Anmeldung Working Lab: Linguistic Discrimination in Higher Education and the Work Sphere
9 July 2026InZentIM Working Lab: Linguistic Discrimination in Higher Education and the Work Sphere
University of Duisburg-Essen, Bibliothekssaal (Room R11 T00 K18), Campus Essen
Universitätsstraße 9-11, 45141 Essen
- 12.00 – 12.15 Arrival, Coffee & Snack
- 12.15 – 12.30 Introduction to the WorkingLab - Dr. Judith Purkarthofer & Dr. Tobias Schroedler, both University of Duisburg-Essen
- 12.30 – 13.30 Keynote - Dr. Stephen Lucek, University College Dublin
University Staff Language Practices: Missed Opportunities and Linguistic Discrimination - 13.30 – 14.00 Coffee & Snacks
- 14.00 – 14.30 Dr. Sandra Issel-Dombert, University of Duisburg-Essen
Linguistic Discrimination in Transnational Care Work: Filipina Domestic Migrant Workers’ Lived Experiences in Madrid - 14.30 – 15.00 İrem Karaçay, University of Mannheim
Boundaries that Matter: Changes in Ethnic and National Identification Upon Differential Linguistic Discrimination Among Minority-Origin Migrants - 15.00 – 15.30 Alexandra Brill, University of Vienna
Language-Related Subjectivation and Institutional Non-Recognition: Legibility, Recognisability, and Multilingualism of Women from Ukraine in Germany - 15.30-16.00 Kseniia Pershina, University of Duisburg-Essen
Linguistic Hierarchies in Healthcare: Migrant Nurses’ Perceptions of Multilingualism - 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee & Snacks
- 16.30 – 17.30 Keynote - Dr. Stephen May & Dr. Mi Yung Park, both University of Auckland, New Zealand
Linguistic discrimination in higher education: International implications - 17.30-18.30 Helena Weyland, University of Duisburg-Essen
“It didn't help my career at all." - Understanding beneficial and hindering effects of heritage language use in the workplace - 18.30 End