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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">CALL FOR PAPERS - SISP Conference
(Italian Political Science Association), Trieste, Italy, 12-14
September 2024<br>
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<font size="2" face="Arial">Panel 6.6 “<b>The Policy and Politics of
Language</b>” - (Section 6 - Public Policy and Public
Administration)<br>
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style="line-height: 115%;" lang="IT">ORGANIZERS</span></i><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;" lang="IT">Michele Gazzola, Ulster
University (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:m.gazzola@ulster.ac.uk">m.gazzola@ulster.ac.uk</a>)
and Rocco W. Ronza, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di
Milano (<a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:rocco.ronza@unicatt.it">rocco.ronza@unicatt.it</a>).</span><br>
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</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><i><span
style="line-height: 115%;">THEME</span></i><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">The field of Language Policy and
Planning (LPP) attracted the attention of pioneers of empirical
political research like K.W. Deutsch, J.A. Laponce, and S.
Rokkan. After the 1980s, however, the “critical” and
“postmodern” turn in the social sciences promoted a drift of LPP
from public policy and political studies. Since the early 2000s,
and more intensively in recent years, signs of convergence have
emerged again. The role of governments and state</span><span
style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-US">s</span><span
style="line-height: 115%;"> in the making of language policy has
been stressed, and</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"
lang="EN-US"> more</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">
attention has been placed on the politics of language as well as
on the process of language policy design, implementation, and
evaluation. Within this broad perspective, the panel invites
paper proposals that deal with:</span></font><font size="2"
face="Arial"><br>
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<ul>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">language
policy as public policy</span></font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">minority
language promotion and protection</span></font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">public
policies for the integration of immigrants</span></font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">management
of linguistic diversity in the EU and the area of higher
education</span></font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">the
linkage between language planning and identity-building at
local, national and international level</span></font></li>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">the
role of power and politics in language planning.</span></font></li>
</ul>
<font size="2" face="Arial"> </font> <font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="line-height: 115%;">Those interested in presenting a
paper should send their proposal to the panel chairs exclusively
through the </span><span lang="IT"><a
href="https://www.sisp.it/login"><span
style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">MySISP reserved area</span></a></span><span
style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><b><span
style="line-height: 115%;">before the 31st of May 2024</span></b><span
style="line-height: 115%;">.</span><span
style="line-height: 115%;"> <span lang="EN-US">The abstract can
be written either in Italian or English, the oral
presentations can take place any of the two languages. </span></span></font><font
size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
proposal should include the title of the paper, the author(s)’
full name, institution, e-mail address and an abstract of no
more than 6,000 characters (including spaces). The abstract will
be published on the SISP website if the proposal is accepted.
The system will send an e-mail notification to the author(s) to
confirm the receipt of the paper proposal.</span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">For information on the Conference
and assistance on paper submissions, please write to <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:convegno@sisp.it">convegno@sisp.it</a>.</span><br>
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</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>GENERAL
INFORMATION</i></span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">For registration and fees, see </span><span
lang="IT"><a href="http://www.sisp.it/en/registration-2"><span
style="line-height: 115%;" lang="EN-GB">www.sisp.it/en/registration-2</span></a></span><span
style="line-height: 115%;">. Registration to the Conference can
be done exclusively through the reserved area MySISP.</span><br>
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</font> <font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="line-height: 115%;"><i>IMPORTANT DATES</i></span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">15 April – 31 May 2024: Call for
papers</span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">14 June 2024: Deadline for paper
selection by panel chairs</span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">20 July 2024: End of early bird
registration for non SISP members</span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">31 July 2024: Deadline to appear
in the program. All conference participants interested in having
their name displayed in the program must register by this date.</span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">31 August 2024: Deadline for
registration to the Conference for both SISP members and
non-members.</span><br>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">5 September 2024: Deadline for
uploading the paper by participants who want to see it published
on the SISP website.</span></font>
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Michele Gazzola
Ulster University
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.michelegazzola.com">www.michelegazzola.com</a></pre>
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