Programme/Rhaglen 2025-2026

The CLCR Events Series has been a constant and innovative focal point for research on or connected with Language, Linguistics and Communication (broadly defined). The Series has held regular research meetings since at least 1993, welcoming scholars from around the world to share their ideas.

Today, our meetings comprise a wide range of academic and academically-related gatherings. These include conventional ‘Visiting Speaker’ seminars as well as Networking Roundtables which provide for group discussion of interests and possible future projects around a common theme; “minilloquia”, mini-colloquia which allow several speakers to present their research or thinking and “sliminars” small seminars where more discursive and participatory formats feature.

We welcome audience members from the Language and Linguistics section in ENCAP as well as Humanities and Social Science colleagues and indeed staff across the University and anyone beyond it. Diversity in our audience enriches discussions. This year, we will also be holding events which focus on collective research activities: reflecting on and doing research together.

For more details or to suggest future events, event themes, or speakers (either to volunteer or nominate others), please contact Dr Frances Rock.

Please check timing of individual events carefully below because our usual meeting time is sliding around a bit this term to accommodate other important all-staff events withing ENCAP.

SPRING/GWANWYN 2026

Research Seminar: Wednesday 28th January (Week 1 of term) 1.10-2.00pm 

The What, Why, and How of Lexical Variation in Sign Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Three Unrelated Sign Languages
Dr Rose Stamp (The University of Birmingham)

Research Seminar and demonstration: Wednesday 11 Feb (Week 3 of term) 1.10-2.00pm [with optional extended discussion time until 2.20pm]

CymruFluency – A Fusion Technique and a 4D Welsh Dataset for Welsh Fluency (Proficiency) Analysis
Dr Gary Tam (Swansea University)

Research Seminar: Wednesday 11th March (Week 7 of term) 1.10-2.00pm [with optional extended discussion time until 2.20pm]

NLP for Subtle Bias Detection: From Patronizing Language to Mansplaining
Dr Carla Perez-Almendros (Cardiff University) 

AUTUMN/HYDREF 2025

Interdisciplinary Miniloquium: Wednesday 8 October 2025 (Week 2 of term) 1.20-2.45pm

Topics and Methods in Children’s Social Care Research
Dr Dorottya Cserzo and Dr Harriet Lloyd (both CASCADE, Cardiff University)

As well as the two talks detailed in the link above, Dorottya and Harriet have both agreed to speak about how their research and Learning in Language and Communication at Cardiff has shaped and contributed to their futures.

Informal Lunch: Wednesday 29 October (Week 5 of term) Wednesday  1.00 – 1.50pm

Further information on the informal lunch

Language, Linguistics and Communication-based Mini-Pomodoro Session: Wednesday 12 November (Week 7 of term) 1.10 – 2.40pm

Further information on the mini-pomodoro session

Research-into-Practice Session: Marking using Feedback Studio: Wednesday 19 November (Week 8 of term) 1.15 – 2.00pm

Further information on the research-into-practice session – This session is for staff in the Language and Linguistics section at Cardiff University only

Research Seminar: Wednesday 26th November 2025 (Week 9 of term) 1.10-2.00pm [with optional extended discussion time until 2.20pm]

Roaring and Crying with Animals in the Middle Ages
Dr Liam Lewis (Cardiff University)

Language, Linguistics and Communication Brown Bag – Research Overview: Wednesday 3rd December (Week 10 of term) 1.15 – 2.15pm

Further information on the brown-bag session