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New Historical Sociolinguistics textbook
  We are very happy to announce the publication of the textbook on Historical Sociolinguistics (CUP) by Prof. Rutten and
PhD defense Yasmin Crombez
On Monday, 2 February 2026, Yasmin Crombez obtained her PhD following an excellent defense of her dissertation entitled "Van het
New publication "Heritage Spanish in Brussels" by Samantha Pérez Rodríguez, An Vande Casteele and Rik Vosters
A new article by Samantha Pérez Rodríguez, together with her supervisors An Vande Casteele and Rik Vosters, has just been
New publication "Newspapers as a window into language beliefs of the past" by Yasmin Crombez
Yasmin Crombez recently contributed a chapter titled "Newspapers as a window into language beliefs of the past: Language contact and
Blog post - Getuigen aan het woord?
Dr. Magda Serwadczak recently published a piece about her research on orality, literacy and entextualization in historical criminal records (1700-1900) for
Sixteenth Heritage Language Research Institute
Our team member and doctoral researcher Qiqi Huang represented our team at the Sixteenth Heritage Language Research Institute in Madison,
VUB Honorary Doctorate Terttu Nevalainen
On Friday, 6 June, at the stunning Vaudeville Theatre in Brussels, Prof. Dr. Em. Terttu Nevalainen received an honorary doctorate
New publication "Spanish as Immigrant Minority Language in Brussels" by Samantha Pérez Rodríguez, An Vande Casteele and Rik Vosters
Samantha Pérez Rodríguez' paper entitled "Spanish as Immigrant Minority Language in Brussels: A Pilot Study on Maintenance and Vitality" was
Keynote at the Estonian Applied Linguistics Conference
  On April 24-25, Prof. Rik Vosters was a keynote speaker at the 22nd Estonian Applied Linguistics Conference. In his
Dr. Lismont in de media!
Het doctoraatsonderzoek van Eline Lismont kreeg de afgelopen weken heel wat media-aandacht! Het verscheen in De Standaard onder de titel