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Why should one read the Canterbury Tales today?
This morning I was asked about the Canterbury Tales. The question was questionable (perhaps I will write about that some other time)...

Barbara Bordalejo
Mar 7, 20234 min read


The Danger of Self-Seduction
Translation is a crucial aspect of global communication, as it enables information to be disseminated across linguistic and cultural...

frankonuh
Mar 6, 20232 min read


Technology and English
The availability and easy access to innovative technology such as computers, mobile phones, internet, computer games, cartoons, comics,...
khalid
Mar 6, 20232 min read


West of the West
During my first year of university, the Venezuelan government proposed changing the high-school curriculum, including ditching the...

Barbara Bordalejo
Mar 6, 20232 min read


The Dialecticality of NE
Nigeria possesses a distinctive linguistic topography attributable to its over 500 indigenous languages. However, English is a widely...

frankonuh
Feb 28, 20232 min read


Learning Objects to Open Educational Resources
The terms are recent historical issues because of the advent and the availability of new internet technology and its intervention. Wayne...
khalid
Feb 26, 20232 min read


The Wailing Silence of the Chibok Girls
The plight of girls in northern Nigeria is a recurring issue that continues to linger. The #BringBackOurGirls campaign, which began in...

frankonuh
Feb 22, 20231 min read
Some Creative Writing for a Change
I know it isn't the usual blog post, but I thought I would attempt to post some creative writing that I did a little while ago. I used to...
morganpearce3
Feb 14, 20231 min read


International Mother Language Day
The 21st February is our pride and courage. The day, February 21, 1952 and the martyrs of the day in Bangladesh make us remember that we...
khalid
Feb 12, 20232 min read


Intrusion of English on Bengali
I raise a debatable topic. The relationship between Bangladesh people and English is deeper than usually measured in the scale of the...
khalid
Feb 7, 20231 min read


Echoes of Resistance #1
The Aba Women's Riot of 1929 represented a pivotal moment in the history of Nigerian women, as well as in the wider context of Africa....

frankonuh
Feb 6, 20233 min read


Tell Me What Ink You Use to Draw Your Experimental Animals, and I'll Tell You Who You Subjugated.
Thanks to the paleography class, I have been thinking a lot about handwriting. I have not yet recovered from the shock of learning that...

Barbara Bordalejo
Feb 5, 20232 min read


Hijos de una Gran Chingada Madre
This story comes also along with a very agitated week at the UoL in which we saw the strong contraposition between unreconcilable...

davide.pafumi
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Do you Like Ethics?
Should everyone take ethics classes? The data course highlights the problem of the need for more training in various educational sectors,...

Barbara Bordalejo
Jan 23, 20232 min read


Decolonizing Knowledge: Examining the Power Dynamics of Global Unity and Equality
Who decides what a word should mean? Who decides what is an appropriate or inappropriate meaning? How do we measure and compare knowledge...

frankonuh
Jan 23, 20231 min read


The rise of the house of Usher: Standardisation and the decline of the value proposition in post-sec
What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble;...
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Jan 22, 20237 min read


Welcome, Frank!
The Humanities Innovation Lab welcomes its newest member, Frank Onuh, who will work on text analysis of political discourse and hate...

Barbara Bordalejo
Dec 22, 20221 min read


Khalid completes his MA!
We are proud to congratulate Khalid on the successful defence of his thesis, The History of English in Bangladesh. Khalid showed mastery...

Barbara Bordalejo
Dec 22, 20221 min read


Medieval Melancholia and Depression (Pt. 1)
Continuing my journey through the game Pentiment, I came across an especially resonant part of the game. In order to convey its full...
morganpearce3
Dec 12, 20223 min read


Pentiment: Art, Writing, and Change
"Italian pentimento repentance, remorse (a1257), change of opinion (1630), correction (a1827)" (OED). With my free time lately, I have...
morganpearce3
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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