Call for Papers for #pala2025! PALA Literary Semantics pala2025.com/cfp/

ASRG welcomes back Dr Paula Ghintuiala 🌈 for our next research seminar on Wednesday 20th Nov, 4-5pm. 'The Split Self in American Cinema'. All welcome! Register here shorturl.at/hGe4H

🌟Publication day🌟 My new book, The Language of Margaret Atwood, is now available. This has been a Project and a Half, so a big thank you to friends and colleagues for the support along the way! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Guess who’s giving a talk later today (and is very hyped about it)? It was such a surreal experience going back to my thesis and choosing what to talk about! See you all later? 🎬✨

Our next #ASRG research seminar is with Dr Polina Gavin on Wednesday 4th December 4-5pm on Teams. Polina will be presenting her work on the cognitive poetics of ekphrastic intervention. All welcome! Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f2e904c9…

I had a superb time last night presenting on my PhD research! Thank you for inviting me & thank you to the audience for their questions 🎬✨😎

Looking forward to seeing my #PhD buddy present on her incredible research on 4th December! 😎✨

Forget the Oscars or the Grammys - this is the event of the year 😎✨

Now in its fifth year, our Aston Stylistics Research Group Seminar Series restarts in early February. We are looking forward to welcoming Alice Haines Amélie Doche @JessicaJumpertz Cristina Loi and Nadia Georgiou to share their work. Registration will open soon!

Seeing those #PALA2025 abstracts flowing in nonstop today! There is only one more day left to submit your proposal to our upcoming Digital Stylistics PALA conference, so be warned! PALA PALA 2025

We are extending the deadline for proposals for PALA to Friday 14th February. Details here! pala2025.com/cfp/

Registration now open for our #ASRG research seminar on Wednesday 12th February 4-5pm. We are delighted to welcome Amélie Doche to talk about her research on reader responses to 'A Sense of an Ending'. Open to all! shorturl.at/fGVnf

Curious about what a 'diffractive' approach to reader-response stylistics may look like? Or just need a break from doomscrolling? Either way, come to my talk next week. ⏬

We are looking forward to our next ASRG research seminar with Amélie Doche this afternoon 4-5pm (online). I’ve read the chapter Amélie’s talk is based on and it’s one of the best things I’ve read in stylistics recently! All welcome and still time to register shorturl.at/fGVnf

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Poetry often deviates from schematic templates. In this paper, I will discuss... P. s. You have until 14th Feb to submit an abstract for #PALA2025, hosted by English at Aston University 💜 pala2025.com/cfp/

Our final ASRG research seminar is next Wednesday 5th March when we welcome Cristina Loi to talk about her research on a narrative-based intervention for young adults. Online, 4-5pm. Everyone welcome! #stylistics Register here shorturl.at/tHISD

Who says you cannot have a small treat even after Easter? Very excited to present this Friday some of the highlights of one of my exploratory side projects! ✨😎🎶

📣#PALA2025📣 Poetics and Linguistics Association 2025 conference, 7th - 12th July A reminder that the early bird (/goose?) registration closes 2 weeks from today, on the 16th May! You can register here --pala2025.com/registration/

👀 In Babel's Summer 2025 issue... 🎞️ Dr Paula Ghintuiala 🌈 discusses her work on the split Self in cinema 🛍️ Subscribe at babelzine.co.uk

I would be very grateful if you could take a moment to read the Call for Participants below. If you are interested in taking part, please feel free to contact me via the email address provided in the notice. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.