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Chair Professor of Media & Communications @uumediacomms.bsky.social Critical discourse research on normalisation of racism, discrimination, inequality & illiberal politics of exclusion. Editor in Chief @jlanpol.bsky.social www.languageandpolitics.com

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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have a fab new 4yr PhD post available @uumediacomms.bsky.social within the project "AI Confidential: Emerging Forms of AI Chatbot Use for Emotional Support and Personal Well-being Among Young Swedes". Application deadline is 13 November 2026. Info: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... Please kindly repost!
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PhD student in Media and Communication Studies - Uppsala University
PhD student in Media and Communication Studies, Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University
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Uppsala University Media & Communications Programme @uumediacomms.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Interested in media, communication & socio-political change in Eastern Post-Soviet Region? Here @uumediacomms.bsky.social (Dept. of Informatics & Media / Institute for Russian & Eurasian Studies) we look for an early career Assoc. Senior Lecturer in Media & Communications www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Associate senior lecturer in Media and communication studies - Uppsala University
Associate senior lecturer in Media and communication studies, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Uppsal...
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Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Its time for another Annual Meeting of “Concilium Civitas” w. Polish social scientists working abroad debating challenges to the future of democracy in times of illiberalism, instability & conflicts. Info & 2026 programme: conciliumcivitas.pl Live stream: www.facebook.com/share/v/1TNJ...
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
BTW: The panel was also a great occasion for @stavrosling.bsky.social @carmen-lee.bsky.social & Theresa Catalano to present their forthcoming ‘Bloomsbury Handbook of Harmful Discourse’ with many fab contributions including by yrs truly @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social ;) #CADAAD2026 @cadaad.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some impressions from fabulous #CADAAD2026 panel ‘Understanding harm to inspire change: Dissecting harmful discourses & assessing counter-responses’ by the great @stavrosling.bsky.social @carmen-lee.bsky.social & Theresa Catalano. Honoured & delighted to act as discussant of this truly great panel!
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Much needed systematic & narrative-centred critical discourse analysis of historical recontextualizations & mythological implicatures in nationalistic discourse of contemporary Spanish far-right by the one and only Antonio Reyes at #cadaad2026 @cadaad.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Great turnout & full room at #cadaad2026 hybrid session presenting our Bloomsbury Advances in Critical Discourse Studies Book Series coedited by yrs truly @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social & the great John Richardson & David Machin. More info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/bl... @cadaad.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Vital points on textual & visual constructions of resilience in public discourse - including as a token of responding to vulnerability - in a a v interesting paper by Michael Kranert & colleagues at #cadaad2026 @cadaad.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Very important points on technocratic and strategically depoliticised recontextualisation of ‘resilience’ in Italian mediated & public discourse by @francozappettini.bsky.social & Monica Colombo at #cadaad2026 @cadaad.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Fabulous presentation by the great Katherine Russo from Uni Orientale, Naples, highlighting how renewed focus on vulnerability and exclusion can help decolonise discourses of/about resilience in crisis #cadaad2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We are particularly grateful to all our fabulous speakers: David Machin, Lydia Catedral, Natalia Krzyzanowska, Katherine Russo, Peter Breazu & the lowly organisers Michal Krzyzanowski & Lyndon Way. We hope to follow up with a publication based on the panel soon, so please kindly watch this space!
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#cadaad2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Great presentation on the many overlapping & contradictory meanings and dynamic of ‘crisis communication’ by the one and only @stenhansson.bsky.social at #cadaad2026 - great points about fluidity of crisis meanings underpinning ned for critical & context sensitive work!
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We have had some truly great day of fabulous intellectual discussions & exchanges at the “New Directions in Analysing Contemporary Public Discourse: Challenges in/for Critical Discourse Studies” Panel which we organised within @CADAAD2026 Conference in Valladolid, Spain.
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Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
How illiberalism becomes normalised @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social #cadaad2026
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Uppsala University Media & Communications Programme @uumediacomms.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We are hiring @uumediacomms.bsky.social - a PhD Position in Media & Communications. Application Deadline 29 May 2026. More info & details: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD student in Media and Communication Studies - Uppsala University
PhD student in Media and Communication Studies, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University
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Uppsala University Media & Communications Programme @uumediacomms.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We were truly delighted & honoured @uumediacomms.bsky.social to be able to host Prof. Bart Cammaerts from @lsemedia.bsky.social who delivered the brilliant 2026 IM Distinguished Lecture „Seeing is Believing? Four Country Comparative Study of Visual Misinformation in Election Campaigns”
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Uppsala University Media & Communications Programme @uumediacomms.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Huge congrats to Pedro Camelo who today successfully defended his PhD @uumediacomms.bsky.social with a PhD Thesis on „The Discursive Construction of Brazilian Far Right: Media Discourses, (Accounts of) Journalistic Practice & Normalisation”! Congrats on superb work & a great PhD defence performance!
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Sean Phelan @sean-phelan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Published as part of a special issue of Social Semiotics co-edited by @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @jensrydgren.bsky.social and Natalia Krzyżanowska - on the far right's "conceptual flipsiding" of liberal democratic signifiers www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination
The process of strategically redefining key liberal-democratic and other widely accepted social and political concepts by the far-right and other illiberal actors has recently become a widespread, ...
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Jens Rydgren @jensrydgren.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
With @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social and Natalia Krzyznanowska. Papers by Ruth Wodak, @pawelkarolewski.bsky.social, @thomasdiez.bsky.social, @sean-phelan.bsky.social, @benjamindecleen.bsky.social, @elgenius.bsky.social, Hannah Bradby, and Michal, Natalia, and myself.
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Jens Rydgren @jensrydgren.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Our new special issue is now published! "Conceptual Flipsiding and Reversal of Liberal-Democratic Notions: Discursive-Political Strategies in the Normalization of Nationalism, Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Far Right" www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/3...
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Conceptual Flipsiding and Reversal of Liberal-Democratic Notions: Discursive-Political Strategies in the Normalization of Nationalism, Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Far Right. Volume 36, Issue 1 of Social Semiotics
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Now published: Our analytical paper on strategic, far-right/illiberal reversal of meanings of key social & political concepts: “We put family at the centre of social life”: On Conceptual flipsiding of the “family” in discursive-political strategies of PL populist far-right" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Now published: Joint intro paper w. N.Krzyzanowska & J.Rydgren laying out key ideas of our Social Semiotics SI on “Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
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Conceptual flipsiding and reversal of liberal-democratic notions: discursive-political strategies in/and the normalisation of illiberal public imagination
The process of strategically redefining key liberal-democratic and other widely accepted social and political concepts by the far-right and other illiberal actors has recently become a widespread, ...
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Live stream link www.youtube.com/live/DVVq7I9...
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Spotkanie Concilium Civitas NASZ DZIWNY NOWY ŚWIAT
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Juz dziś startuje kolejna edycja dorocznego spotkania Concilium Civitas (conciliumcivitas.pl), która w 2025r. odbywa się pod hasłem ‚Nasz dziwny, nowy świat’!
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Concilium Civitas - Concilium Civitas
Co roku publikujemy nasze prace w Almanach. Teksty składające się na ostatnie wydanie dotyczące pozornie odległych aspektów i źródeł naszej sytuacji, ale
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DiscourseNet @discoursenet.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Thank you so much for your very kind words and again for having me over at DNC6 Congress - truly appreciated! @discoursenet.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social @engage-uclouvain.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Delighted to be plenary speaker at the @discoursenet.bsky.social DNC6 earlier today with my talk on ‘Retrotopias & Past-to-Future Dis/Continuities: Temporal Scales in Normalisation of Illiberal & Neoliberal Discourse’. Million thanks for great discussion & for having me @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Delighted to be part of this @critdiscstuds.bsky.social SI dedicated to work of Phil Graham! We contributed with a paper (written jointly w. D.Johnson & H.Ekström) on ‘proxy discourses’ in contemporary illiberal, exclusionary reframing of the imaginary of society www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Saying ‘Criminality’, meaning ‘immigration’? Proxy discourses and public implicatures in the normalisation of the politics of exclusion
This article explores political discourse in the context of an online-mediated 2021 rapprochement between Swedish ‘mainstream’ and far-right parties paving the way for their eventual 2022 electoral...
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DiscourseNet @discoursenet.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We would like to remind you to our DNC6 (7-10.7.2025) conference taking place in Brussels next year! Please apply and join us for science & networking in these challenging times! Also, if you miss tomorrow, but really want to make it, you always can write organisers an email (after 6 months).
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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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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
What does Freedom of Movement really mean? FOM@PLAY IT National Event, 21/05, 0900, Palazzo Du Mesnil, Naples. Keynotes: M. Krzyżanowski, Uppsala University @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social & F. Zappettini, La Sapienza University, Rome, @francozappettini.bsky.social Info: www.unior.it/it/eventi/fo...
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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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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Delighted representing @uumediacomms.bsky.social during two fab days of great presentations & discussions at the annual TRAIN Meeting of Swedish Media & Comms PhD Programmes - with many thx to fantastic colleagues from Jönköping University for fab organization!
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mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social @mkrzyzanowski.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Great turnout at the @uumediacomms.bsky.social PhD defence today by our own @emmaronngren.bsky.social defending her Thesis ”Making Sense of Russian Strategic Narratives: Affect & Reception Among Young Russian Speakers in Latvia” w. @goranbolin.bsky.social as opponent, info www.uu.se/en/events/de...
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment." qmucu.org/qmul-transfo... @qmucu.bsky.social
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This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
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