<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> Forwarded From: <a href="mailto:LINGANTH@listserv.linguistlist.org">LINGANTH@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br><br><br>The NYU-CNRS Center for International Research in the Humanities and<br>
Social Sciences invites proposals for a workshop on "Language and<br>
Colonialism" to be held April 4 and 5, 2014 at New York University.<br>
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The relationship between language and processes of colonization and<br>
decolonization has interested fields as diverse as anthropology,<br>
history, sociology, linguistics, and area studies. We aim to bring<br>
together the most vital and original contributions on the topics of<br>
language alienations, resistances, accommodations, refusals, and<br>
appropriations, as articulated in policies and everyday practices.<br>
Priority will be given to proposals on the British, French, Italian,<br>
and Dutch cases. Papers chosen for the workshop will be pre-circulated<br>
to facilitate serious discussion, and an edited volume from the<br>
revised papers is planned. Travel and lodging expenses will be paid<br>
for participants.<br>
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Some possible themes:<br>
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Language and Colonial Authority<br>
Translators as Colonial Intermediaries<br>
Language and Racial Theories and Policies Language and/of Missionaries<br>
and Religious Orders Language and Colonial Education Uses of the<br>
Vernacular Language and Citizenship in the Colonial and Postcolonial<br>
Contexts Linguistic Dimensions of Transitions to Independence<br>
Postcolonial legacies of Colonial Language Politics and Policies<br>
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Please send an abstract (up to 250 words) and a résumé to Ruth<br>
Ben-Ghiat <<a href="mailto:rb68@nyu.edu">rb68@nyu.edu</a>> <<a href="mailto:rb68@nyu.edu">rb68@nyu.edu</a>> and Alice Goheneix Polanski<br>
<<a href="mailto:agp318@nyu.edu">agp318@nyu.edu</a>> <<a href="mailto:agp318@nyu.edu">agp318@nyu.edu</a>> by December 20, 2013.<br>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------
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