27.2956, Calls: English, Urdu, Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Lang Doc/Pakistan

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Subject: 27.2956, Calls: English, Urdu, Discourse Analysis, General Ling, Lang Doc/Pakistan

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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:15:19
From: PDL Organizing Team [info.pdl2016 at gmail.com]
Subject: Policy Dialogue on Language

Full Title: Policy Dialogue on Language 
Short Title: PDL 

Date: 25-Oct-2016 - 27-Oct-2016
Location: Islamabad, Punjab Province, Pakistan 
Contact Person: Prof. Dr Wasima Shehzad
Meeting Email: pdl at mail.au.edu.pk
Web Site: http://portals.au.edu.pk/pdl 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Philosophy of Language 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Urdu (urd)

Call Deadline: 25-Jul-2016 

Meeting Description:

Pakistan lacks a comprehensive national language policy. This has resulted in
a gradual deterioration of regional languages and local culture, and
contributed to increased inequality in large areas of the country, where
people are disadvantaged by the enforcement of non-native languages in
educational institutions. 

Another feature in Pakistan is the de-facto adoption of English as the
official language of the country. This runs contrary to the intent of
Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution, which requires official communications to be in
Urdu. The recent ruling of Supreme Court of Pakistan for implementation of
Urdu as a language for official communication is expected to have a vast
impact on Pakistani society and commerce.

The Policy Dialogue aims to bring together linguists, educationists, and
industry representatives to draft recommendations for Pakistan’s first
National Language Policy. The Policy will feature a section on mediums of
instruction in education, and contain guidelines to adopt the Supreme Court’s
decision. 

The Policy Dialogue will take the form of focus-group sessions and will
include talks on the role of English in Pakistan, translation concerns and the
importance of regional languages.

Call for Papers: 

Dear Sir/Madam,

Faculty of Social Sciences, Air University in collaboration with Higher
Education Commission (HEC) is pleased to announce its Call for Papers for a
three day Policy Dialogue on Language to be convened on October 25, 2016 and
concluded on October 27, 2016. The event would be hosted at HEC, Islamabad. It
will include focus group sessions by national and international linguists,
industry specialists, educationists, stakeholders and Air University/HEC
moderators.

The theme is based on the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s recent decision to
implement Urdu for all official communications that impacts multiple
industries. Hence, the conference is an effort to initiate bilateral dialogue
among stakeholders from the government, media, publishing, law and others, on
shaping a constructive road map to accommodate Urdu as an official language of
Pakistan. Moreover, the dialogue would highlight Pakistan’s regional languages
and invite participants to provide recommendations for a comprehensive
language policy. 

We invite you to send us an abstract (of no more than 200-250 words) on any of
the below listed themes. Once your submission is approved, we shall confirm
your participation in the Conference and you will be asked to submit a paper
(based on the abstract) to be included for publication in the Conference
Proceedings.

At the event, you will be participating in discussions conducted by national
linguists, scholars and industry specialists and the session’s recommendations
will be forwarded to the Government of Pakistan. You will be required to
register for the event by filling the Registration Form along with the
abstract and submit it on this link
http://portals.au.edu.pk/pdl/Registration.aspx by July 20, 2016. The general
information about the conference is as follows:

Title and Dates:                Policy Dialogue on Language,                  
                   October 25, 26 and 27, 2016

Themes: 1. Impact of Urdu on Arts, Culture and Literature; 2.  Role of English
as an Official Language; 3.  Place of Regional Languages in the Policy; 4.
Education and Medium of Instruction; 5. Translation Concerns in Placement of
Urdu as an Official Language; 6. Administrative Strategies for Implementation
of Urdu as an Official Language

Abstract Submission: July 20, 2016             
Abstract Confirmation: July 30, 2016
Submission of PKR 3,000/- Registration Fee: August 8, 2016
Submission of Full Paper/ Presentation: August 15, 2016

Conference Web link: http://portals.au.edu.pk/pdl

We look forward to a positive response from you. For any queries regarding the
program, please feel free to contact the Conference Coordinators.

Regards,

Conference Convener,
Prof. Dr. Wasima Shehzad
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Air University, Islamabad
wasima at mail.au.edu.pk

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