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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It has been a busy, but very rewarding year as an Ambassador for the ERC! #Amb4ERC

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FOSTERLANG @fosterlang.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We begin with the first presentation: Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social & Ibon Manterola @ibonmanterola.bsky.social — On Linguistic Capital, Community Sustainability and Emic Approaches to Well-Being.

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 21/05/2026

🌍 On this World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, Justyna Olko, an Ambassador for the ERC in 🇵🇱 Poland, shares how her ERC-funded research helps preserve linguistic and cultural diversity. 🔗 bit.ly/4tvJ0Cv #Amb4ERC @forumakademickie.bsky.social @justynaolko.bsky.social

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The Annual Meeting of the Ambassadors for the European Research Council last week provided an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences, ideas, and concerns, while building momentum for the year ahead. Already planning tangible initiatives for 2026! #Amb4ERC @erc.europa.eu #FrontierResearch

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Der Müterśpröhtag y Wymysoü - a unique celebration of linguistic diversity and grassroots language activism at the intersection of art, research and the transmission of knowledge #wymysiöeryś #mothertongueday

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

In my part of the NAWA podcast shared with @kpyrc.bsky.social , Dr. Christine Durinx and Prof. Manuel Heitor I focus on the constraints and challenges faced by @erc.europa.eu applicants from Poland. #Amb4ERC www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJfG...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

W naszym projekcie FOSTERLANG wspólnie z aktywistami i członkami społeczności pracujemy nad tym, jak uwidocznić, lepiej wykorzystać i rozwinąć potencjał języków mniejszości i migrantów, a zarazem chronić prawa językowe i dobrostan użytkowników tych języków. naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/...

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Prof. Olko: zasoby językowe obejmują nie tylko duże języki, ale też języki mniejszości i migrantów

Zasoby językowe obejmują nie tylko te duże języki, ale też języki mniejszości i migrantów. Badacze projektu FOSTERLANG chcą pokazać wartość lokalnej wielojęzyczności, która zawsze charakteryzowała Eur...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Sharing my research on family communication gap associated with language shift as the source of trauma - “Interdisciplinary Workshop Language and Trauma: Grassroots multilingualism, trauma and healing” taking place in Wilamowice right now! culturalcontinuity.al.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/upl

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Even more linguistic-cultural diversity! I am truly grateful for this beautiful experience of fieldwork & learning along with Anja Becker. This is all possible thanks to the hospitality and trust of the community of Dixon Reef, Vanuatu #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu @heidicolleran.bsky.social

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Gazeta Wyborcza @wyborcza.pl · 22/08/2025

Dlaczego Niemcy i Polacy po II wojnie światowej sprzeczali się o Mazurów. Dlaczego ich język drażnił i Polaków, i Niemców? Jak dziś promować kulturę mazurską? I jakie jest mazurskie słówko na dziś. #PulsEurope #wyborcza wyborcza.pl/podcast/0,17...

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Wyjść z nieistnienia. O kulturze Mazurów (dr Piotr Szatkowski)

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It has been a truly great experience to work with multilingual students in the language portraits workshop in the Central School in Port Vila, Efate! We have learned a lot how children who participated navigate the linguistic diversity of their families & communities #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Mi hapi tumas mo tenkyu long janis blong wok wetem National Museum mo direktor Kaitip Kami mo wetem Kalja Senta long Vanuatu! Hemia daerekt patnasip wetem tim blong @heidicolleran.bsky.social long MPI-EVA we i gat longfala ekspiriens blong mekem risej long Malekula mo ol narafala ples long Vanuatu.

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 22/07/2025

New ambassador to the ERC @justynaolko.bsky.social shared her valuable experience during a recent webinar giving information on ERC funding opportunities for researchers in 🇵🇱Poland. Watch the recording here 👉 bit.ly/ERC2025PL #Amb4ERC

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The full autonomy and growth of @erc.europa.eu are fundamental for effective brain circulation and preventing & solving key challenges rather than merely mitigating their effects. Happy for an opportunity to speak as #Amb4ERC in the NAWA conference Transnational Science Cooperation, Brussels

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 16/06/2025

📣 Researchers in 🇵🇱Poland; ever considered applying for an ERC grant? In a webinar on 15 July you can ✅ Learn how to apply successfully ✅ Discover NCP support ✅ Get exclusive tips from an evaluator ✅ Hear testimonials from grant recipients Register 👉 bit.ly/ERC2025PL

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 17/06/2025

Could this be the future of cancer prevention? Walid Khaled‬, a new ERC Advanced Grant recipient @cam.ac.uk‬, will work on a preventive vaccine for breast cancer. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/s6cBCwL #ERCAdG #CancerResearch #FrontierResearch @wtklab.bsky.social‬

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 17/06/2025

📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants! The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Just published! Our collaborative paper "Awaiting the worst...." examines the relationship between the memories of historical trauma related to the operation Vistula of 1947, presently experienced ethnic discrimination, and the level of social trust among the Lemkos in Poland bit.ly/AwaitingWorst

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Awaiting the worst: Historical trauma and the inter-ethnic relationship between the Lemko minority and the Polish majority - Magdalena Skrodzka, Anna Maślana, Justyna Olko, Helena Duć-Fajfer, 2025

This study examines the enduring impact of historical trauma on the Lemko ethnic minority in Poland, focusing on the interrelation between collective memory, pe...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Serdecznie zapraszamy na dzisiejszy spektakl Teatru Czrevo w języku podlaskim!

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Together with @michaltomza.bsky.social we are looking forward to our close collaboration with the National Contact Point as part of our mission as Ambassadors for the @erc.europa.eu We plan to engage in joint initiatives aimed at supporting ERC applicants and grantees in Poland #Amb4ERC

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Dzięki @ncn.gov.pl razem z partnerami i aktywist(k)ami rdzennymi ze społeczności Nahua, Totonaków i Otomi w Sierra Norte de Puebla oraz w Tlaxcali będziemy realizować projekt "Na styku języka i sprawiedliwości środowiskowej. Rdzenna obrona zasobów naturalnych w Meksyku na przestrzeni czasu" #Opus

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Deeply inspiring and thought-provoking plenary by @JoannaKopaczyk during #hison2025 Historical Sociolinguistics Network Conference at @BristolUni 👏 She has provided essential historical arguments for the recognition of contested minoritized languages in Europe, including Silesian and Scots

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

We are thrilled by the opportunities generated by #FOSTERLANG project uniting academic & social partners. We will be working to foster linguistic diversity & self-empowerment of language communities, enhancing their potential for Europe's wellbeing & socio-cultural prosperity @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Honored to take on the role of the Ambassador for the ERC along with @michaltomza.bsky.social & work collectively for even more visibility, impact and resilience of @erc.europa.eu in its responses to fostering European frontier research autonomy, prosperity & responses to global challenges #Amb4ERC

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Forum Akademickie @forumakademickie.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Dwoje badaczy z Polski: @justynaolko.bsky.social i @michaltomza.bsky.social (na zdj. z @marialep.bsky.social) zostało wybranych do grona 32 Ambasadorów @erc.europa.eu. To nowa inicjatywa promująca badania podstawowe i podkreślająca konieczność inwestowania w nie. forumakademickie.pl/zycie-akadem...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Another inspiring and entertaining annual conference of the Association of Nahua Scholars, this time at @KansasUniv Happy to have shared our research on the neocolonial origin of the concept of “Classical Nahuatl”, school violence toward Indigenous children and female agency in Nahuatl petitions

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

There is no contradiction between research and activism and Indigenous languages should be used in science and science education. A great plenary by Santiago Gualapura on Kichwa at SAIL2025 conference @uarizona.bsky.social l

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Along with local schools and Totonac-speaking parents in Tepango de Rodriguez we launched the campaign "Grow in your language" discussing cognitive, social and psychological benefits of children's multilingualism, including the heritage language #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Along with Totonac & Nahua communities in Ahuacatlan & Tepango we began a social campaign Kastakgvi nakg xatachivin / Ximozcalte ica motlahtol / Grow in your language, aimed at the self-empowerment of parents responsible for the transfer of their Indigenous languages #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

‪Cuacualtzen tiquitl itich nahuatlahcueloliztli ihuan nahuatlapohualiztli axxan oticchiuhqueh zancihca! Today at UIEPA we worked very well & collaboratively with Nahuatl-speaking students on writing & reading different variants of Nahuatl spoken in Ahuacatlan, Sierra Norte de Puebla @erc.europa.eu

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Cuacualtin otimonohnotzqueh axxan iminhuan cihuatzitzin Tepetzintla. Nicnextilia toixcopinca ica iminpermiso. (Shared with permission)

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Na kapala nakg preescolar… Back to the kindergarten…. Never too late. #totonac #Indigenouslanguages

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser

Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Starting an Otomi language revitalization project in Ixtenco, Tlaxcala, coordinated by Cornelio Hernández & supported by our Center for Research and Practice in Cultural Continuity & the Foundation Institute “Artes Liberales”. With less than 20 speakers left, this is the challenge of huge urgency.

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 10/03/2025

“We decided to do this project is because of the growing application of AI and machine ... We wanted to ensure that low-resourced dialects of low-resourced languages are also represented in technology."

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A group of Nigerian linguists are training AI tools on Yoruba language dialects

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 08/03/2025

#IWD2025 is an important day to celebrate women's social, economic, cultural & political achievements, but it's also a good occasion to call for gender equality. The #SheFigures report on R&I describes the challenges women researchers face, but also highlights ideas to help them. 🔗 buff.ly/3EJDkB4

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

As part of the #faberllull Olot residence organized by #Linguapax in collaboration with our Center the participants shared poetry and songs in Amazigh, Aranes, Catalan, Dzukish, Kashubian, Lemko, Silesian and Wymysiöeryś Gràcies a la comunitat d'Olot per rebre'ns! youtu.be/cWGrHAld8nw

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

For the first time the Mother Tongue Day in Wilamowice was celebrated in the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür. The highlight of the program was the new theatrical play in Wymysiöeryś focusing on the humorously depicting the redemption of Wilamowice from serfdom in 1808.

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Join us for the celebrations of the Mother Tongue Day in the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür in Wilamowice! Minority history workshop, exhibition tour in Wymysiöeryś, a recital in several minoritized languages, a new play by the revitheatralization group "Ufa fisa" and much more!

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Questioning colonial & nation-state narratives is essential for uncovering silenced histories and perspectives of Indigenous & minoritized groups and how their histories matter to the present. Join us today for a decolonial grassroots microhistory workshop! #MULTILING-HIST @erc.europa.eu project

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

An emic & decolonial approach to the history of the Kashubs is behind a new book “Dzieje Kaszubów/Dzeje Kaszëbów” by Kashubian historians Michał Hinc & Adam Lubocki. We need more historical studies that question the dominant nation-state narrative. Join us for the book presentation today at 18:30!

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 11/02/2025

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate all female researchers who push the frontiers of knowledge! Introducing @noeliaferruz.bsky.social - a chemist @crg.eu aiming to design a digital mind capable of explaining its reasoning. 👉 aiproteindesign.com

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 07/02/2025

Scientists, given more time and flexibility, often stumble upon unexpected discoveries—like Alexander Fleming, who saw a mould had killed the bacteria he was growing, paving the way for antibiotics. Recent study analysed such findings—more of them than you'd expect. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Dziś pożegnaliśmy Panią Helenę Biba, Płaćnik-Helćü, najstarszą Wilamowiankę, która odeszła od nas w wieku 102 lat. Nigdy nie zapomnimy, czego się od Pani nauczyliśmy. Wjyr wan ni ny fergasa, wo Jyr yns hot gyłjyt. Śłöf ym rü!

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Community-driven museums have the potential to become vibrant spaces of decolonisation, cultural reclamation, self-empowerment and participatory history - this is the case of the Muzeum fu Wymysiöejer Kultür in Wilamowice. Join us today for the talk by Justyna Majerska-Sznajder!

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Languages shape our cultures, communities, identities and relationships. The #LinguapaxAward recognizes those who have made extraordinary contributions to promoting linguistic diversity and defending minority language rights. Nomination's deadline: February 21 www.linguapax.org/en/call-for-...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Les llengües configuren les cultures, comunitats i identitats. El #PremiLinguapax reconeix aquellxs que han fet contribucions extraordinàries a la promoció de la diversitat lingüística. Presentació candidatures: fins 21 de febrer www.linguapax.org/en/linguapax...

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Justyna Olko @justynaolko.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Congratulations to Oti Ayenbi for defending today her PhD dissertation on the situation of the Itsekiri language in Nigeria (directed by Prof. Andrea Young) at the University of Strasbourg! I had an honor and enormous pleasure to be an evaluator & the president of the jury ☺️

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