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We are sharing the infographics from the Xarxa BCN Antirumors to help identify racism and xenophobia in the media

June 8, 2026 • santi

Below is a report on the release of infographics designed to identify hate speech and xenophobia in the media, created […]

You can now listen to the audio recordings from the “Spoken Word” recital held on May 14!

June 2, 2026 • santi

On May 14th, at 12:30 PM, an end-of-year celebration featuring a spoken-word poetry session (slam poetry, performance, expanded poetry, among […]

The next episode of the “Atado y Bien Atado” podcast will be recorded on June 13th

May 29, 2026 • santi

Hosted by: Olga Rodríguez. Featuring Luisa M. Rojo and Jon Maia. Date and time: Saturday, June 13th, at 12:30 PM. […]

The poetry concert “Spiritual Canticle: Music and Words of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Jesus” will take place on June 4th and 26th

May 25, 2026 • santi

On June 4 at 8:00 p.m., the poetic concert Cántico espiritual: Music and Words of St. John of the Cross and […]

The recording of Stephen Marlett’s lecture at UAM is now available on YouTube

May 19, 2026 • santi

On March 16th, the Department of General Linguistics at the Faculty of Philosophy and Languages, in collaboration with the MIRCo-UAM […]

The presentation by MIRCo guest researcher Carlos Bem Gonçalves is available to watch online

May 11, 2026 • santi

Last May 21st, MIRCo-UAM hosted a lecture by its visiting scholar, Carlos Bem Gonçalves, a postdoctoral researcher at the Federal […]

The UAM is offering a new university-administered certificate program: the Diploma of Experts in Romani Studies in the Spanish Context

May 5, 2026 • santi

The Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the Autonomous University has created a new Expert Diploma in Romani Studies in […]

Language Day 2026 Chronicle

April 30, 2026 • santi

On April 28, we celebrated International Mother Language Day 2026 in the central hallway of the Faculty of Philosophy and […]

Sloganization: the pleasure of letting others think for us

April 24, 2026 • Sonia Madrid Cánovas

Sonia Madrid Cánovas is a Tenured Professor of General Linguistics in the Department of Spanish Language and General Linguistics at […]

Linguist Yásnaya Elena A. Gil invites us to reflect on languages in the latest episode of Reina Sofía Radio

April 20, 2026 • santi

Yásnaya Elena A. Gil has participated, in collaboration with the Reina Sofía National Art Museum, in the recording of the […]

Language as a mechanism of resistance: Slang, antilanguage and survival: what the language of the margins reveals

April 13, 2026 • Luisa Martín Rojo

This article was written by Luisa Martín Rojo, MIRCo-UAM Director, in the 21st issue of La voz del patio, the […]

The Enrollment for the New Course on Teaching Spanish to Migrants and Refugees (August 24th-27th) is now Open

March 27, 2026 • santi

Enrollment is now open for the course on “Teaching Spanish to Migrants and Refugees”, which will take place between August […]

The II Conference on Democracy, Media and Political Discourse took place on April 8th, 9th and 10th

March 20, 2026 • santi

Last April 18th, 19th and 20th, the Second Edition of the Conferences on Democracy, Media and Political Discourse, organized by the research […]

Using the FARO App: the Project’s Visit to Rome

March 13, 2026 • santi

The FARO app is now available to download in Google Play and App Store! Developed by MIRCo researchers under the […]

Do not miss the next episodes of the “Atado y Bien Atado” Podcast!

March 11, 2026 • santi

As part of the activities of “Atado y Bien Atado”, eldiario.es is leading a live podcast to discuss different topics […]

Elections for MIRCo-UAM Director

March 10, 2026 • santi

The MIRCo-UAM Center, in accordance to its internal rules, is calling for the celebration of elections to the director of […]

Queer (socio)linguistics: What is it? How is it done? Does it really exist?

March 6, 2026 • Daniel Amarelo

Daniel Amarelo is a professor and researcher on Sociolinguistics, LGBTIQ Studies and Galician/Portuguese at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) […]

“La poesía de las lenguas”: Video Fragments from Mario Obrero at UAM

February 26, 2026 • santi

Last Thursday, March 5th, we organized an event with the young poet Mario Obrero, in the Conference Hall at the […]

The recording of the “Innovation Coffee” (MIRCo-UAM) from last March 5th is now available

February 11, 2026 • santi

Last March 5th, the MIRCo-UAM Center and the UAM Foundation (FUAM) co-hosted the Innovation Coffee “Debating language and social inequality”, […]

We offer the new FARO-CIVIS app, available for free download

February 10, 2026 • santi

Do you want to know and study the contributions different minorities did to the collective culture? Do you want to […]

The Symposium “Language and Feminist Anthropology” will be organized in the III International Congress of Feminist Anthropology next July 1st, 2nd and 3rd

February 9, 2026 • santi

The next July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, the III International Congress of Feminist Anthropology will be held in Tarragona. Organized by […]

“Y el oeste no existía”: New Exposition at UAM

February 6, 2026 • santi

A journey between two worlds, a change, is a displacement between two given places. Along the way, eternal at times, […]

Dis/Enabling the linguistic land- and soundscape of a train station

February 6, 2026 • Philippe Humbert

This article is an external collaboration by Philippe Humbert, a sociolinguist and senior researcher at the Institute of Multilingualism of […]

On February 12th and 13th, the MIRCo Center celebrated a seminar of the Discourse and Political Action Group

February 5, 2026 • santi

Last February 12th (from 4PM to 6PM) and 13th (10AM to noon), the Discourse and Political Action Group of the […]

Review of the new Book by Beatriz Gallardo Paúls: “Dejemos de hablar (solo) del clima. El discurso sobre el cambio climático y la transición ecológica” (2026, Ediciones Complutense)

February 2, 2026 • Beatriz Gallardo Paúls

One of the conclusions of Beatriz Gallardo Paúls’ new book, Dejemos de hablar (solo) del clima (Let’s stop talking (just) about the […]

The presentation of the book “Lenguas extintas” took place last February 4th, at UAM

January 30, 2026 • santi

Roberto Elvira Mathez presented his poem book Lenguas Extintas (Visor) at UAM, a search and evocation on the languages that […]

Lang may yer lum reek! In memory of Deborah Cameron

January 27, 2026 • Teresa Moure

The Writer and Linguist Teresa Moure bids her Farewell to Deborah Cameron. Teresa Moure is a Tenured professor of General […]

Critical and creative explorations of the languages that shape our lives

January 14, 2026 • santi

Languages We Live By, by Katrin Ahlgren and Clara Molina, has just been published in Multilingual Matters’ Writing Without Borders […]

The Murcian Variety and Humor: A Model of Unintelligibility? (II)

January 14, 2026 • Pedro Fernández Riquelme

Pedro Fernández Riquelme publishes in MIRCo blog the second of the two parts of his article The Murcian Variety and Humor: A Model […]

The exhibition “Minor Territories. Childhood, art and community in the sensitive building of the campus” will be available to visit until Feb. 13th, at UAM

January 13, 2026 • santi

How do production and performance logics affect people? Is there a way to scape the fugacity of university life? Thanks […]

The Presentation and Debate on Participatory Perspectives on Research and Teaching Community Resilience Through Creative and Inclusive Engagement” (CIVIS Alliance) took place on January 12th

January 12, 2026 • santi

Last January 12th, the session and debate on participatory perspective in research and teaching “Community Resilience Through Creative and Inclusive […]

The II International Symposium of the Center of Discourse Studies will take place on May 2026

January 10, 2026 • santi

The MIRCo Center invites you to engage in the II International Symposium of the Center of Discourse Studies (CDS), which […]

The LL17 Seminar will take place on June 4th, 5th and 6th in Limerick (Ireland)

January 9, 2026 • santi

The MIRCo Center invites you to participate in the LL17 Linguistic Landscape, which will take place in the University of […]

We present the Memory Maps, an “Atado y Bien Atado” Initiative

January 8, 2026 • santi

Between October and December last year, the MIRCo center, along with entities such as Verso, Viento Sur, the Rose Luxembourg […]

MIRCo Bibliography on Linguistic Landscapes

December 19, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo Center has gathered all the bibliography made by our researchers on linguistic landscapes. You may download it here:

MIRCo’s General Assembly: Results and Lessons

November 28, 2025 • santi

Last November 11th, the Annual General Assembly of Research Center MIRCo-UAM took place, thought of as the center’s main space […]

Impact of the International Seminar: Atado y Bien Atado. The End of Dictatorships in Southern Europe

November 21, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo Centre, in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and other institutions, has organized the International Seminar: Atado y […]

Statement on the passing of Louis-Jean Calvet

November 14, 2025 • Adil Moustaoui

Last October 29th, Louis-Jean Calvet, passed away. He was a Tunisian-born sociolinguist (Tunis, 1942), where he lived until he was […]

The monographic “In search of sociolinguistic justice: mobilizing transformative agency through action-research” is published

November 12, 2025 • santi

In November 2025, the publishing of the monographic In search of sociolinguistic justice: Mobilizing transformative agency through action research was completed. It […]

Sociolinguistics Symposium 26 (SS26)

November 10, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

Extended Submission Deadline for Abstract Conference Theme: Sociolinguistic Consonance and Dissonance in the Pluriversal World 📍 University of Fort Hare, […]

Are you going to speak like that on the street? Reflections on language shaming

November 6, 2025 • María Méndez Santos

This article is an external contribution of María Méndez Santos, professor and secretary of the Research Institute iLingua at Universidade […]

Public event: ¿Qué puede una lengua? Conversación entre Yásnaya Elena A. Gil y Amanda de la Garza

October 27, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo Center invites you all to attend the public event ¿Qué puede una lengua? Conversación entre Yásnaya Elena G. Gil […]

Visit our page: Participatory Landscapes

October 19, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

New Section in Participatory Landscapes We have opened a new section on our Citizen Science site: Participatory Linguistic Landscapes, where […]

Landscapes of Protest Movements

October 18, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

At MIRCo-UAM, we explore the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of protest movements—spaces where words, images, and bodies reclaim the city […]

Experience of Street Languages in 2021: the collective landscapes of Madrid’s Neighborhoods

October 18, 2025 • Luisa Rojo

During the implementation of the EquiLing project (Critical Language Awareness and Speakers’ Agency: Action Research for Sociolinguistic Equality), within the […]

TEN YEARS LATER: “Chiñoles y Bananas”, from extractivism to self repairment

September 30, 2025 • Susana Ye

This article is an external collaboration by Susana Ye, poet, independent documentalist and journalist. The documentary ‘Chiñoles y Bananas’, that […]

EL PRINCHARELIPÉN DEL GAO CALÓ Y DE LA CHIPÍ CALÍ

September 25, 2025 • santi

This article is an external collaboration in charge of Diego Fernández Jiménez, Cum Laude PhD in Social and Legal Sciences, […]

Fall Schedule at MIRCo

September 16, 2025 • santi

The academic curse has begun again. Corridors are full of students, copying machines are at full power and, like any […]

Catalan Courses at UAM

September 15, 2025 • santi

Have you ever thought about learning Catalan? Do you like languages? Do you need Catalan for your work or your […]

MIRCo releases the app Voces-Territorios

September 11, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo-UAM research center is pleased to present to the public the app Voces-Territorios, available via free download on Android […]

I didn’t skip the words, quillo

September 9, 2025 • santi

This article is a collaboration with Nuria Bayo, founder and president of EDELA (Escuela de Escritura en Lengua Andaluza) Do […]

Remembering San Cristóbal – Video Travel Notebook 7

August 29, 2025 • santi

This seventh part of the travel notebook we have another submission by our colleage Clara Molina. This video-notebook grasps her […]

New hybrid course (1st edition): “El caló en la Península Ibérica”

August 27, 2025 • santi

The Philosophy and Languages Faculty in UAM Will host this fall the 1st edition of the course El caló en la […]

Remembering Colombia – Video Travel Notebook 6

August 19, 2025 • santi

Clara Molina This Video-travel notebook 6 shows the impressions and travel experiences of researcher Clara Molina in Colombia, during her […]

New MIRCo-UAM publication: “Investigación interdisciplinar en multilingüismo, discurso y comunicación: el papel de MIRCo-UAM”

July 14, 2025 • santi

Luisa M. Rojo and Santi Martínez, director and research assistant from MIRCo-UAM, respectively, have published this July the article called Investigación […]

New publication:: “Re-imaging Languages and Communication in Collaborative Projects: Ethnographic Perspectives on the Future”

July 11, 2025 • santi

The MIRCo-UAM member Miguel Pérez-Milans (Department of Culture, Communication & Media; Institute of Education in the University College of London), […]

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