Ruth Wodak FAcSS (born 12 July 1950 in London ) is an Austrian linguist , who is Emeritus Distinguished Professor and Chair in Discourse Studies in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University and Professor in Linguistics at the University of Vienna .
18-671: Wodak may refer to: People [ edit ] Ruth Wodak (born 1950), distinguished Professor and Chair in Discourse Studies at Lancaster University Alex Wodak , physician and director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney since 1982 Shoshana Wodak , BA in Chemical physics, Université libre de Bruxelles Ersnt Arnost Wodak , surgeon Natasha Wodak (born 1981), Canadian long-distance runner Topics referred to by
36-454: A sanitary-inspector in Stockholm from 1912 to 1934 and school kitchen inspector from 1909 to 1934. Hesselgren had originally wished to be a physician, but her weak constitution had made her unfit for this profession. Instead, she educated herself for the profession of Sanitary Inspector, to be able to focus on better health conditions through inspection and improvement of the living conditions in
54-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ruth Wodak Wodak's research is predominantly rooted in discourse studies and in critical discourse analysis . Together with her former colleagues and some of her early Ph.D. students in Vienna (Rudolf de Cillia, Gertraud Benke, Helmut Gruber, Florian Menz, Martin Reisigl, Usama Suleiman, Christine Anthonissen), she elaborated
72-653: The Academy of Social Sciences in 2013. Ruth Wodak has been a Fulbright Austria Scholar at Stanford University . She has held visiting professorships at Uppsala University , University of Minnesota , and Georgetown University , and a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of East Anglia . In 2023 Wodak received an honorary degree from the University of Warwick . Kerstin Hesselgren Kerstin Hesselgren (14 January 1872 – 19 August 1962)
90-538: The Discourse Historical Approach , an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented approach to analysing the change of discursive practices over time and in various genres. She is member of the editorial board of a range of linguistic journals, co-editor of Discourse and Society , Critical Discourse Studies , and of the Journal of Language and Politics . She was the founding editor (together with Paul Chilton ) of
108-883: The German Wehrmacht and the Second World War." In October 2006, she was awarded the Woman's Prize of the City of Vienna. She was awarded the Kerstin Hesselgren Chair of the Swedish Parliament and stayed at University of Örebro , Sweden, from March to June 2008. In December 2011, Professor Karl Heinz Töchterle , Minister of Science and Education, presented her with the Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to
126-521: The Republic of Austria ( Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich ), in Vienna, on behalf of the President of Austria, Dr Heinz Fischer . "The award citation emphasises the social relevance and impact of her outstanding research on the discursive construction of national and transnational identities and patterns of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism." She was elected Fellow of
144-706: The book series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture . She was also section editor of "Language and Politics" for the Second Edition of the Elsevier Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics . Ruth Wodak chaired the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel for EURYI Award , in the European Science Foundation from 2006 to 2008. In 1996, she was awarded the Wittgenstein-Preis ,
162-524: The capital, which were, at that time, appalling for the working classes. She did manage to introduce improvements, which made her respected in political circles. She was chairperson of the Swedish School Teachers Society from 1906 to 1913. She was management director of the Women's Work Environment Inspection from 1913 to 1934, and was also one of the founders of the magazine Tidevarvet which
180-753: The five first women to be elected to the Swedish Parliament after the introduction of women's suffrage alongside Nelly Thüring (Social Democrat), Agda Östlund (Social Democrat) Elisabeth Tamm (liberal) and Bertha Wellin (Conservative) in the Lower Chamber. Hesselgren was alone in the Upper Chamber and thereby became the first woman there. She was a liberal from 1922 to 1923 and from 1937 to 1944 and Independent from 1923 to 1937. Until 1934, however, she formally labeled herself as belonging of no particular party in parliament, because she had been elected with
198-650: The highest Austrian science award, for her projects focused on "Discourses on Un/employment in EU organizations; Debates on NATO and Neutrality in Austria and Hungary; The Discursive Construction of European Identities; Attitudes towards EU-Enlargement; Racism at the Top. Parliamentary Debates on Immigration in Six EU countries; The Discursive Construction of the Past - Individual and Collective Memories of
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234-603: The politician Emilia Broomé , and could be found already among the ideas of Bromée. She was the President of the National Council of Swedish Women in 1931-1949. Along with Albert Einstein , Hesselgren was one of the sponsors of the Peoples' World Convention (PWC), also known as Peoples' World Constituent Assembly (PWCA), which took place in 1950-51 at Palais Electoral, Geneva , Switzerland. Hesselgren died in Stockholm at
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270-572: The support by two parties. She was Vice Chairman of the second legislation committee of the parliament from 1939 to 1944, and also in this capacity the first of her gender in Sweden. Kerstin Hesselgren, being the first of her gender in parliament, regarded herself to be the spokesperson of women in the Upper Chamber. Hesselgren was active within gender and social issues. She worked for the access of all political positions and equal salary for both sexes, for
288-556: Was a Swedish politician. Hesselgren became the first woman to be elected into the Upper House of the Swedish Parliament after female suffrage was introduced in 1921. She was elected by suggestion of the Liberals with support from the Social democrats . Hesselgren was born at Torsåker , Gästrikland . She was the daughter of medical doctor Gustaf Alfred Hesselgren and Maria Margareta Wærn. She
306-682: Was launched in 1923. In July 1925, Hesselgren attended and spoke at the First International Conference of Women in Science, Industry and Commerce held in London, organised by Caroline Haslett and the British Women's Engineering Society . From 1906 onward, she received a number of political assignments. Hesselgren was given the Illis Quorum award in 1918, and in 1921 she became one of
324-582: Was the eldest of six children. She never married. She was educated by a governess at home and then at a girl school in Switzerland. In 1895, she graduated as a feldsher in Uppsala; in 1896. The following year she led the School of Domestic Science in Stockholm. Whilst on leave she qualified as a Sanitary Inspector from Bedford college in 1905 and left the college and her job in 1906. Kerstin Hesselgren worked as
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