27.2068, Confs: Anthropological Ling, Discourse Analysis, Lang Doc, Pragmatics, Socioling/UK

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Subject: 27.2068, Confs: Anthropological Ling, Discourse Analysis, Lang Doc, Pragmatics, Socioling/UK

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Date: Thu, 05 May 2016 11:14:35
From: Julia Sallabank [js72 at soas.ac.uk]
Subject: Language and Conflict: Politics of Language and Identity across Contexts

Language and Conflict: Politics of Language and Identity across Contexts 

Date: 20-May-2016 - 20-May-2016 
Location: SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom 
Contact: Birgul Yilmaz 
Contact Email: b_yilmaz at soas.ac.uk 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Documentation; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

This one day workshop brings together scholars and graduate students working
on the role of language in on-going and post-conflict contexts. Examples could
include (but are not limited to) the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, and
Western Europe, including diaspora and migration contexts.

The workshop aims at exploring the intersection of language and conflict on
several levels, stressing the role of language and identity:

– Firstly, a micro level with a particular focus on the interactional
construction or discourse of conflict (and resolution)
– Secondly, we focus on the macro structures of conflict, drawing on processes
of language policies and revitalization in such contexts
– Thirdly, we focus on the potential role of languages in inter-community,
intra-community or social cohesion.

Programme:

This programme is also available online at
https://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/events/20may2016-language-and-conflict-poli
tics-of-language-and-identity-across-contexts.html

Language and Conflict: 
Politics of Language and Identity across Contexts

Date: 20 May 2016
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Venue: Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London, Russell Square, London WC1H
0XG, UK
Room: B102

8.30- 9:00
Arrival, badges 
Brunei Gallery, B102

9:00-9:15
Opening Remarks
Birgul Yilmaz/Julia Sallabank, SOAS

Keynote Lecture – B102:

9.15-10:00
Hilary Footitt, University of Reading
The Listening Zones of Western intervention: language policies and practices
of NGOs 

Parallel Sessions:

Panel 1: B102

10:00 -10.30 
Kamran Khan, University of Leicester
(In)security and ‘unease’ around the languages of Muslims in the West

10:30 – 11:00
Faraja Kristomus, University of Dar es Salaam
The Discourse Analysis of the Language Used in Tanzanian Religious Kiswahili
Newspapers

11:00 – 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00
Mohamad Yahya Abdullah, Al Buraimi University College, Buraimi, Oman and Ahmed
Hani Naif, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Nilai, Malaysia
>From Minority to Official Language: The New Status of Kurdish Language after
2003

12:00 – 12:30  
Erol Saglam, Birkbeck University of London
Romeika its social implications:  Turkish Nationalism and Socio-cultural
differences in public 

Panel 2: B101

10:00 -10.30 
Beñat Garaio
Is there any conflict of the Basque language? An early attempt to unmask the
conflicting language ideologies in the Basque Country

10:30 – 11:00
Robbie Penman, SOAS University of London
Language and conflict: the Mapuche context

11:00 – 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00
Andreas Musolff, University of East Anglia
“They have lived in our street for six years now and still don’t speak a work
[!] of English”: Scenarios of alleged linguistic underperformance as part of
anti-immigrant discourses

12:00 – 12:30 
Hamdi Echkaou, University of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
Urban Discourses of Moroccan Youth Counterpublics 

12:30 – 1:30 pm  Lunch Break (SOAS Main Building)

Keynote Lecture – B102:

1:30 -  2:15 pm 
Zoë Marriage, SOAS University of London
Reiterating struggle in an age of liberal peace

Parallel Sessions:

Panel 3: B102

2:15 – 2:45
Pilar G. Blitvich, University of North Carolina, USA
Globalization, transnational identities, and conflict talk: The complexity of
the Latino identity

2:45 – 3:15  
Emmanuelle Chiocca, Oklahoma University
“I Hope it Brings Wisdom”: When ROTC Cadets Reflect on the Effects of Learning
Critical Languages on the Development of their Intercultural Communication
Competence

3:15 – 3:30 Tea/Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:00
Andrés Napurí, Catholic University of Peru
Wekama (Shawi) and Tédújukó (Bora): Language Politics in Peru after the Period
of Political Violence

4:00 – 4:30
Nineb Lamassu, Cambridge University
Assyrians in Iraq: Language Endangerment Policies and Politicising of a
Language

Panel 4: B101

2:15 – 2:45 
Chefena Hailemariam, Liverpool Hope University
Language Politics and National Orientation in Eritrea

2:45 – 3:15 
Lingxia Zhou, SOAS University of London
Hegemony and Counter-hegemony in the language campaigns in China

3:15 – 3:30 Tea/Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:00
Harry Willoughby, SOAS University of London
The Frog and the Phoenix: Genocide and cultural violence and their effects on
cultural identity

4:30 – 5:00
B 102: Round-Up And Plenary Discussion

Dinner (optional)

How to get here

SOAS Map page: https://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/
Workshop Venue

Nearest Underground stations:
Russell Square (see map) – direct link from Heathrow Airport
Goodge St
Euston
Euston Square
Tottenham Court Road
Warren Street

Heathrow Airport
>From Heathrow Terminals take Piccadilly Line to Russell Square Station
http://www.heathrow.com/transport-and-directions/getting-to-central-london
Gatwick Airport
http://www.gatwickairport.com/to-and-from/gatwick-to-london/
Stansted Airport
http://www.stanstedairport.com/to-and-from-the-airport/train/stansted-express/
London Underground
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/
London Buses
https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/
National Rail Enquiries 
http://nationalrail.co.uk/ 

Accommodation 
University of London Accommodation
http://halls.london.ac.uk/our-accommodation
University Rooms London
http://www.universityrooms.com/en/city/london/home?gclid=CMmZ9rC-0csCFYIW0wodQ
KEI8A

Goodenough Club
http://club.goodenough.ac.uk/ (small discount for visitors to the university) 

The Penn Club
http://pennclub.co.uk/

Premier Inn: 1 Dukes Road, London, WC1H 9PJ 

Hostels:
Keystone House Kings Cross: 272-276 Pentonville Road Kings Cross, London
CLINK261: 261-265 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, London

Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.co.uk

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