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S P E A K E R S
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L E C T U R E R S
HELEN KELLY-HOLMES
KYRIAKI TOPIDI
Helen is Professor of Applied Languages at
Ollscoil Luimnigh/University of Limerick,
Ireland. Helen’s research focuses on the
interrelationship between media, markets,
technologies and multilingualism and the
management of these relationships,
particularly with regard to minority
languages and the political economy of
English, and she has published widely on
these topics. Recent books include:
Language, Global Mobilities, Blue-Collar
Workers and Blue-collar Workplaces (Edited
with K. Gonçalves, Routledge Critical Studies
in Multilingualism, 2020); Sociolinguistics
from the Periphery: Small Languages in
New Circumstances (with S. Pietikäinen, A.
Jaffe & N. Coupland - Cambridge University
Press, 2016). Helen is emeritus Editor-inChief of Language Policy and co-edits
Palgrave’s long-running Language and
Globalization series.
Kyriaki is the head of the Culture & Diversity
research cluster at the ECMI, where she has
been since 2019. She holds degrees in law,
international studies, and European studies
from prestigious institutions, including a
PhD from Queen's University Belfast and a
habilitation in Comparative Constitutional
Law from the University of Fribourg.
Kyriaki has lectured and conducted
extensive research in Public International
Law, European Law, Human Rights, and
Comparative Law. She previously held
research positions and was a senior lecturer
at the University of Lucerne, where she also
served as managing director of the Centre
for Comparative Constitutional Law and
Religion. She has been a guest scholar at
several international institutions, including
Fordham University, IDC Israel, and the Max
Planck Institute.
Her research focuses on diversity
management, minority rights, and the role
of religion. She has authored and edited
numerous volumes, including "EU Law,
Minorities and Enlargement" (2010) and
"The Right to Difference and Comparative
Religious Diversity in Education" (2020). At
ECMI, she is researching minority identity,
digital governance, and the intersection of
minorities with social movements. She coedits the "Routledge Advances on Minority
Studies" (RAMS) series.
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