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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference 2012<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>September 6 - 8, 2012<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Plenary Speakers:<o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>* Francois Grin, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>* Elana Shohamy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tel</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Aviv</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>* Peter Ives, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Winnipeg</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This international conference will be held at the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Calgary</st1:PlaceName> in <st1:State w:st="on">Alberta</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We invite papers that approach language policy from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, and in a variety of contexts, from the local/institutional to national/global.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We invite abstracts (500 words maximum) for papers in any of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policy and political theory <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Official language policies <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policy and lingua franca <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Heritage language policies <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policy and globalization <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Ideologies and language policies <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policies in school settings <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>National identities and language policies <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policy and the economics of the workplace <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Non-official languages in mainstream classrooms <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policies and social mobility <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language attrition, language revitalization and language policies <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Language policies and transnational communities <o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Abstracts should be 500 words maximum including all references. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2012.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two experts in the field. Final decisions will be sent to authors by June 15, 2012.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Each paper presentation should be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion. You can submit a maximum of two contributions, one as author and one as co-author or discussant.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Conference Organizers:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>* Thomas Ricento<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>* Mary O'Brien<o:p></o:p></P>
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