<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lpren@caltalk.cal.org">lpren@caltalk.cal.org</a>></span><br><br>Symposium on Language and Exclusion, New York, May 7, 2015: Call for papers<br><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Call for Papers</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">LANGUAGE AND EXCLUSION</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Symposium</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Study Group on Language at the United Nations</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">in cooperation with</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">invites you to contribute to</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Symposium on Language and Exclusion</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">on Thursday, May 7, 2015</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">First Avenue at 44<sup>th</sup> Street</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;background:white" align="center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">9:15-5:00</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The organizers welcome proposals for brief 20-minute papers on topics such as the following:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language policy in international organizations</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language parity in international settings</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language use at, and by, the United Nations</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language as a factor in sustainable development</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language and human rights</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Discrimination on grounds of language</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language and the post-2015 development agenda</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The role of language in international peacekeeping</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language and globalization</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Language and minority rights</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mother-tongue education</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">NGOs and language policy</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please send proposals (200 words or less) to the chair of the symposium organizing committee, Prof. Humphrey Tonkin, at
</span><a href="mailto:tonkin@hartford.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">tonkin@hartford.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">, by February 15,
2015. The committee expects to make final decisions on the program by March 1. </span>
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