Congress on language Diversity, Sustainability and Peace

[Francis M Hult]

>
> This message is to inform you that the Linguapax Institute and the Forum
> of Cultures Barcelona 2004 are organising a World Congress on Language
> Diversity, Sustainability and Peace. The Congress will be held in
> Barcelona from May 20 to 23, 2004.
>
> Confirmed keynote speakers are:
>
> Introductory Speech:
>
> *David Crystal* (University of Wales)
>
> LANGUAGE DIVERSITY
> *Bernard Comrie* (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
> Germany)
> *Juan Carlos Moreno Cabrera* (Autonomus University of Madrid)
>
> SUSTAINABILTY
> *Suzanne Romaine* (University of Oxford)
> *Albert Bastardas* (University of Barcelona)
>
> PEACE
> *Fernand de Varennes* (Murdoch University, Australia)
> *Miquel Siguan* (University of Barcelona).
>
> There will also be five parallel workshops dealing with the folllowing
> topics: Positive models of language policy and planning, Case studies of
> language revitalization and standardization, Evaluation of the current
> sociolingustic research, Language law and language rights and Agents in
> favour of language diversity (IGOs, NGOs, civil society organizations, etc.)
>
>  A *call for papers* period is open until March 1st.
>
> More information in *English, French, Spanish and Catalan* at:
> http://www.linguapax.org
>
> --
> Josep Cru
> Institut Linguapax
> C/Mallorca, 285
> Barcelona 08037
> Tel. 93 458 95 95
> Fax. 457 58 51
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