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<span style="color: black;">We are happy to announce that </span><span style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>the deadline</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b> to send paper proposals</b> for the
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><a href="https://congressos.urv.cat/simposi-llengues/en" target="_blank" id="OWAb533d6cf-937b-aa54-6af4-db408bab465f" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://congressos.urv.cat/simposi-llengues/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="9" data-outlook-id="bddc587b-65e3-4436-9e1f-9fa855f86fa2" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">International
Symposium “Family Language Policies and the Activation of Minority Language Use in Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth” (ACTIVAMIN)</a></b></span><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>has
been extended until March 22, 2026</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>.</b></span></div>
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On <b>July 6 and 7, 2026</b>, the <b>Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona</b> will host an academic event dedicated to studying the mechanisms of language maintenance and revitalization in multilingual societies.</div>
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The symposium aims to foster an international dialogue on:</div>
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<b>Family Language Policy (FLP)</b> in minority language contexts</li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 1.5em;">
<b>Strategies for creating safe spaces and linguistic communities</b></li><li dir="ltr" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 1.5em;">
<b>Youth agency and empowerment in language transmission and activation</b></li></ul>
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Explore the thematic lines and be part of a multilingual scientific event committed to research and innovation.</div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" role="presentation"><b>Proposal submission:</b> <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">extended deadline
<b>March 22, 2026</b></span></div>
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<b>Registration for attendees:</b> Opens <b>April 13, 2026</b></li></ul>
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<span style="color: black;">More information at the following link: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://congressos.urv.cat/simposi-llengues/en" target="_blank" id="OWA33ca6ce0-e580-3b84-a24a-6930ab80b741" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://congressos.urv.cat/simposi-llengues/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="10" data-outlook-id="dda72874-d130-4aa8-9149-142000e3ef68" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">https://congressos.urv.cat/simposi-llengues/en</a></span></div>
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We will be grateful if you could distribute this information among colleagues and potentially interested people.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Dr James Hawkey</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Associate Professor in Linguistics and Catalan Studies</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Director of Catalan Studies</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">School of Modern Languages</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">University of Bristol</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Tel: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="tel:+441174552631" data-outlook-id="ecad67c5-a05e-4340-b76b-e013f7b37034" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">+44 (0)117 455
2631</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">My pronouns are he/him</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Sign up to my office hours </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue; background-color: rgb(243, 242, 241);"><u><a href="https://uob-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/jh14265_bristol_ac_uk/EdY_OIA3Zd1Oi2IqYlDyiIcB2WzlrODvWc5K5r_rZD0MXA?e=h4wSsX" data-outlook-id="57406a67-bdba-43cc-bca4-7ec42c7e3246" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img src="cid:image001.png@01DC224F.06F73FA0" alt="docx icon" id="Picture_x0020_1" width="15" height="15" style="width: 0.1666in; height: 0.1666in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> here</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Chair of the International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Co-editor-in-chief of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/soci/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOorjUq4W2RaaKQC2_9cLGA68M2lU9b3HnjrH1-Z4Fe0SrZYfKwLD" data-outlook-id="9df2ac6c-5a01-4f48-8e23-26c74189d7d9" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Sociolinguistica</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Recent publications: </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Hawkey, J. and Jiménez-Salcedo, J. 2026.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2025.2573917" data-outlook-id="2cdf2317-ba5c-4531-9f98-6b0ee63a427a" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">‘The development and use of multilingual
repertoires in bilingual classrooms: Between policy and practice in the </a></u><i><u><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2025.2573917" data-outlook-id="fa707849-5227-4eb3-9785-15733efdfbca" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Escola Andorrana</a></u></i><u><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2025.2573917" data-outlook-id="9ea9e24d-6b9e-4625-ad67-e81e5c05515d" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">’</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">,
<i>International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism</i> 29, 46-64.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Hawkey, J. 2024. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://revistes.eapc.gencat.cat/index.php/rld/article/view/4182/5437" data-outlook-id="c8d650fd-81cb-4123-ae5f-66a0c3ebab8d" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">‘La
política lingüística i les experiències d’integració de les persones amb orígens migratoris: el cas de la comunitat portuguesa a Andorra’</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">,
<i>Revista de Llengua i Dret / Journal of Language and Law </i>81, 51-68.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Hawkey, J. 2023. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sic.21012.haw" data-outlook-id="5c6b974b-f886-40b9-a0f9-c411e3d1c325" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">‘Variation
in Andorran Spanish past perfectives: Insights from the Portuguese Diaspora’</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">,
<i>Spanish in Context</i> 20, 154-177.</span></p>
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