27.4670, Calls: English, Applied Ling, Sociolinguistics/Luxembourg

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Subject: 27.4670, Calls: English, Applied Ling, Sociolinguistics/Luxembourg

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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:58:04
From: Katrien Deroey [katrien.deroey at uni.lu]
Subject: Mapping English in Luxembourg

 
Full Title: Mapping English in Luxembourg 

Date: 09-Jun-2017 - 10-Jun-2017
Location: Esch/Belval, Luxembourg 
Contact Person: Katrien Deroey
Meeting Email: katrien.deroey at uni.lu

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

This conference seeks to explore the development of the varieties of English
spoken, written and read in Luxembourg. We wish to investigate and complicate
monolithic narratives of Luxembourgish culture and history as primarily shaped
by its geographical location between France, Germany and Belgium.

The social and cultural environment of Luxembourg is famously marked by its
multilingualism, intercultural contact and cross-border movements, within the
Grande Région, and beyond. In this very diverse cultural environment a
multitude of languages are intertwined and associated with competing social
and political positions. English - or rather the many Englishes of speakers
with complex linguistic, regional, national, cultural and professional
backgrounds-has been gaining importance. Given that the awareness of the
English-speaking world in terms of politics and culture has been growing in
Luxembourg since the beginning of the twentieth century, researching this
dimension of intercultural contact represents a necessary innovation to
English Studies and Luxembourg Studies. 


Call for Papers:

Mapping English  in Luxembourg: An Interdisciplinary Conference 
9-10 June 2017
University of Luxembourg
Esch/Belval, G. D. Luxembourg

This conference seeks to explore the development of the varieties of English
spoken, written and read in Luxembourg. We wish to investigate and complicate
monolithic narratives of Luxembourgish culture and history as primarily shaped
by its geographical location between France, Germany and Belgium. 

The Institute for English Studies at the University of Luxembourg, in
collaboration with the Institute of Luxembourgish Linguistics and Literatures,
aims to investigate the phenomenon of English in Luxembourg from an
interdisciplinary diachronic and/or synchronic perspective. Scholars of the
disciplines of Literary Studies, Linguistics, Visual Culture, History, Media
Studies, Philosophy, Geography, Political Science and Education are invited to
reflect on topics such as:

- The role of English in Luxembourgish society and education
- English-language teaching in Luxembourg
- Luxembourgish and resident authors writing in English
- English as lingua franca in the context of Luxembourg
- The features of spoken and written English in Luxembourg
- The political and economic relations between Luxembourg and the
English-speaking world
- Consumption of English-speaking media in a Luxembourg context
- Translations from and into English in a Luxembourg context
- English as an academic and scientific language (in Luxembourg)
- The use of English in the social media in a Luxembourg context
- Intercultural contact in the arts

Please submit an abstract of about 200-250 words to
english.in.luxembourg at uni.lu by 1 March 2017.

Organising Committee: Katrien Deroey, Anne-Marie Millim, Agnès Prüm, Julia De
Bres, Jeanne E. Glesener




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