Conference announcement: In the Shadow of Global Languages: language management in Belarus and Scotland, University of Edinburgh, 15th March 2012

[Samantha Sherry]

Conference

In the Shadow of Global Languages: language management in Belarus and Scotland

Date: 15 March, 9am-5pm

Venue: The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh


The Knowledge Exchange event "In the Shadow of Global Languages" is organised by the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre within its "Global Russian" project. This collaborative conference will involve leading international academics and government policy makers from Belarus and Scotland. Scholars and stakeholders will come together to discuss questions of language management and linguistic attitudes in the two respective countries. The full day event will consist of a morning workshop and an afternoon roundtable discussion. It is expected that this Scotland-Belarus forum will result in a breakthrough in understanding of challenges posed for smaller languages in the situation of dominance of high prestige global languages (Russian and English), and will facilitate the development of academically informed language management programmes which may bring about the "shift of scale" for both Scots and Belarussian.

Registration fee: £25 (general admission), £10 (students)
Registration form can be requested at dashkova.centre at ed.ac.uk
Programme available from dashkova.centre at ed.ac.uk

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