<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>I recently learned the sad news of the passing of Francisco Gomes de Matos in July 2025. He was a pioneer of peace linguistics and a tireless advocate for peace and linguistic human rights. A lovely tribute to him by Jocelyn Wright is available <a href="https://koreatesol.org/content/tribute-francisco-cardoso-gomes-de-matos-1933-2025-0">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>I had the honor of knowing Francisco, who was truly delightful in correspondence. He would regularly share his posters and poetry with his friends. I have collected a few of the posters he had most recently shared with me in <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1oZuFVZxkfJ_WkmSJ3cbuJDObJuxPe6lL">this folder</a>. I also thought it would be fitting to share this poem he sent me on the occasion of his 90th birthday:</div><div><br></div><div>Good 90 years to reach<br>There is still more to teach<br>So i ll keep up poster creating.<br>Hoping Human Dignity to be elevating<br>And for Peace to be educating.<br>All for global Harmony<br>And for the good of Humanity<br><br>May this be a humble plea<br>Bringing together you and me<br><br>Francisco Gomes de Matos<br>A peace linguist from Recife Brazil</div><div><br></div><div>Rest in peace, dear friend.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Francis</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div><font size="2"><b>Francis M. Hult, PhD, FRGS</b> </font><font size="2"><span>|</span></font><b> </b>Professor</div><div>Department of Education</div><div>University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)</div><div><br></div><div>
Vice President and 2027 Conference Chair, <a href="https://www.aaal.org/executive-committee" target="_blank">American Association for Applied Linguistics</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>Editor, <a href="https://www.springer.com/series/5894" target="_blank">Educational Linguistics Book Series</a> <br></div><div>Co-Editor, <a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/serial/16644" target="_blank">Contributions to the Sociology of Language Book Series</a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://education.umbc.edu/faculty-list/francis-m-hult/" target="_blank">Web Profile</a> <span>|</span> <a href="http://umbc.academia.edu/FrancisMHult" target="_blank">Academia.edu</a> | <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2x7pOMwAAAAJ&h" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a> | <a href="http://tesol.umbc.edu/" target="_blank">TESOL@UMBC</a></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4x6A7feW5AMw0k8d_RBIpmS7TpRdADyhZH2v4Hke0FycOyMXDENqrYd7BuX5J3H6O_RGuDmWJw" width="62" height="96"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>