Reading with NARNiHS
Reading Group
Reading with NARNiHS is a vibrant venue for engagement with cutting-edge work in historical sociolinguistics, accessible to researchers at all levels. Reading with NARNiHS combines aspects of “meet the author” + “author interview” + “authors read their works” + “classic reading group discussion” as we interact together with new scholarship and its authors.
Reading with NARNiHS takes place recurrently every few months, with each session featuring discussion of a new scholar and their research. Led by a NARNiHS moderator/discussant, the sessions provide an opportunity for participants to get to know an author and their work, with plenty of time for questions, creating an enriching one-hour exchange about current topics in historical sociolinguistics!
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2026 Sessions
➤ Upcoming: 06 May 2026 (Wednesday) [Session #3]
11:00 US Eastern time / 17:00 European Central time
Guest author: Justin Power and Richard Meier, University of Texas-Austin (USA)
Website: https://linguistpower.net/ and https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/linguistics/faculty/rmeier
Publication (topic): TBA
Moderator/Discussant: TBA
➤ Upcoming: 25 March 2026 (Wednesday) [Session #2]
12:00 US Eastern time / 17:00 European Central time
Guest author: Anita Auer, Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Website: https://www.anita-auer.com/
Publication (topic): “The verticalization model of language shift from a historical sociolinguistic perspective”
Moderator/Discussant: Anna Havinga, University of Bristol (England)
19 February 2026 (Thursday) [inaugural session!]
11:00 U.S. Eastern time / 17:00 European Central time
Guest author: Donald N. Tuten, Emory University (USA)
Professional webpage: https://spanport.emory.edu/people/biographies/Tuten-Donald.html
Publication (topic): “The ideology of vox viva: a possible motive for early representations of Romance vernacular in legal documents”
Moderator/Discussant: Anna Havinga, University of Bristol (England)