<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kirk R. Person</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kirk_person@sil.org">kirk_person@sil.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:02 PM<br>
<br> Language and Peace symposium for the language policy mailing list<br><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><br>SIL International, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the Alliance for Peacebuilding<br>
Cordially invite you to a symposium on<br><br>Language, Peace, and Security<br><br>Date: Friday, February 21, 2014, International Mother Language Day<br>Time: 1:00–5:00 p.m. Registration at 12:45<br>
Location: United States Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Avenue, N.W.<br> Washington, DC 20037 <br>RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by Monday, February 10, 2014<br> <a href="mailto:briank@allianceforpeacebuilding.org" target="_blank">briank@allianceforpeacebuilding.org</a><br>
<br>About the Symposium<br>Across the world, nations and societies are in crisis. Peace between nations and peoples is under threat; civil strife and injustice breed insecurity for individuals and social groups. Threats to peace and security proliferate, and solutions are elusive. At the center of both the problem and the solution are matters of language. Language is a defining factor in social and cultural identity, within and between groups. Language use and language choice are pivotal in both crisis and crisis resolution. Communication across and within groups is essential to maintaining peace and security.<br>
<br>These two roles of language–as medium of communication and as expression of identity–are vital considerations for any serious discussion of peace and security. But how exactly can such discussions lead to solutions? How do issues of language, language complexity, and communication play out in peace-building efforts and ongoing security? How can language issues be identified and addressed effectively in policy planning and execution? In this session, keynote presentations will address these questions, drawing on relevant scholarship, and field practitioners will describe related experience in a panel discussion.<br>
<br>About the Presenters<br>Patricia Frederick, Associate Professor of Global Languages and Cultures, Northern Arizona State University,<br>Suwilai Premsrirat, Professor of Linguistics and Founder of the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand<br>
Terrence Wiley, President, Center for Applied Linguistics<br>Zeena Zakharia, Assistant Professor of International and Comparative Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston<br><br>About the Panel<br>Perspectives from the Grassroots. Community-based NGOs reflect on the relevance of language to peace and security.<br>
<br>Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646 40th Street NW, Washington, DC 20016 <a href="http://www.cal.org" target="_blank">www.cal.org</a><br>Alliance for Peacebuilding, 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20036 <a href="http://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org" target="_blank">www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org</a><br>
SIL International, 1250 24th Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20037 <a href="http://www.sil.org" target="_blank">www.sil.org</a><br>_______________________________________________</div></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
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