accepted almost 2 years ago
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
🎉 Today, we’ve officially closed the research topic on #interculturalcommunication and international #students —and the best part? It’s available open access! 👉
doi.org/10.3389/fcom...
🔜Soon, we’ll be publishing a book 📚featuring all the amazing articles from this research. 🙌 #transnational
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🙏So grateful to everyone who joined my plenary on promoting #interculturalcommunication through #telecollaboration! It was an honor to share insights on how telecollaboration is enhancing #interculturalcommunication. Excited to keep bridging cultures through digital collaboration!🤝🌍 #ESEPCongress25
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🎓 Dinara Madiyeva successfully defended her #PhD on “The Linguistic Landscape of Kazakhstan: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Eventonyms.” I had the privilege of supervising her alongside Juldyz Smagulova. 🌟 Big congratulations to Dinara, and sending my best from Tallinn to Almaty! 💐 #ProudSupervisor
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🎉🎓 Congrats to Rakhiya Toxanbayeva (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) on defending your #PhD! Your hard work and passion have truly paid off. So proud of you—this is just the beginning! 🌟🚀 Excited to see what’s next! 💫 P.S. — Another step for 🇪🇪 🤝 🇰🇿 collaboration! #legaldiscourse #proudsupervisor
September 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🙏 Special thanks to those who opened the conference with inspiring words:
Prof Indrek Ibrus, @ecreaeu.bsky.social
Prof Katrin Niglas
Prof Riho Västrik
🙏 Big shoutout to The City of Tallinn for supporting us with free public transport @visittallinn.bsky.social
For more info www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/dmmiic
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🎓 I’m continuing my term as Executive Director of the European Masters in #InterculturalCommunication Network, kicking off this year at @inalco.fr 🗼🥐
📚 I’m teaching an amazing group, including two talented MA Communication Management students from Tallinn University, proudly representing Estonia 🌍.
September 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚀Exciting start! The first 7 students of the Communication Management MA at Tallinn University BFM met with me today 🎓. Over the next 2 years, they’ll explore 🤝 stakeholder relations, 🚨 crisis comms, 🧭 strategic planning & more—guided by international staff and global best practices.
Welcome aboard!
August 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our article is out in Forum for Linguistic Studies doi.org/10.30564/fls...
With Aizhan Abilkassymova, Dr. Dinara Tlepbergen & Dr. Assel Akzhigitova
✨ Kids’ creative #translanguaging 🗣️💬
✨ Family Language Policy #FLP & multilingual #identity 🌍
✨ Preserving #heritage languages 🌱
#proudsupervisor ❤️🎓
August 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
📢My Editorial has been published www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/...
📚I introduce my Special Issue: "Role of Intercultural Communication in Multicultural or Culturally Diverse Societies": 12 articles
🎉All papers were published open access and entirely free of charge! Thank you, @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
📢 Hot Off the Press
🗓️Out Today – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Volume 46, Issue 6 (2025)
Explore the latest in global #language, #culture, and #identity research
📝 1 Introduction
📚 8 Research Articles
📖 1 Book Review
💬 1 Commentary paper
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rmmm20/4...
July 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🎉Today we held the final interviews for the #CommunicationManagement program – and #admissions are officially closed for the 2025 intake! 👉 Already thinking ahead? The next admission round opens in January 2026 – stay tuned!
www.tlu.ee/en/bfm/commu...
🎓Established in 2013
#interculturalcommunication
July 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
✍️The commentary by @professorliwei.bsky.social has been published online, marking the final piece in my special issue, 'Exploring Language Dynamics across (#Migrant) Communities': on language choices in #migrant families and #transnational dynamics. Read it here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0143...
#FLP
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
✨Big summer news:
📚The contract has been officially signed with @springernature.com for our upcoming 📖:
🌍 "#Transnational Family Dynamics in and Beyond Contemporary Europe: Navigating Borders"
💪A huge shoutout to the amazing #TraFaDy #COST team
#Migration #TransnationalFamily #borders #Globalisation
July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🎉 Excited to share our article is featured on the Languages journal homepage @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
Proud of co-authors Dr. Dinara Tlepbergen & Dr. Assel Akzhigitova.
🎨 Cover art by 🇰🇿 artist Aigerim Karibayeva: Towards the Wind
📚 Q1 journal | 🔗 doi.org/10.3390/lang...
July 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
💬 Honored to present at the 20ᵗʰ International Conference on Minority Languages - ICML 2025:
🟢 I shared my research on Family Language Practices in Estonian-Russian Mixed Families
💛 Grateful for the rich discussions & vibrant #MinorityLanguage community. #FLP
📍La Universidad Externado de Colombia
June 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Feeling so happy to attend the 20ᵗʰ International Conference on Minority Languages - ICML 2025! As a professor of #interculturalcommunication, I’m continually reminded at gatherings like this of how deeply language shapes #identity, #belonging, and #diversity.
📍La Universidad Externado de Colombia
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#ICA2025 #ICA25 June 9–18 Denver 2 joint presentations with Dr Sara Kim (Uni of Louisiana Monroe)
🎤Exploring AI’s Role in #InterculturalCommunication: Representation, Bias, and Ethical Implications
🧑‍🏫Enhancing Intercultural Communication Competence Through Semester-Long Multiethnic #Telecollaboration
June 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🎉What a way to end @isbilingualism.bsky.social
📖My Editorial for the Special Issue “Language Policy and Practice in Multilingual Families” is out in Languages!
👉 doi.org/10.3390/lang...
💙 13 articles
📘 Coming soon as a book
🌍 Open Access & FREE
#MultilingualFamilies #FLP #ISB15 #HOLM2023
June 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Today @isbilingualism.bsky.social: A double session on Decolonizing #FLP
🔍Insights on #multilingualism #identity across global contexts
📷Our paper: Decolonizing Family Language Policy: The call for Investigating Multilingual Dynamics in new Contexts
🔥With a sharp discussion by Cassie Smith-Christmas
June 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
💬Honored to join today’s Session on Family Language Policy #FLP @isbilingualism.bsky.social. It offered powerful insights into how family language choices shape #identity, well-being, and cultural continuity across diverse contexts. 🌍
June 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In 2006 I was a starstruck PhD student at my 1st Sociolinguistic Symposium, meeting BIG names like Professors Elana Shohamy, Aneta Pavlenko. Now, 19 years later @isbilingualism.bsky.social, I'm here with my own PhD graduate Dinara Tlepbergen & amazing colleagues.
Still starstruck. Still grateful. ❤️
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM