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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>ESRC Researcher Development Initiative (Round 4)</B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B>3 year project in advanced research training, May 2010-April 2013</B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><I>Researching multilingualism, multilingualism in research practice </I>(RES 046-25-0004)</B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">New times, new mobilities and communicative practices: </SPAN></I></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">challenges for minority language research </SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Research seminar jointly organised by the MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, University of Birmingham and IAITH: the Welsh Centre for </SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Language Planning</SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">School of Education, University of Birmingham, May 2-3, 2012</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This two day research seminar brings together researchers from Europe and North America who are engaged in sociolinguistic and ethnographic research with speakers of languages that have been historically positioned on the political and economic periphery e.g. Basque, Canadian French, Catalan, Galician, Irish, Sami, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. The contributors include Monica Heller (University of Toronto), Patricia Lamarre (University of Montreal), Joanna McPake (University of Strathclyde), Sari Pietikainen (University of Jyväskylä) and Joan Pujolar Cos (Open University of Catalonia). The focus will be on the conceptual and methodological challenges posed in the field of minority language research by the large-scale social changes ushered in by globalization, by the advent of new media and communication technology and by shifts in political economy. The study of the new sociolinguistic realities of the times in which we live requires new research lenses and new epistemologies.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B>Seminar programme:</B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>May 2, 10:30 –11:00: Registration<B></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm" class=ParagraffRhestrCxSpFirst><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">11:00 - 13:00: First session</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm" class=ParagraffRhestrCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> 14:00 – 16:30: Master class by Monica Heller</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm" class=ParagraffRhestrCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">May 3, 9:30 – 1:00: Second session</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm" class=ParagraffRhestrCxSpMiddle><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact: Lily Ilič, School of Education, University of Birmingham <A href="mailto:l.ilic@bham.ac.uk">l.ilic@bham.ac.uk</A> before April 6, 2012. All participants are welcome to contribute a poster along with a poster abstract. For further details, contact the seminar organisers: Marilyn Martin-Jones <A href="mailto:m.martinjones@bham.ac.uk">m.martinjones@bham.ac.uk</A> or Kathryn Jones <A href="mailto:kathryn.jones@iaith.eu">kathryn.jones@iaith.eu</A></SPAN></I></P>
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