<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><h1><span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5">Language and Politics – Normative Reflections</font></font><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Thursday 5 March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Nuffield College (Clay Room), University of Oxford</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">The world contains approximately 6000 languages divided into approximately 192 independent states. While global linguistic diversity is not evenly distributed, virtually all states are multilingual. What is the appropriate political response to linguistic diversity? Which principles of justice should guide language policy? The aim of this one-day workshop is to explore some of the normative dimensions to language politics and linguistic justice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Schedule:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">10.30-11: Tea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">11-12.30: Denise Réaume (University of Toronto/University of Oxford): <i>Lingua Franca Fever: Sceptical Remarks</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Respondent: David Miller (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">12.30-1.30: Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">1.30-3: Anna Stilz (Princeton University): <i>Civic Nationalism and Language Policy</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Respondent: Will Kymlicka (Queen’s University/University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">3 – 3.15: Tea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">3.15-4.45: Helder De Schutter (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/University of Oxford) and Lea Ypi (University of Oxford): <i>Language and Luck</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Respondent: Yael Peled (University of Oxford)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Participation:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Participation is free but registration is required, and the number of participants is limited to 25. Please register with <a href="mailto:Yael.Peled@nuffield.ox.ac.uk">Yael.Peled@nuffield.ox.ac.uk</a>, and include a short (<100 words) bio. For directions, see <a href="https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/">https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></p></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Palatino; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Yael Peled</div><div><br></div><div>Nuffield College </div><div>Oxford OX1 1NF, UK</div><div><br></div><div>Tel.: + 44 (0)1865 278650</div><div>Fax: + 44 (0)1865 278621</div><div><a href="http://oxford.academia.edu/YaelPeled/">http://oxford.academia.edu/YaelPeled/</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>