Invited talks & conference presentations

Presentations

23–25 June 2026

Metaphors and China’s COVID-19 policies: a diachronic analysis of Chinese-English bilingual news editorials

With Dechao Li · Corpora and Discourse International Conference · Lancaster University

7–10 August 2025

Metaphors, identities and gender in online interactions about cancer

With Elena Semino · 17th Researching and Applying Metaphor Conference: Metaphor, Technology, and Communication · Lawrence Technological University

22–27 June 2025

Statistical modelling and translation pragmatics

With Dennis Tay · 19th International Pragmatics Conference · Brisbane

29–31 May 2025

Metaphors, identities and gender on two cancer-related online forums

With Elena Semino, Sheila Payne, Paul Rayson, Daisy Monika Lal and Judith Rietjens · 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care · Helsinki

19 July 2024 · Invited talk

Metaphors on two cancer-related online forums — Preliminary findings

Palliative Care Research Partnership Northwest Coast Networking Event · St Catherine’s Hospice

15–18 May 2024

Cancer experiences in metaphors: A scoping review in the 4D PICTURE Project

With Sheila Payne, Paul Rayson, Daisy Monika Lal, Ida Korfage, Judith Rietjens and Elena Semino · 13th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care · Barcelona

23 January 2024 · Invited talk

Applying time series analysis to critical discourse research: COVID-19 metaphors in news reports

University of Exeter

23 March 2023 · Invited talk

Cross-linguistic differences in metaphor use in COVID-19 news discourse

University of California, Berkeley

Metaphors, identities and gender in online interactions about cancer · Researching and Applying Metaphor Conference, 2025
Metaphors, identities and gender in online interactions about cancer · Researching and Applying Metaphor Conference, 2025
Artificial intelligence-mediated health communication presentation
Artificial intelligence-mediated health communication presentation
Presentation on communication surrounding ovarian cancer
Presentation on communication surrounding ovarian cancer
Metaphors, identities and gender on two cancer-related online forums · European Association for Palliative Care World Congress, 2025
Metaphors, identities and gender on two cancer-related online forums · European Association for Palliative Care World Congress, 2025
Cancer experiences in metaphors · British Academy Early Career Researcher Network exhibition
Cancer experiences in metaphors · British Academy Early Career Researcher Network exhibition