[lg policy] Call for Papers: Language and Equality

[Humphrey Tonkin]

The Study Group on Language at the United Nations, in cooperation with the
Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, invites
you to contribute to A Symposium on Language and Equality on Tuesday, April
29, 2014, at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza (First Avenue at
44th Street), New York, NY 10017, 9:30-4:30

 

The organizers welcome proposals for brief 20-minute papers on topics such
as the following:

 

Language and human rights

Language discrimination

Language and minority rights

Language and voting rights

Language, sustainability, and biodiversity

Mother-tongue education

Language policy in international organizations

Language parity in international settings

Language use at the United Nations

The role of language in local and international development

Language and the post-2015 development agenda

The role of language in international peacekeeping

Language and globalization

 

Please send proposals (200 words or less) to the chair of the symposium
organizing committee, Prof. Humphrey Tonkin, at tonkin at hartford.edu, by
February 15, 2014.  The committee expects to make final decisions on the
program by March 1. 

 

 

 

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