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PLEASE JOIN US for a Celebration of Joshua A. Fishman’s Eightieth
Birthday!<br>
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Joshua A. Fishman's Eightieth Birthday will be celebrated on Sunday,
September 10, 2006 with a one-day symposium honoring his pioneering
contributions to the study of language and society. <br>
We are also assembling an album of greetings and short narratives
honoring Fishman, to which all are invited to contribute.<br>
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REGISTER NOW! For information about the symposium, including how to
register and
how to submit greetings and narratives, visit
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/fishman80/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/fishman80/</a><br>
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PROGRAM<br>
Venue: University of Pennsylvania Hillel, 215 S. 39th Street,
Philadelphia.<br>
Check-in 9:30-10:00<br>
<br>
I. <b>Greetings </b>(10:00-11:00 am)<br>
Stanton Wortham, Interim Dean, Graduate School of Education, University
of Pennsylvania<br>
Courtney Cazden, Professor Emerita, Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University<br>
Dell H. Hymes, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia <br>
William Labov, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennslvania <br>
Itzik Gottesman, Managing Editor, Forverts<br>
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II. <b>Keynote Address</b> (11:00 am-12:00 noon) <b>Language Policy
and Practice in Post-apartheid South Africa: Challenges and
Opportunities </b><br>
Nkonko Kamwangamalu, Professor of Linguistics and English, Howard
University<br>
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III. <b>Special Presentation: He koha aroha na te iwi Maori ki te
Kotuku Rerenga Tahi</b> (A gift of admiration from the Maori people in
honour of the Rare White Heron).<br>
Penelope Poutu , Mana Tamariki, Aotearoa, New Zealand<br>
Hinurewa Poutu , Mana Tamariki, Aotearoa, New Zealand<br>
Toni Waho, Mana Tamariki, Aotearoa, New Zealand<br>
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Lunch - included in registration fee (12:00-1:30 pm)<br>
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IV. Panel (1:30-2:30 pm) <b> Sociology of Language: A New Generation of
Scholarship</b><br>
Francis M. Hult, Ph.D. candidate in Educational Linguistics, University
of Pennsylvania <br>
Naomi Prawer Kadar, Ph.D. candidate, Columbia University <br>
Shuhan Wang, World Languages and International Education, Delaware
Department of Education<br>
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Break (2:30-3:00 pm)<br>
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V. Panel (3:00-4:00 pm) <b>Language Use, Language Planning, and
Identity: Intergenerational Perspectives</b><br>
Kendall King, Associate Professor, Linguistics, Georgetown University <br>
John Baugh, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor of Arts and Sciences,
Washington University St. Louis<br>
Shirley Brice Heath, Professor at Large and Professor of Anthropology
and Education, Brown University <br>
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VI. Panel (4:00-4:30 pm) <b>Language Loyalty: Fishman's Contributions
to the Sociology of Language</b><br>
A Panel Presentation of two volumes honoring Joshua A. Fishman:<br>
Volume 1: <i>Language Loyalty, Language Planning, and Language
Revitalization: Recent Writings and Reflections from Joshua A. Fishman</i>
(Multilingual Matters) <br>
Nancy H. Hornberger and Martin Pütz<br>
Volume 2: <i>Language Loyalty, Continuity, and Change: Joshua A.
Fishman's Contributions to International Sociolinguistics</i>
(Multilingual Matters) <br>
Ofelia García, Rakhmiel Peltz, and Harold Schiffman<br>
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VII. Closing Remarks by Joshua A. Fishman (4:30-5:00)<br>
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For more information about the symposium, including how to register and
how to submit greetings and narratives, visit
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/fishman80/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/clpp/fishman80/</a><br>
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JOSHUA A. FISHMAN 80TH BIRTHDAY SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br>
Nancy H. Hornberger, Professor, Graduate School of Education,
University of Pennsylvania<br>
Rakhmiel Peltz, Professor and Director, Judaic Studies, Drexel
University<br>
Harold F. Schiffman, Professor, Department of South Asia Studies,
University of Pennsylvania<br>
Ofelia García, Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University<br>
Martin Pütz, Professor, Department of English, University of
Koblenz-Landau<br>
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