J.M.E. (Jan) Blommaert
Hoogleraar
Tilburg School of Humanities
Department of Culture Studies
ExpertiseI am active in a number of fields - linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and literacy research - and concerned with issues of language, culture and globalization, especially (a) the emergence of 'superdiverse' environments and (b) issues of social and cultural inequality that accompany these globalization processes. I investigate superdiversity in both online and offline contexts. As for the latter, my work has addressed issues and phenomena in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Babylon, INCOLAS and Max PlanckI am the director of Babylon, Center for the Study of Multicultural Societies, and in that capacity also the coordinator of an International Consortium on Language and Superdiversity (INCOLAS), involving colleagues from the UK, Denmark, Finland, China, Australia and the US. INCOLAS is the core of a Max Planck Sociolinguistic Diversity Research Group, attached tp the MP Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen (director Steve Vertovec). Babylon publishes a working papers series called Tilburg Papers in Culture Studies, Find us on Facebook under 'Tilburg papers in Culture Studies'. Key words News items- Language and Superdiversity Conference 2013
INCOLAS organizes its first international Conference on Language and Superdiversity in Jyväskylä, Finland. The call for papers is now open. Plenaries include Michael Silverstein, Christopher Stroud,
PublicationsMost recent publications - Blommaert, J.M.E. (2013). Policy, policing and the ecology of social norms: Ethnographic monitoring revisited. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 219, 123-140. Further information
- Blommaert, J.M.E., & Backus, A. (2013). Repertoires revisited: 'Knowing language' in superdiversity. Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies, London: King's College. Further information
- Mutsaers, P., Siebers, H.G., & Blommaert, J.M.E. (2013). Flexibilisering en andere hobby's. Openbaar bestuur, 23(2), 12-15. Further information
- Blommaert, J.M.E., Mutsaers, P., & Siebers, H.G. (2012). De 360˚ werknemer: De nieuwe arbeidscultuur en de eindeloze concurrentie. Berchem, Antwerpen: EPO. Further information
- Blommaert, J.M.E. (2012). Investigating narrative inequality: African asylum seekers' stories in Belgium. In R. Wodak (Ed.), Critical discourse analysis (pp. 55-96). London: SAGE. Further information
Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only) PublicationsMost recent publications - Blommaert, J.M.E. (2013). Policy, policing and the ecology of social norms: Ethnographic monitoring revisited. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 219, 123-140. Further information
- Blommaert, J.M.E., & Backus, A. (2013). Repertoires revisited: 'Knowing language' in superdiversity. Working Papers in Urban Language & Literacies, London: King's College. Further information
- Mutsaers, P., Siebers, H.G., & Blommaert, J.M.E. (2013). Flexibilisering en andere hobby's. Openbaar bestuur, 23(2), 12-15. Further information
- Blommaert, J.M.E., Mutsaers, P., & Siebers, H.G. (2012). De 360˚ werknemer: De nieuwe arbeidscultuur en de eindeloze concurrentie. Berchem, Antwerpen: EPO. Further information
- Blommaert, J.M.E. (2012). Investigating narrative inequality: African asylum seekers' stories in Belgium. In R. Wodak (Ed.), Critical discourse analysis (pp. 55-96). London: SAGE. Further information
Click here for the complete list of publications (Tilburg University Repository Publications only)
Teaching
I teach an undergraduate course on Intercultural Communication, and courses in the MA and Research Masters programs on topics related to language and globalization.
J.M.E. (Jan) Blommaert teaches the following subjects:
Other activities
Memberships - Belgische Kring voor Linguïstiek
- International Pragmatics Association
- Belgische Vereniging voor Afrikanisten
- American Anthropological Association en Society for Linguistic Anthropology (USA)
- American Ethnological Society
- African Studies Association (USA)
- Nordic Association for Intercultural Communication
- Founding member and correspondent of the Centre d'Etudes sur les mouvements migratoires maghrebins, Université Mohammed I, Oujda (Marokko) Bestuursfuncties
- Chair of Board of Directors Afrika Vereniging van de RUG (AVRUG vzw)
- Member of the Executive Council, International Association of Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) Editioral
- Series Co-Editor (met B. Rampton en M. Jacquemet), book series Encounters, Manchester: St Jerome Publishers
- Member Editorial Board, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
- Member Editorial Board, Intercultural Pragmatics
- Member Editorial Board, Language in Society
- Member International Editorial Board Ethnography
- Member Advisory Board Discourse & Society (A1, top-10)
- Member Advisory Board, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
- Member International Advisory Board, Journal of African Cultural Studies
- Member Advisory Board, Text and Talk
- Co-editor, Working Papers in Urban Languages and Literacies
- Editor-in-chief, Swahili Language and Society - Notes and News
- Member Advisory Board, Language and Popular Culture in Africa (internet-journal)
- Member Advisory Board, book series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture (P. Chilton & R. Wodak, series editors), Amsterdam: John Benjamins
- Member Editorial Board, book series Impact: Studies in Language and Society (A. De Houwer, series editor). Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Referee (other than the obove mentioned): - Journals: Journal of Pragmatics, African Languages and Cultures, Language Planning and Language Problems, Pragmatics, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, Multilingua, Bilingualism, Journal of Language and Politics, Applied Linguistics
- Book manuscripts and proposals for publishers: Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Blackwell, John Benjamins, StJerome, Multilingual Matters
- Endorsements: Oxford University Press, Multilingual Matters, Cambridge University Press, Wiley-Blackwell, Edinburgh University Press, Hong Kong University Press
Contact detailsRoom D 208 PO Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg
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