Staff profile

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor, Director of Research in the School of Education | CB2032 |
Biography
Prue Holmes is Professor and Director of Research in the School of Education, and Chair of the AHRC Liaison Group at Durham University.
Prue has led two AHRC-funded projects (“Researching Multilingually”, and “Building an Intercultural Pedagogy in Higher Education in Conditions of Conflict and Protracted Crises: Languages, Identity, Culture”, BIPHEC). She has also been co-investigator on several other multinational research projects (funded by UKRI, and the European Commission). She has also received research commissions from UNESCO (Paris), Education New Zealand, and the Ministry of Education (International), New Zealand.
Prue’s research and publications focus on several interrelated areas: researchers’ multilingual resources in the research process in multidisciplinary, multilingual, and multinational contexts; interculturality; intercultural competence; intercultural dialogue and critical intercultural pedagogies in higher education and in contexts of (forced) migration and conflict; internationalisation, including international and Chinese students’ learning and study-abroad experiences; and the doctoral experience.
Prue is Chairperson of the International Association of Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC), and a member of five editorial boards. She also leads the series “Researching Multilingually” published by Multilingual Matters.
Prior to coming to Durham in 2010, Prue taught in several universities internationally (New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, and Italy). She regularly receives invitations internationally to give keynotes and workshops in her research areas.
Completed Supervisions
A qualitative exploration of how host Chinese staff make sense of their intercultural experiences in a Sino-foreign cooperative university
A case study of EFL education in a Chinese independent college: How does the College English curriculum meet learners’ expressed needs?
Applying an Intercultural Approach to Chinese College Language Teaching.
Fluid Cultures and Identifications: The Intercultural Communication Experiences of Saudi International Students in the UK
Mandarin Chinese community schooling in England: Language, culture and pupils’ identities.
The experiences of refugee creative writers: An intersectional feminist study.
Information for prospective doctoral research student supervisions
Prue supervises dissertations and theses in the areas of language and intercultural communication, and intercultural education; intercultural citizenship; and internationalisation. Recently, her research has investigated critical intercultural pedagogy, intercultural dialogue, and the creative arts in contexts of forced migration and conflict. She welcomes applications from prospective doctoral students on any of the above topics.
Research interests
- Intercultural and International Education
- Intercultural Communication
- Language Learning and Teaching
- Researching multilingually
- Qualitative Research Methods/ Ethnography
Research groups
Research Projects
- BIPHEC Building an Intercultural Pedagogy for Higher Education in Conditions of Conflict and Crises
- EUROMEC: European Identity, Culture, Exchanges and Multilingualism
- IEREST: Intercultural Education Resources for Erasmus Students and their Teachers
- Researching Multilingually
- Researching Multilingually at the Borders of Language: the Body, Law and the State
- RICH-Ed: Resources for Interculturality in Chinese Higher Education
- The Chequered History of British University Engagements with Chinese Language Studies: Intercultural Failure or Success
Publications
Authored book
Chapter in book
- Holmes, P. Moskal., M. & Rajab, T (2022). Participation, understanding and dialogue: Intercultural learning among students in higher education and refugee youth. In Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity. Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. New York: Routledge. 117-137.
- Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. (2022). Afterword. In Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity. Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. New York: Routledge. 250-256.
- Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. (2022). Introduction: Critical intercultural pedagogies in contexts of conflict and crises. In Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity. Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. New York: Routledge. 1-21.
- Holmes, P. & Rajab, T. (2022). An ethic for researching multilingually in transnational, multilingual, multidisiplinary research teams. In Critical intercultural pedagogy for difficult times: Conflict, crisis, and creativity. Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. New York: Routledge. 228-249.
- Qin, S. & Holmes, P. (2022). Exploring a Pedagogy for Understanding and Developing Chinese EFL Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence. In Intercultural learning in language education and beyond: Evolving concepts, perspectives, and practices. McConachy, T., Golubeva, I. & Wagner, M. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 38: 227-249.
- Nemouchi, L. & Holmes, P. (2022). Multilingual Researching, Translanguaging, and Credibility in Qualitative Research: A Reflexive Account. In The politics of researching multilingually. Holmes, P. Reynolds, J. & Ganassin, S. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 6: 70-89.
- Holmes, P., Reynolds, J. & Ganassin, S. (2022). Afterword. In The politics of researching multilingually. Holmes, P., Reynolds, J. & Ganassin, S. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 345-352.
- Holmes, P., Reynolds, J. & Ganassin, S. (2022). Introduction: The Imperative for the Politics of ‘Researching Multilingually’. In The politics of researching multilingually. Holmes, P., Reynolds, J. & Ganassin, S. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 6: 1-27.
- Holmes, Prue, Araújo e Sá, Maria Helena & Pinto, Susana (2022). The role of languages in doctoral examination. In The Experience of Examining the PhD. 55.
- Polo-Pérez, N. & Holmes, P. (2022). Languaging in language cafés: Emotion work, creating alternative worlds, and metalanguaging. In Liberating language education: Personal, aesthetic and political perspectives. Lytra, V. Ros i Solé, C., Anderson,J. & Macleroy,V. Multilingual Matters.
- Holmes, Prue & Kokotsaki, Dimitra (2022). Durham University Case Study. In The experience of examining the PhD: An international comparative study of processes and standards. Routledge. 206-222.
- Holmes, P. & Corbett, J (2021). Latin American universities in a time of crisis: Responses from the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In Why Latin America matters. Garcia-Ferrari, S., Offerdal, H.E. & Kania,M.A. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh: Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies. 64-79.
- Holmes, P. & Zhou, V. (2020). Intercultural business education: The role of critical theory and experiential learning. In The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. Jackson, J. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 457-472.
- Andrews, J., Holmes, P. Fay, R. & Dawson, S. (2019). Researching Multilingually in Applied Linguistics. In The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. McKinley J. & Rose, H. London: Routledge.
- Wang, Chen & Holmes, P. (2019). The role of informal curricula in furthering intercultural dialogue: Internationalisation in a Chinese university. In Educational approaches to internationalization through intercultural dialogue: Reflections on theory and practice. Lundgren, U. Castro, P. & Woodin, J. London: Routledge. 111-125.
- Holmes,P. Costa, N. & Lopes, B. (2019). The role of supervision in doctoral education – a transversal perspective. In The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond: Supervision, languages, identities. Bryam, M. & Stoicheva, M. London: Routledge. 213-228.
- Holmes, P., Reynolds, J. & Chaplin, M. (2019). Case study: Durham University. In The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond: Supervision, languages, identities. Byram, M. & Stoicheva, M. London: Routledge. 52-88.
- Holmes, P. (2017). Intercultural communication in the global workplace, critical approaches. In The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication. Kim, Y.Y. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 1-16.
- Lin, W., Shie, J. & Holmes, P. (2017). Enhancing intercultural communicative competence through online foreign language exchange: Taiwanese students’ experiences. In Centre for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong. 4: 73-88.
- Holmes, P. (2016). Navigating languages and interculturality in the research process: The ethics and positionality of the researcher and the researched. In The critical turn in intercultural communication pedagogy: Theory, research and practice. Dasli, M. & Díaz, A.R. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 91-108.
- Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J. & Attia, M. (2016). How to research multilingually: Possibilities and complexities. In Research methods in intercultural communication: a practical guide. Hua, Zhu Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. 88-102.
- Hua, Z., Holmes, P., Young, T. & Angouri, J. (2016). How to identify research questions. In Research methods in intercultural communication: a practical guide. Hua, Z. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. 73-87.
- Holmes, P. & Dervin, F. (2016). Introduction - English as a lingua franca and interculturality: Beyond orthodoxies. In The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca. Holmes, P. & Dervin, F. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. 1-32.
- Holmes, P. (2015). Intercultural encounters as socially constructed experiences; Which concepts? Which pedagogies? In Routledge companion to cross-cultural management. Holden, N., Michailova, S. & Tietze, S. New York: Routledge. 237-247.
- Holmes, P. (2014). "Why did it all go so horribly wrong?": Intercultural conflict in an NGO in New Zealand. In Case studies in intercultural dialogue. Haydari, N. & Holmes, P. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt. 189-206.
- Holmes, P. (2014). Researching Chinese Students' Intercultural communication Experiences in Higher Education: Researcher and Participant Reflexivity. In Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education: Rethinking Multilingualism and Interculturality. Clark, Julie S. Byrd & Dervin, Fred London: Routledge. 100-118.
- Holmes, P. (2014). The (inter)cultural turn in foreign language teaching. In A Practical Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School. Pachler, N. & Redondo, A. Abingdon: Routledge. 76-86.
- Haydari, N. & Holmes, P. (2014). Contextualising 'Intercultural dialogue' and the 'case study'. In Case studies in intercultural dialogue. Haydari, N. & Holmes, P. Dubuque, IA: Kendall J Hunt.
- Holmes, P. (2013). Intercultural communication in context: Business and management. In The Routledge handbook of language and intercultural communication. Jackson, J. London: Routledge.
- Holmes, P. (2012). Business and management education. In The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. Jackson, J. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 464-480.
- Holmes, P. & O'Neill, G. (2010). Autoethnography and Self-reflection: tools for self-assessing intercultural competence. In Becoming intercultural: Inside and outside the classroom. Tsau, J. & Houghton S. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 167-193.
- Holmes, P. & Zaidman, N. (2007). The role of culture in persuasive presentations: An Israeli and New Zealand student video exchange. In The influence of culture in the world of business. Hinner, M.B. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- Holmes, P. & Tan, E. (2007). Getting our wires crossed: Culture conflict in email and telephone messages. In Management Communication: New Zealand and Australian Case Studies. Page, D. & Zorn, T. Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education.
Edited book
- Holmes, P., Reynolds, J. & Ganassin, S. (2022). The politics of researching multilingually. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
- Holmes, P. & Dervin, F. (2016). The cultural and intercultural dimensions of English as a lingua franca. Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education, 29. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
- Haydari, N. & Holmes, P. (2014). Case studies in intercultural dialogue. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.
Edited Journal
- Holmes, P., Fay, R. & Andrews, J. (2017). Education and migration: languages foregrounded. Language and Intercultural Communication, 17 (4): Routledge.
- Byram, M, Holmes, P & Savvides, N (2015). Special Issue “Intercultural competence II". Language Learning Journal, 43 (2).
- Holmes, P, Dooly, M & O'Regan, J (2014). Special Issue “Intercultural Dialogue: Current challenges; future directions”. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14 (1).
- Andrews, J, Holmes, P & Fay, R (2013). Special Issue “Researching Multilingually”. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 23 (3).
- Byram, M., Holmes, P. & Savvides, N. (2013). Teaching and Learning Intercultural communication in the Second/Foreign Language Classroom. The Language Learning Journal Special Issue I, 41 (3).
- Ganesh, S & Holmes, P (2011). Special issue “Intercultural dialogue. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 4 (2).
- Cockburn-Wootten, C, Holmes, P & Simpson, M (2008). Special Issue “Teaching teamwork in business communication/management programs". Business Communication Quarterly, 71 (4).
Edited Sources, Research Data Sets and Databases
- Young, Y.K. (2017). The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication, 3 Volume Set. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.
Journal Article
- Holmes, Prue, Ganassin, Sara & Li, Song (2022). Reflections on the co-construction of an interpretive approach to interculturality for higher education in China. Language and Intercultural Communication 22(5): 503-518.
- Holmes, P. & Peña Dix, B. (2022). A research trajectory for difficult times: decentring language and intercultural communication. Language and Intercultural Communication 22(3): 337-353.
- Holmes, Prue & MacDonald, Malcolm N. (2020). The ‘good’ interculturalist yesterday, today and tomorrow: everyday life-theory-research-policy-practice. Language and Intercultural Communication 20(1): 1.
- Ganassin, S. & Holmes, P. (2020). I was surprised to see you in a Chinese school’ Researching multilingually opportunities and challenges in community-based research. Applied Linguistics 41(6): 827-854.
- Lui, H. & Holmes, P. (2018). Ideologies of the Chinese language in Finland: A critical analysis of policy documents and news articles. Global Chinese 4 (2 ): 247-270.
- Holmes, P., Bavieri, L., Ganassin, S. & Murphy, J. (2016). Interculturality and the study abroad experience: students’ learning from the IEREST materials. Language and Intercultural Communication 16(3): 452-469.
- Byram, M.S., Holmes, P.M. & Savvides, N. (2015). Guest editorial. The Language Learning Journal 43(2): 129-130.
- Holmes, P., Bavieri, L. & Ganassin, S. (2015). Developing intercultural understanding for study abroad: Students' and teachers' perspectives on pre-departure intercultural learning. Intercultural Education 26(1): 16-30.
- Holmes, P. (2015). ‘The cultural stuff around how to talk to people’ immigrants' intercultural communication during a pre-employment work-placement. Language and Intercultural Communication 15(1): 109-124.
- Holmes, P. (2014). Intercultural dialogue: challenges to theory, practice and research. Language and Intercultural Communication 14(1): 1-6.
- Byram, M., Holmes, P. & Savvides, N. (2013). Intercultural communicative competence in foreign language education: Questions of theory, practice and research. The Language Learning Journal 41(3): 251-253.
- Ganassin, S. & Holmes, P. (2013). Multilingual Research practices in Community Research: The case of Migrant/Refugee Women in North East England. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 23(3): 342-356.
- Holmes, P., Fay, R., Andrews, J. & Attia, M. (2013). Researching multilingually: New theoretical and methodological directions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 23(3): 285-299.
- Holmes, P. & O'Neill, G. (2012). Developing and evaluating intercultural competence: Ethnographies of intercultural encounters. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 36(5): 707-718.
- Ganesh, S. & Holmes, P. (2011). Positioning intercultural dialogue—theories, pragmatics, and an agenda. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 4(2): 81-86.
- Zaidman, N. & Holmes, P. (2009). Business communication as cultural text: Exchange and feedback of promotional video clips. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 33(6): 535-549.
- Holmes, P. & Janson, A. (2008). Migrants' communication practices with ICTs: Tools for facilitating migration and adaptation? International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society 4(6): 51-62.
- Cockburn-Wootten, C., Holmes, P. & Simpson, M. (2008). Teaching teamwork in business communication/management programs. Business Communication Quarterly 71(4): 417-420.
- Holmes, P. (2008). Foregrounding harmony: Chinese international students voices in communication with their New Zealand peers. China Media Research 4(4): 102-110.
- Holmes, P. (2006). Problematising intercultural communication competence in the pluricultural classroom: Chinese students in a New Zealand university. Language and Intercultural Communication 6(1): 18-34.
- Holmes, P., Cockburn-Wootten, C., Motion, J., Zorn, T. & Roper, J. (2005). Critical reflective practice in teaching management communication. Business Communication Quarterly 68(2): 247-256.
- Bird, P. & Holmes, P. (2005). Perception, communication, understanding: New Zealand (tertiary) students' experiences with international students in the classroom. Communication Journal of New Zealand 6(1): 3-21.
- Holmes, P. & O'Neill, G. (2005). Intercultural communication in tertiary pluricultural education: Bridging the social divide. International Journal of Learning 12.
- Holmes, P. (2005). Ethnic Chinese students' communication with cultural others in a New Zealand university. Communication Education 54(4): 289-331.
- Holmes, P. (2004). Negotiating differences in learning and intercultural communication: Ethnic Chinese students in a New Zealand university. Business Communication Quarterly 67(3): 294-307.
- O'Halloran, S. & Holmes, P. (2003). Communicating across cultures on the Internet: Implications for global(ising) e-education. Australian Journal of Communication 30(2): 65-84.