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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looking forward to this book launch conversation. 📅 Friday, October 9, 2026 🕐 1:00 PM–2:00 PM EDT | 6:00 PM–7:00 PM GMT Join us! For more information & to register ➡️ my.tesol.org/networks/eve... Read the book ⬇️ Cambridge University Press: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies is now available in paperback & hardback from Cambridge University Press. Get your copy here: www.cambridge.org/ca/universit...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

📣 Call for Papers | Reimagining “Quality” in Multilingual Education: Ecologies, Practices and Possibilities Abstract deadline: 15 October 2026 Notification: 31 October 2026 Full manuscript deadline: 7 May 2027 🔗 think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

“Disrupting epistemic and institutional racism in applied linguistics and TESOL: a critical trioethnographic dialogue” is now published open access in Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. Read the full open-access article here: doi.org/10.1080/1542...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Decolonising Research Practices in Education is free to download and access until July 24! It offers a practical framework for conducting ethical, community-led, and decolonising research that centres Indigenous knowledges and practices. Download & read ➡️ doi.org/10.1017/9781...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Proofs submitted! Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies will be out soon. Pre-order here: www.cambridge.org/ca/universit... Excerpt: assets.cambridge.org/97810096/974...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Delighted to join the Digital Approaches to Teaching Less Commonly Taught & Indigenous Languages conference as guest speaker at Ohio University in October. My talk—Decolonizing the digital landscape: The role of technology in supporting Indigenous & minoritized language teaching.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My first monograph coming soon with Cambridge University Press! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Great to receive hardback copies of my first edited book “Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education”. A surreal feeling to have a physical copy after working on it on the laptop the past couple years! Thank you again to all the contributors. www.routledge.com/Countering-C...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A decolonial call to action, “Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education” reimagines language teaching by centering Indigenous and minoritized languages and knowledges, challenging linguistic and epistemic injustice worldwide. www.routledge.com/Countering-C...

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Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education: Research Practices and Pedagogies from the Global South

This landmark volume engages the lived realities of linguistic discrimination by naming and countering colonialingualism, an operating system that marginalizes Indigenous and minoritized communities i...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education is now out! Get your copy: www.routledge.com/Countering-C...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Honoured to be joining the Editorial Board of Language and Intercultural Communication, a Q1 peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to that conversation & to work alongside such respected colleagues. tandfonline.com/journals/rmli20

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Official publication day! Thrilled “Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education” is out today with Routledge. My first edited volume—huge thanks to co-editor Leonardo Veliz, our contributors, Othman Barnawi & @routledgebooks.bsky.social. More: www.routledge.com/Countering-C... Code: 26AFLY1

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Our new open-access article “Land and Water Pedagogy in TESOL: Centering Indigenous Knowledges” is out! We introduce land & water pedagogy as an additive, place-based approach that centers Indigenous knowledges & accountability to local contexts. More ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tesq...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

“Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education” now available for pre-order: www.routledge.com/Countering-C...

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PRODIGI - UNIR research group @prodigiunir.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📘¡La guía práctica del Episodio 5 de #RELANZA llega con muchísimos recursos! @pauljmeighan.bsky.social ✅Desarrollo sostenible en educación ✅Agenda de enseñanza de lenguas ✅Retos y oportunidades ✅Integración ✅Actividades ✅Pódcast como recurso 👇👇👇 relanza.net/output/ 🇬🇧🇺🇸 ¡También en inglés!

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BAAL Language Curriculum Special Interest Group @baal-lg-sig.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🆕 Episode 5 is here – Sustainable development in the language curriculum, presented by Dr. @pauljmeighan.bsky.social! Don’t miss the 3 outputs: 🎧 Podcast 📘 Practical guide 🧩 Interactive Genially 👉 relanza.net/output/ #RELANZA #Sustainability #LinguisticJustice #SDG4

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Great to hear our article “Land and Water Pedagogy in TESOL: Centering Indigenous Knowledges", written from our perspectives as Gael and Ryukyuan, has been accepted for publication in TESOL Quarterly. More soon!

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PRODIGI - UNIR research group @prodigiunir.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🆕 ¡Llega el Episodio 5 - Desarrollo sostenible en el currículo de lenguas de la mano del Dr. @pauljmeighan.bsky.social! No te pierdas los 3 outputs: 🎧 Pódcast 📘 Guía práctica 🧩 Genially interactivo 👉 relanza.net/output/ #RELANZA #Sostenibilidad #JusticiaLingüística #ODS4

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

📣 Call for abstracts 📣 ✅ Submit: 300-word abstract & bio to: forms.gle/qR2w3tbkyYDV... 🗓️ Deadline: April 30, 2026 (notification: May 24, 2026; full chapter: January 15, 2027) Editors: Paul Meighan, Bedrettin Yazan, Waqar Ali Shah, Leonardo Veliz 🔎 Info: drive.google.com/file/d/1ypWn...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“Language doesn’t just name places; it shapes how we relate to them and treat them.” I was interviewed by Tarang Mohnot for BBC Travel about why colonialingual metaphors like “Venice of the East” flatten places — and why names matter. Read the full story: www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Book proofs are in! Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education is on its way. More soon! www.routledge.com/Countering-C...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Delighted our book, The Routledge Handbook of Race and Equity in Applied Linguistics, will be published soon in June 2026. For more information on how to pre-order: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... More soon!

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Three short, accessible blog summaries—with infographics—of my recent work in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics and The Modern Language Journal are now live on my academic website. Read more below ⬇️ 1.) Decolonizing Language Education: paulmeighan.com/f/decolonizi...

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Decolonizing language education

What is colonialingualism—and why does it matter in language education?

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Delighted to announce that Leonardo Veliz, Waqar Bukhari, Bedrettin Yazan, and I are editing a new Palgrave Macmillan book series, Critical Multilingualism in Education. For more info and to submit a proposal, visit the series page (or scan the QR code): link.springer.com/series/60568

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Feeling very encouraged and grateful to learn that my article “Colonialingualism: colonial legacies, imperial mindsets, and inequitable practices in English language education” is currently listed as the most cited article of all time in Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

How can literacy practices support—rather than undermine—language revitalization? Here are 5 key takeaways from my chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics ⬇️ doi.org/10.1002/9781... Full text access: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Infographic titled “Literacy and Language Revitalization.” Five coloured blocks highlight key points: literacy is contextual and power-linked; print is not the only literacy, with many communities centring oral and other non-print practices; Indigenous literacies are ancestral, land-based, and multimodal; language and literacy planning should be community-led rather than top-down; and reimagining literacy for multilingual, multiliterate futures best supports revitalization. A footer cites Paul Meighan’s 2025 chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics with a DOI link.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” is now published in The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. doi.org/10.1002/9781... Access the full text here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Looking forward to this book being published next year. It’s been a delight and honour to work alongside all the contributing authors and fantastic co-editors Leonardo Veliz, Waqar Ali Shah, and Xuesong Andy Gao for this Handbook. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Delighted our book—Countering Colonialingualism in Language Education: Research Practices and Pedagogies from the Global South—will be published soon. Find out more about the book and how to pre-order here: www.routledge.com/Countering-C...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Call for Papers - Social (In)justice, Indigeneity and Colonialingualism: Recognition, Resistance and Re-Existence. More details: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Looking forward to this new open book edited by Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta. Great to see colonialingualism used as a conceptual lens to interrogate Eurocentric ideologies in the South African context in Chaka Chaka and Sibusiso Clifford Ndlangamandla’s chapter. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig... Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Thrilled to share I will publish with Routledge, “Colonialingualism: An Introduction to Language, Power, and Colonialism”. Building on colonialingualism I introduced in 2022, this book explores language, power, & colonialism that continue to influence education & society today. Follow for updates!

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

My Language Awareness commentary “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education” is now published. Many thanks to special issue editors Ron Darvin & Kathryn Accurso for inviting me to write this piece. Read the commentary ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/0965...

Screenshot of the first page of a Language Awareness article (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) titled “Language is land: countertexts as decolonial pathways in language education.” Author: Paul Meighan (Independent researcher). DOI shown at top: 10.1080/09658416.2025.2563569. Opening paragraphs argue that language is never neutral and that languages act as “ecological encyclopedias and ancestral guides.” The commentary introduces the special issue “Texts and Countertexts”, showing how countertexts disrupt colonial and raciolinguistic hierarchies and frame language/literacy as decolonial, relational, and land-connected.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation. Register ➡️ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...

Delighted to be invited to deliver a webinar on "Colonialingualism, Accentism, and Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education". Many thanks to the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine) for the invitation.
Register ➡️https://accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meighan-oct-22/

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Lovely to receive this today! I contributed, “Whatever you do, don’t give up!”. My late mother, happy and proud, said this to me when I told her I was doing a PhD on Indigenous language reclamation. Here’s to you, Mum, and to all the revitalizers and reclaimers. Tha gaol agam ort.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Join the online launch of our Special Issue in The Modern Language Journal, “Critical Reflections on Colonial Pedagogies: Lessons Learned for Language Teacher Education”. 🗓️: Thursday, September 4 at 11:00am EST. Zoom link: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Thrilled to be a keynote speaker for the International Symposium on Mother Languages at CELL, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan. My talk: Language Is More than Words: Challenging Colonialingualism in Education. Thanks to Dr Waqar Ali Shah & CELL for the invite!

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

How can we address colonialingualism in language education? Here are 5 key points from my new article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism”. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/modl...

Infographic titled “Transepistemic Language Teacher Education: Five Key Points.”
It presents a vertical sequence of five numbered points:

A knowledge-bridging framework that brings diverse ways of knowing and being into dialogue.
Challenges colonialingualism, the privileging of dominant colonial languages and knowledges.
Complements plurilingualism and translanguaging, reconnecting links between language, land, and identity.
Applies a place-based, biocultural approach to language learning and teacher preparation.
Encourages and supports language teachers to engage with ecological knowledges and land-centered practices.
The infographic includes a full citation at the bottom:
Meighan, P. J. (2025). Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism. Modern Language Journal, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.13020

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

My article “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” is now published open access in the Modern Language Journal. Read more ➡ doi.org/10.1111/modl...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

My paper “Transepistemic language teacher education: A framework for plurilingualism, translanguaging, and challenging colonialingualism” will be published soon! This paper is part of a special issue on addressing colonial pedagogies in language teacher education. More soon!

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Proofs arrived today! My chapter “Literacy and Language Revitalization” will soon be published in the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. More to come.

A screenshot of the first page of a book chapter titled "Literacy and Language Revitalization" by Paul Meighan. The introduction discusses how language revitalization seeks to reverse language loss caused by colonialism and other oppressive forces. It defines language revitalization as a global, contextual process often tied to literacy practices. The text explains that literacy varies across cultures and includes ideological implications. Four types of literacy—functional, social, autonomous, and local—are listed, highlighting the importance of context. The watermark “PROOF” is visible in the background.

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Delighted to share I’ve been contracted by Cambridge University Press to author a new book in their Cambridge Elements series, titled "Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies".

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Looking forward to reading how this new resource, "Navigating TESOL" (Routledge, August 2025), engages with colonialingualism and ways of countering colonial legacies within TESOL. Encouraging to see more conversations on these themes in the field. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Colonialingualism isn’t just about language dominance — it exposes the deeper colonial mindsets and binary thinking that fracture knowledge, identity, and our relationship with the environment. doi.org/10.1080/1559...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Thrilled to share my interview with Robert Phillipson, renowned for his work on linguistic imperialism and linguistic human rights. It’s a call to confront linguistic imperialism and advance equity for Indigenous and minority language communities. More ➡️ jempub.com/wp-content/u...

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Paul Meighan | Pòl Miadhachàin @pauljmeighan.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Language is not just a tool for communication, language is land, identity, culture, knowledge, and more. jempub.com/wp-content/u...

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