MELB/SBG – AUS/AUT

When Sonja MOLNAR, my former PhD-student, moved to Australia to take up a position at the University of Melbourne, I … Mehr

Arguing Tooth and Nail – Workshop Plans

For a while now, I have been entertaining the idea of bringing together like-minded people engaged in the study of … Mehr

Far from the Maddening Crowd

I was very lucky to find the peace and quiet away from home and usual work routines which is needed … Mehr

West (AUT) to South West (DE)

Unlike the medieval figure in the image (one of the many fascinating details on the great ancient buildings in old-town … Mehr

A Pioneer on Frontiers

Nudged by my colleague, John BATEMAN, whose enthusiasm for multimodality has been growing ever bigger lately, I decided to hop … Mehr

Take up the Doc Challenge?

My long-time Phd-student and research colleague, Jana PFLAEGING completed her doctorate with an excellent thesis on diachronic multimodal discourse analysis … Mehr

Up North – For Multimodal Argumentation (in Advertising)

I am delighted to have been invited as a lecturer on the Örebro Training School ‚Multimodal Rhetoric and Argumentation in … Mehr

Tübingen – First Leg

I am happy and grateful to have been appointed Mercator Fellow to the DFG graduate school ‚Ambiguity – Production and … Mehr

Instructions in Orchestra Rehearsals – Negotiating the Sound of Music

My esteemed colleague, John BATEMAN, has a habit of distinguishing between simple/basic types of multimodality (e.g., text and image in … Mehr

Back to Semiotics – Back to Chemnitz

I had hoped to be able to travel to Chemnitz, where I spent quite a few years of my academic … Mehr