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Dimitris Serafis

@dimitrisrf.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof @rug.nl www.rug.nl/staff/d.serafis/?lang=en Editor @cadaad-journal.bsky.social CDS | Argumentation | Multimodality Researching #racism #hatespeech #populism #authoritarianism #crises

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CADAAD Network @cadaad.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
CADAAD After Dark™️ was memorable last night at @cadaad2026.bsky.social. An amazing meal in a colourful venue; full of laughs, smiles & new ideas for papers. No prizes given out for dancing but 👏👏 to [names redacted to preserve professional veneer] for revealing an entirely new skill set #cadaad2026
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Laura Filardo-Llamas @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
At the roundtable yesterday we opened a padlet to.start the conversation on dichotomies and challenges for contemporary CDS. You can ready the comments here and/or join the conversation! #cadaad2026 ⬇️⬇️
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CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
(once again, thank you @proftaylor.bsky.social @dimitrisrf.bsky.social and Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio for their enthusiastic involvement 🙂)
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CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you couldn't get enough of yesterday's #CADAAD2026 roundtable discussion (I mean, it's still living in our heads rent free), you can share your 💭 and 💬 in our padlet 😀 padlet.com/laurafilardo...
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Dichotomies & Challenges in CDS
Write your own dichotomies & challenges in current CDS
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Stavros Assimakopoulos @stavrosling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Two of tonight's plenaries hard at work post-lunch... Something exciting is brewing! @proftaylor.bsky.social @dimitrisrf.bsky.social #cadaad2026
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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Dichotomies&challenges: an excellent plenary roundtable at #cadaad2026 reflecting on how CDS is developing with @proftaylor.bsky.social @dimitrisrf.bsky.social & Encarnacion Hidalgo-Tenorio in conversation with @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social
Keynote roundtable participants at cadaad2026 conference
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And continuing with Theo van Leeuwen, Sydney and Odense, on the semiotics of walking: moving the hips, knees, feet like John Travolta, John Wayne or famous YouTube influencers nowadays.
Theo van Leeuwen at the Multimodality and AI Research Day at Uni Groningen
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Starting with John Bateman, University of Bremen, on how to do multimodal analysis - on many different layers and with many potential methods.
John Bateman presenting at the Multimodality & AI Research Day at Uni Groningen
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Full house at the Multimodality & AI Research Day @rug.nl - only 7 months after #12ICOM 🥰
Multimodality & AI Research Day at the University of Groningen - full lecture hall from the back with welcoming slide on the screen
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
#stopthegenocide #freepalestine #patras
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Sam Bennett @samtbennett.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
See mine and @dimitrisrf.bsky.social recent article. see mine and @dimitrisrf.bsky.social article for our comment on this issue ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ek...
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Between Methodological “Ebb” and Emancipatory “Tide”: Reflecting on the “Critical” Core of Critical Discourse Studies in our own Work|The Greek Review of Social Research
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CADAAD 2026 @cadaad2026.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Charlotte Taylor (University of Sussex), Encarnación Hidalgo Tenorio (University of Granada), and Dimitris Serafis (University of Groningen) will meet in what promises to be a fantastic roundtable.
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CADAAD Journal @cadaad-journal.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🤩 New week, new CADAAD Journal Special Issue! 🤩 “Power relations in digitally-mediated communication: Exploring inequalities, discrimination, and new forms of injustice”, edited by Marina Niceforo, Francesco Nacchia and Sole Alba Zollo. ➡️ Open Access: ugp.rug.nl/cadaad/issue...
CADAAD Journal special issue cover.
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
And now it's my turn, to provide an overview of the @mantrap.bsky.social project - happy to share slides on request!
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is @linguadigitalis.bsky.social enthusiastically facilitating a round table of a different kind - loved it!
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is happening today, @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social is about to start his talk
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Now @rug.nl 👉 keynote lecture by the one and only @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social who is sharing his latest insights on discursive #shifts and the manufacturing of #illiberal public imagination -- TaalX2: Discourses of Discrimination -- the #normalization of politics of #exclusion
Michal Krzyzanowski's keynote lecture at the University of Groningen
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
📣New book chapter w/ @neous.bsky.social on #hatespeech #multimodality #argumentation check it out 👉Imagery of Hate Online www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Abstract of the book chapter titled: studying soft hate speech online
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This ⬇️ is a hybrid event, so do follow the link to register for the finale to the TaalX lecture series - looking forward to seeing you there!
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
V.much looking forward to this fab TaalX event of the NL Graduate School in Linguistics at RUG! Please join us online and/or in person! Thank you so much for organising @dimitrisrf.bsky.social & looking forward to our discussions @veronikakoller.bsky.social cc @uumediacomms.bsky.social
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
We are excited to welcome @veronikakoller.bsky.social & @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social for the keynote event of our lecture series "TaalX: #Discourses of #Discrimination" - register to attend online/in-person 👉 sites.google.com/rug.nl/taalx2 @rug.nl
Poster for keynote event
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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
My visit @rug.nl was extremely rewarding.What a fantastic staff and student cohort! We talked about CDS,marginalised groups, positionality, privilege&boundaries. Thanks everyone for your important contributions to my talk &especially @dimitrisrf.bsky.social &Johanna Chojnicka for the invitation!
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Alex Lorson @lordlorson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Exciting opportunity! We’re offering a fully funded four-year PhD position in the fields of sociolinguistics, experimental pragmatics and cognitive linguistics @unigroningen.bsky.social! Join Alexander Martin and me to investigate the social meaning of address forms: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...
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Vacatures bij de RUG
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#12ICOM Update 🔴 You can now register for the conference and save your spot for the conference dinner. 🔴 A preliminary schedule is also available to plan your travel to and stay in Groningen: bit.ly/12ICOM 💥 I am so looking forward to this conference and everyone coming to Groningen! 💥
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12ICOM Groningen
12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen
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Scott Burnett @burscott.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We are looking for a PostDoc to join the @birthingthenation.bsky.social team at Penn State! Are you interested in the overlaps between gender, sexuality, and the far right? Apply now: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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Franco Zappettini @francozappettini.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Really pleased to join @cadaad-journal.bsky.social and looking forward to working with @dimitrisrf.bsky.social @stavrosling.bsky.social and the whole team.
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
📣Come and work with us @unigroningen.bsky.social New PhD position/project: "Tik-Tok Wars: Analyzing the Mobilization of Conflict Narratives on Social Media" more info 👉 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor... #CDS #socialmedia #conflict #war
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Vacatures bij de RUG
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Birthing the Nation - Sawyer Seminar Series @birthingthenation.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Ruth Wodak next week for two talks! 📍 April 1, 3:30–5 PM – Public Lecture on gender & national identity at Pattee Library 📍 April 3, 9–10:30 AM – Hybrid Seminar on gender backlash in Austrian pop culture (133 Sparks & Zoom) Registration: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Flying to #Bern - talking about #migration, soft #hatespeech and the #normalization of #violence - many thanks for the invitation #cds #discourse #ideology #power #critique
Power point presentation Power point presentation
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
⏰📢The “TaalX2: #Discourses of #Discrimination” series returns on Jan 31, 2025, (15:00-17:00) w/ a lecture by @samtbennett.bsky.social (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań) on "Myths and Silences of Empire in British Immigration Discourse." sites.google.com/rug.nl/taalx... join us online/in person!
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Jai Mackenzie @jaimackenzie.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Great to see this special issue on critical discursive approaches to intersecting global inequalities out today! Featuring me on the intersection of single adoption & disability, @lucyjones.bsky.social, @angelazottola.bsky.social & @dimitrisrf.bsky.social & more! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjgs20/3...
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Journal of Gender Studies
Volume 34, Issue 1 of Journal of Gender Studies
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Franco Zappettini @francozappettini.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
My contribution to the special issue on hate speech by @dimitrisrf.bsky.social and @stavrosling.bsky.social has just been published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Critical Discourse Studies (@critdiscstuds.bsky.social)
Taylor&Francis journal. We publish critical research that advances our understanding of how discourse figures in social processes, social structures and social change. https://www.tandfonline.com/jour...
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Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Research Article>> Stavros Assimakopoulos & Dimitris Serafis: Why soft hate speech matters: argumentativity and the dispersion of hatred towards minorities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Why soft hate speech matters: argumentativity and the dispersion of hatred towards minorities
This paper corroborates the claim that soft hate speech develops argumentative inferences that justify discriminatory hatred, all the while helping establish a common ground of exclusionary and den...
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Sam Bennett @samtbennett.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My new article is available. "Soft hate speech and denial of racism at Euro 2020" in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Part of @dimitrisrf.bsky.social and @stavrosling.bsky.social's fantastic special issue on hate speech 50 eprints available www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EEP72...
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Soft hate speech and denial of racism at Euro 2020
Using the taking of the knee by the England men's football team at Euro 2020, this paper looks at political reactions to anti-racist protest. The taking of a knee in other sporting contexts has bee...
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Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
#OpenAccess introduction to their special issue on 'Soft Hate Speech' Zooming in on the study of soft hate speech by @dimitrisrf.bsky.social & @stavrosling.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Zooming in on the study of soft hate speech: an introduction to this special issue
In recent years, the significant proliferation of hate speech in several facets of the public sphere has triggered the renewal of scholarly interest in the phenomenon across disciplinary areas. Wit...
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
📣Our intro (w/ @stavrosling.bsky.social) to the SI 'Soft #HateSpeech: Critical Perspectives from #Discourse and #Argumentation Studies' has just been published in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XNH3W...
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Zooming in on the study of soft hate speech: an introduction to this special issue
In recent years, the significant proliferation of hate speech in several facets of the public sphere has triggered the renewal of scholarly interest in the phenomenon across disciplinary areas. Wit...
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CADAAD Journal @cadaad-journal.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The CADAAD Journal is now on Bluesky! Check out our new website and publication platform at ugp.rug.nl/cadaad/.
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CADAAD Journal
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Erika Darics @linguadigitalis.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Have you played with Lego at a conference 🧱? Have you ever participated in a fishbowl 🐠🐟? Would you like to learn a few words of Plains Cree/ nêhiyawêwin? (& do you wonder what these are?) Come along to our Congress 24-25 February 2025, in Groningen, NL to get answers to all the above.. and more!
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Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The first title in the Cambridge UP Elements series edited by @gavinbrookes.bsky.social and me has been published. The short book - the latest by Teun van Dijk - is available for free for the next four weeks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right
Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right
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Dimitris Serafis @dimitrisrf.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📣Join us on Dec 6 2024, 15-17.00 - TaalX2: #Discourses of #Discrimination 👉Ksenija Bogetić Pejović on #Metaphors of #hate: The new figurative vocabularies of #gender, #sexuality and #race in #online misogynist communities sites.google.com/rug.nl/taalx2 @unigroningen.bsky.social
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Note: The deadline has been extended: submit your abstracts by 13 December! bit.ly/12ICOM
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12ICOM Groningen
Submissions are open! | deadline 15 Dec '24 12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨 Meet the #12ICOM keynotes! 🎤 We're honored to welcome Prof. Louise Ravelli from the University of New South Wales. 🌍 Don't miss her insights on #multimodal organization studies, spatial discourse analysis, or museum studies! bit.ly/12ICOM The submission deadline is approaching: 1 December
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Submissions are open! | deadline 1 Dec '24 12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen
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DiscourseNet @discoursenet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Hello World! We are happy to greet the world also on this platform. Join us in Brussels for DNC6 and – subscribe for the news! Help us promote DN and promote your work in the community of app. 10000 researchers worldwide. discourseanalysis.net/DNC6
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DiscourseNet
The community portal for Discourse Studies
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DiscourseNet @discoursenet.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We would like to remind you: our DNC6 (7-10.7.2025) conference takes place in Bruxelles next year! Please apply and join us for science & networking in these challenging times! discourseanalysis.net/DNC6 PS New to the platform, so glitches happen :) Like reposting. No bot, just tired academics...
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POP @populismblog.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
For those of you who recently jumped from the sinking ship, this interview with Cas Mudde - @casmudde.bsky.social - reflecting on the 20th anniversary of The Populist Zeitgeist might be of interest 🔥
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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New edited collection, out now (one for library purchases though) > www.routledge.com/The-Politics...
The front cover of the book 'The politics and rhetoric of collective remembering', co-edited by John E Richardson and Tommaso M Milani
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Critical Discourse Studies @critdiscstuds.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
#OpenAccess Research Article Katy Brown & George Newth ‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study
While the mainstreaming of the far right is attracting growing scholarly interest based on its contemporary relevance, the role that far-right self-representation strategies play in this process ha...
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Janina Wildfeuer @neous.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
OK, here it is: the starter pack to get to know the #multimodalists on Bluesky. Who is missing? go.bsky.app/QPLSxuX
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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New Runnymede Trust report: Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
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Islamophobia: the intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK
Perspectives paper highlighting how Islamophobia is growing in the UK, and its structural nature across British society.
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Mark McGlashan @markmcglashan.com · 16/11/2024
Did one! Not listed and should be? Let me know 🙂 go.bsky.app/AT6KX6X
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