<div>New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe<br><br><br>Full Title: New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe <br>Short Title: LINEE <br><br>Date: 11-Apr-2010 - 15-Apr-2010 <br>Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia <br>Contact Person: Mirna Jernej <br>
Meeting Email: mirna.jernej<img src="http://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absBottom"><a href="http://inantro.hr">inantro.hr</a> <br>Web Site: <a href="http://www.amiando.com/lineeconference">http://www.amiando.com/lineeconference</a> <br>
<br>Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; <br>Sociolinguistics <br><br>Call Deadline: 31-Oct-2009 <br><br>Meeting Description: <br><br>Venue: Dubrovnik, Croatia <br>The conference is intended to bring together academics representing a range of <br>
disciplines in humanities and social sciences, practitioners and EU/national <br>policy makers, concerned with multilingualism and linguistic diversity in Europe. <br><br>Organizing Institution: Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia <br>
<br>2nd Call for Papers <br><br>This international outreach conference is organized jointly by LINEE: <br>Languages in a Network of European Excellence and the integrated project DYLAN <br>of the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme for Research and <br>
Development. With an increased awareness of international globalisation and <br>European integration, the existing mainstream conceptualizations of <br>multilingualism and linguistic diversity have been increasingly questioned, in <br>
particular within the humanities and the social sciences. In a EU context of <br>socio-political transition it is therefore a challenge to take stock of the <br>existing disciplinary knowledge, and to reassess it against the background of <br>
the ongoing integration process which goes along with the transformation of <br>traditional linguistic and cultural patterns. <br><br>Conference Scientific Board: <br>Senka Bozic (Zadar), Rita Franceschini (Bozen), François Grin (Geneva), Clare <br>
Mar-Molinero (Southampton), Jiri Nekvapil (Prague), Patrick Stevenson <br>(Southampton), Anita Sujoldzic (Zagreb), Rosita Schjerve-Rindler (Vienna), Iwar <br>Werlen (Bern). <br><br>Proposals are invited for original and previously unpublished research papers <br>
that broadly fall within the following themes and topics: <br><br>A. Language, Culture and Identity: <br>Within the context of ongoing glocalisation, the emergence of multiple <br>identities compels to redefine the role of languages and lingua francas as <br>
identity markers, and as factors contributing to the distinctiveness of culture- <br>specific environments. The overall objective of this thematic block is to <br>clarify the saliency of language as an identity marker in the EU. This points to <br>
the role of language in identity formation processes, the existence of <br>language-based multiple identities, and the significance of language as <br>part of well-being of their speakers, and primary symbol of possible secondary <br>
cultural, economical, political and other non-linguistic motives. <br><br>B. Language Policy and Planning: <br>This thematic bloc is addressed to researchers interested not only on the <br>institutional, intrinsic and professional process-oriented dimension, but also <br>
to those concerned with an often unnoticed, implicit or unintended language <br>policy and language planning processes. A consensus on the demarcation between <br>such concepts as "language policy", "language planning" and related concepts <br>
("aménagement linguistique", "language politics') will be discussed. The issues <br>to examine concern the adequacy of the existing language policy and language <br>planning efforts in the EU countries, identifying possible discrepancies between <br>
theory and practice. <br><br>C. Multilingualism and Education: <br>The main issue to be tackled concerns the challenge of becoming not only <br>multilingual, but multicompetent in a multilingual environment and the ways of <br>
developing the capacity to behave in a flexible and adequate manner in concrete <br>multilingual contexts. The two main fields in which these questions can be <br>answered, are in general a) Second Language Acquisition, including all forms of <br>
language acquisition apart from first language acquisition, from contact <br>languages present in the territory to school learning of truly foreign <br>languages) and b) bilingual Education (including concurrent learning of several <br>
languages). <br><br>D. Language and Economy: <br>This topic is focused on the interplay between and economy and their impact on <br>the building of a knowledge-based society. The focus will be on the relationship <br>between language, geographical mobility and New Economy growth patterns. If we <br>
conceive of the economic order as a determining force in society, and if we take <br>into account that economy cannot do without language, then it follows that <br>economy has profound implications for language (its use and status, the <br>
emergence of lingua francas) in society. This is all the more true as economy <br>itself has shifted from industrial age to a knowledge economy. <br><br>The abstract submission deadline for individual papers has been extended to <br>
October 31, 2009. Further details regarding abstract submission and registration <br>are available on the conference website: <br><a href="http://www.amiando.com/lineeconference">http://www.amiando.com/lineeconference</a> <br>
<br>Location of the Conference: <br>Dubrovnik is one of the most attractive places on the Mediterranean. It is a <br>city with a unique political and cultural history, and a world famous monumental <br>heritage and beauty inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List : <br>
<a href="http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr/">http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr</a> <br><br>For additional information please contact or call: <br>Mirna Jernej <br>Institute for Anthropological Research, Lj. Gaja 32, P.O. Box 290, 10000 <br>
Zagreb, Croatia <br>E-mail: mirna.jernej<img src="http://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absBottom"><a href="http://inantro.hr">inantro.hr</a> <br>Phone: +385-1-5535104; Fax: +385-1-5535105 </div>
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