28.2205, Calls: Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/Senegal

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2205. Mon May 15 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2205, Calls: Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Socioling/Senegal

Moderators: linguist at linguistlist.org (Damir Cavar, Malgorzata E. Cavar)
Reviews: reviews at linguistlist.org (Helen Aristar-Dry, Robert Coté,
                                   Michael Czerniakowski)
Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Sarah Robinson <srobinson at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 12:03:59
From: Libby Karangwa-Miles [libby.karangwa-miles at britishcouncil.org]
Subject: 12th International Language & Development Conference: Language and the Sustainable Development Goals

 
Full Title: 12th International Language & Development Conference: Language and the Sustainable Development Goals 
Short Title: LDC2017 

Date: 27-Nov-2017 - 29-Nov-2017
Location: Dakar, Senegal 
Contact Person: Joseph Fraine
Meeting Email: LDC2017 at britishcouncil.sn
Web Site: http://www.britishcouncil.com.sn/en/programmes/language-development-conference-2017 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-May-2017 

Meeting Description:

The 12th Language and Development Conference 2017 will explore the role of
language in supporting, not hindering, sustainable development initiatives
through inclusive education, economic growth and societies that are also more
just and peaceful.  

The conference will bring together global policy makers, development
professionals, the NGO sector, private sector, arts and creative sector
representatives, researchers, linguists, and all those with a perspective on
the role of language in society. It will provide a forum for real-life
successes and challenges to be shared; frank and open reflections to be
facilitated; and pragmatic, evidence-based proposals to be put forward. All of
this in an effort to inform the global development community as it continues
its journey towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Language is a defining feature of all human beings. But when it comes to
international and local development discourse, language is all too often left
on the sidelines. We know that language is inextricably linked to all aspects
of human development, and development is about sharing experiences and ideas
to find better ways of working together. Today, more than ever before, we
realize that how language is used within education, trade, creative
expression, justice and peacebuilding, are crucial to sustainable development.
In September 2015, the United Nations adopted the new Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). Two years on, this 12th Language and Development Conference
provides a timely opportunity for the role of language to be explored in
achieving these new, ambitious and universal goals.

The Conference will be hosted by a group of partners including the British
Council, UNESCO, SIL Africa, SOAS, CODESRIA and the Senegalese Ministries of
Higher Education and Research, and National Education.


Call for Papers:

Full information about how to submit a proposal to speak at the conference can
be found on the conference website using the following link:
https://www.britishcouncil.com.sn/en/programmes/language-development-conferenc
e-2017-call-for-papers 

The Proposal Submission Form can be downloaded from this page, completed, and
returned by email to LDC2017 at britishcouncil.sn. The deadline for submissions
is 31st May 2017.

Conference Programme Committee decisions on the selection of abstracts will be
communicated to presenters by 10th July 2017.




------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*****************    LINGUIST List Support    *****************
Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
            http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2205	
----------------------------------------------------------
Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated
from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:
          http://multitree.org/