Prof Prue Holmes

Professor, Director of Research

Affiliations
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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

An ethnographic study of how Chinese students in a UK university understand and respond to emotions in their intercultural adjustment.

National identity (re)construction and negotiation and cosmopolitanism in the intercultural study-abroad context: Student sojourners from Taiwan in the UK

The perspectives of female Emirati pre-service teachers on the use of English as a medium of instruction: An ethnographic investigation.

Mandarin Chinese community schooling in England: Language, culture and pupils’ identities.

Understanding Japanese students' intercultural learning before, during, and after studying abroad: Using reflective writing as a pedagogic tool.

Developing Intercultural Competence in English Language Teachers: Towards Building Intercultural Language Education in Colombia

Multilingual and intercultural communication in and beyond the UK asylum process: a linguistic ethnographic case study of legal advice-giving across cultural and linguistic borders

An exploration of students' experiences and interpretations of an internationalisation policy implemented in a Chinese university: A case study.

“It makes me feel like part of the world”: How children in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme understand international-mindedness.

A comparative study of English education in Japan: Fostering learners’ intercultural communicative competence, criticality and identity for intercultural citizenship.

The experiences of refugee creative writers: An intersectional feminist study.

How to integrate intercultural communication in Chinese language teaching: An interpretive study of the perspectives and experiences of teachers in Confucius Institutes in the United Kingdom.

Investigating the use of literary texts in a pedagogy to teach intercultural communicative competence in an EFL Master’s course in Algeria.

Experiencing multilingual identities and interculturality through learning and socialising in languages: The ecologies of two “language cafés”.

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

Higher and Further Education

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

Holmes, P. & Corbett, J. (2023). Critical Intercultural Pedagogy for Difficult Times. New York: Routledge.

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).