Professor Diane Pecorari delivers third Faculty Inaugural Lecture
The Faculty was delighted to host Professor Pecorari's lecture celebrating her fascinating research career.
On 14 November 2024, the Faculty of Social Sciences continued its Faculty Inaugural Lecture Series for the 2024-25 academic year. The lectures in this series are delivered by academic colleagues who have been promoted to or appointed at the rank of Professor in the Faculty since January 2020.
Professor Pecorari answering audience questions during the Q&A chaired by Prof. Ruth Swanwick (right, background).
The third lecture in the series was delivered by the School of Education’s Professor Diane Pecorari.
Professor Pecorari is a Professor of TESOL whose research into educational linguistics covers interests including English-medium instruction (EMI), English for academic purposes (EAP) and academic vocabulary. Her work on EAP includes research on intertextuality, source use and plagiarism in academic writing.
Audience applause at Professor Pecorari's lecture.
Professor Pecorari delivered her lecture, ‘Plagiarism: Educational disorder or symptom?’, to a theatre of colleagues, postgraduate researchers, and students.
As well as reflecting on her illustrious research career, the lecture considered whether we might reconsider society and universities’ branding of plagiarism as an “educational disease” through exploration of three prominent examples of plagiaism in US political life of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Professor Pecorari celebrating with colleagues at the reception.
The fourth Faculty of Social Sciences Inaugural Lecture will be delivered by The School of Politics and International Studies’ Professor Jan Selby on Wednesday 4 December at 16:00 in Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28). As with all of the events in this series, the lecture will be followed by a wine reception.
If you are not a colleague or postgraduate in the Faculty of Social Sciences and would like to be added to the mailing list for this series, please email Dr Izzy Jenkinson (Faculty Events Coordinator) at I.K.S.Jenkinson@leeds.ac.uk.
