Call for papers: Language and Borders: Rethinking Mobility, Migration and Space
Deadline: October 31st, 2017
The conference is going to take place in Bristol, March 26th and 27th
The widespread movement of people and their linguistic repertoires has contributed to growing pressure on the model of the nation-state and related notions of linguistically and culturally homogeneous societies. Supposed homogeneity of communities is contingent on the notion of the border as a...
El efecto de la globalización en las lenguas. Entrevista con Louis-Jean Calvet
Entrevista realizada por Anna Quéré
Publicada el 05/07/2017
Traducción: Ivon Lara Vásquez
El sociolingüista Louis-Jean Calvet se encarga de observar los flujos y reflujos lingüísticos, siguiendo una convicción: no todas las lenguas tienen el mismo valor mercantil. La globalización lleva a la devaluación de algunas lenguas en beneficio de otras.
Louis-Jean Calvet es...
Apple et Amazon cèdent devant les exigences de Pékin (Le Monde 8 août 2017)
LE MONDE | 07.08.2017 à 12h17 (crédits image Greg Baker/AFP)Editorial. En empêchant l’accès des internautes chinois à des sites censurés, Apple et Amazon ont accepté les exigences de la Chine. Une victoire pour elle, sur les plans des valeurs et de la technologie, et une défaite pour les démocrates.C’était le 21 janvier 2010. Pas même dix ans. Hillary Clinton, qui occupait le poste...
Ce que la mondialisation fait aux langues- Entretien avec Louis-Jean Calvet (Revue des Sciences humaines)
Propos recueillis par Anna Quéré - Publié le 05/07/2017
Le sociolinguiste Louis-Jean Calvet observe les flux et reflux linguistiques. Avec une conviction : toutes les langues n’ont pas la même valeur marchande. La mondialisation conduit à la dévaluation de certaines langues, au profit d’autres.Louis-Jean Calvet est linguiste. Il a écrit de nombreux ouvrages dont Linguistique et...
Why just speaking English isn’t going to cut it anymore
The Conversation, June 15th, 2017
Britain is facing an uncertain future and an uneasy relationship with Europe after Brexit and the latest general election. Among other things, a key determiner of the success of Brexit will be the UK’s ability to conduct negotiations without language barriers. But the country’s woeful inability to learn languages, and the decline in foreign language learning...
Neerlandistiek.nl, 12 april 2017
Overal in Nederland zie en hoor je Engels. Maar beginnen mensen dit soms beu te worden?
Schaatsen, oranje schmink normaal maken, lang en gelukkig zijn. Nederlanders zijn in heel veel dingen goed – zo ook in de Engelse taal. Zo’n 90% van de Nederlanders vindt dat ze een gesprek kunnen voeren in het Engels, en Nederland staat bovenaan de English Proficiency...
Migration, multilinguisme et éducation en France et en Allemagne : repenser la notion d’inclusion (colloque international - Strasbourg)
Migration, multilinguisme et éducation en France et en Allemagne : repenser la notion d’inclusionMigration, Mehrsprachigkeit und Bildung in Frankreich und Deutschland: Kritische Perspektiven auf InklusionMigration, multilingualism and education in France and Germany: Critical perspectives on inclusion
Mercredi 31 mai et jeudi 1er juin 2017ESPE de l’Académie de Strasbourg, Université de...
Scuola estiva CISPELS: "Diversità delle lingue e universalità del linguaggio. Metodi di lettura e di analisi di testi fondativi"
Stresa, Italia, 17-21/7/2017
Diversità delle lingue e universalità del linguaggio. Metodi di lettura e di analisi di testi fondativi. Questo il tema e il focus metodologico dell’edizione 2017 della Scuola estiva CISPELS.
Una storiografia senza accesso primario alle fonti non pone premesse adeguate al lavoro comparativo, interpretativo, argomentativo che è pure parte integrante...
O fenômeno do desaparecimento de idiomas e suas explicações
IPOL, Publicado em 22/02/2017
Das 6 mil línguas existentes no mundo, em breve quase metade poderá estar extinta, estima Unesco. Embora globalização seja um dos fatores negativos, internet pode ajudar na preservação.
Por todo o mundo há idiomas ameaçados de extinção. Seja na Alemanha, onde o baixo-sórbio só é falado por 7 mil pessoas; ou na América do Norte, onde só 250...
Internationale Tagung Popular Music et migration... e migrazione... y migración...
Internationale TagungPopular Music et migration... e migrazione... y migración...1990–20155.–7. April 2017Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 3, Claudiasaal, 1. StockEröffnung Mittwoch, 5. April, 9.15 UhrAbendprogramm5. April, 19 Uhr Eröffnung des neuen Archivs für Textmusikforschung (Innrain 52, 2. Stock)6. April, 19 Uhr Soirée concert(Bäckerei, Dreiheiligenstraße 21)Nähere...
The effects of migration on the position of minority languages Mercator symposium 11 November 2016
10:15 Registration + coffee/tea
10:45 Opening words
11:00 Migration in sub-state territories with historical-linguistic minorities: main challenges and new perspectives.
Roberta Medda-Windischer (European Academy of Bolzano)
11:45 Multilingual Education as Asset and Aim.
Joana Duarte & Alex Riemersma (RUG / NHL)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 The multilingual turn: integrated approaches towards...
Symposium by Mercator European Research Centre: “The effects of migration on the position of minority languages”
By: Jorrit Huizinga
On 11 november 2016, the Mercator Research Centre in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden will host a symposium on the effects of migration on the position of minority languages. The relation between immigration, migrant languages and regional and minority languages is a theme that has become more and more important in recent years. Especially in light of the ongoing refugee crisis,...
Call for papers : Full Title: Approaches to Migration, Language, and Identity
4-6 May 2017, Lausanne, Switzerland
Click here to acces website...>>>
Call deadline: January 6th 2017
The international conference Approaches to Migration, Language, and Identity, which will be held at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) from 4-6 May 2017, aims to bring together scholars working on any aspect of migration, language, and identity. This three-day conference offers...
Multilingualism and Globalization — Perspectives from Norway
UiO Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan
Published Jun 23, 2016 11:25 AM - Last modified Jun 27, 2016 04:24 PM
Multilingualism and Globalization — Perspectives from Norway is one of the projects made possible by the University of Oslo's funding for five world-leading research communities.
The project was developed by Pia Lane in close collaboration with...
Approaches to migration, language and identity 4-6 May 2017, University of Lausanne
The international conference Approaches to migration, language, and identity, which will be held at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) from 4-6 May 2017, aims to bring together scholars working on any aspect of migration, language, and identity. This three-day conference offers a forum for researchers working in the fields of politics, geosciences, linguistics, anthropology,...
Multilinguismo, Tecnologias Linguísticas e Internacionalização
II Fórum de Ensino de Línguas do IFSC em Florianópolis
Publicado em 15/06/2016
Está acontecendo em Florianópolis, entre os dias 14 e 15 de junho, o II Fórum de Ensino de Línguas do Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina. Cerca de 100 professores de línguas do IFSC (português, espanhol, inglês e libras) se reúnem com o objetivo de dar continuidade às discussões realizadas na...
Efforts to build world economy limited by lack of languages
Irishtimes.com, Monday March 7th 2016
Conference told thousands of vacancies not being filled by Irish because of lack of German and other languages
Ireland’s efforts to build a globalised economy are unsustainable in the long run, given its failed foreign language education policy, particularly in German, according to Irish business leaders and academics.
Heads of multinational companies...
Frontières (Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration)
En ce début de XXIe siècle, marqué par la globalisation des économies, l’accélération des échanges entre les pays et des mouvements croissants de populations, le Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration présente une exposition pour comprendre le rôle et les enjeux contemporains des frontières dans le monde et retracer les histoires singulières de ceux qui les traversent...
"Migrer d'une langue à l'autre ?" (journée d'étude 18 novembre 2015- Musée national de l'immigration - Paris)
La délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France (ministère de la Culture et de la Communication) a le plaisir de vous inviter à la troisième édition de la journée d'étude "Migrer d'une langue à l'autre?" , organisée en partenariat avec la Direction des affaires culturelles d'Île-de-France et le musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration.
Cette journée se...
