FWD: CFP, Language and Future of Europe

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

LinguistList announced a conference about language policy in Europe.

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-881. Wed Mar 26 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Date:  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:09:22 +0000
From:  prs1 at soton.ac.uk
Subject:  Language and the Future of Europe: Ideologies, Policies and Practices


Language and the Future of Europe: Ideologies, Policies and Practices

Date: 08-Jul-2004 - 10-Jul-2004
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Contact: Patrick Stevenson
Contact Email: lipp at soton.ac.uk
Meeting URL: http://www.lang.soton.ac.uk/lipp/

Linguistic Sub-field: Translation, Sociolinguistics, Discourse
Analysis, Applied Linguistics, Anthropological Linguistics
Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2004

Meeting Description:

This conference will explore the tensions between national and
transnational interests in contemporary Europe in terms of conflicting
language ideologies, policies and practices. It will give an
opportunity to look behind political rhetoric and consider both the
attitudes that lie behind policy and the specific practices with which
effective policy must be compatible. It will also consider the impact
of European policies and practices on the wider world, including the
consequences of colonial and neo-colonial legacies.

The Centre for Transnational Studies School of Modern Languages
University of Southampton, UK

8-10 July 2004

An international conference on

Language and the future of Europe: ideologies, policies and practices

Keynote speakers

Jan Blommaert, University of Ghent
Susan Gal, University of Chicago
Thomas Ricento, University of Texas

With the accession to the European Union of ten new member states on 1
May 2004, the process of social transformation within and across
national boundaries throughout Europe will be given a new impetus. At
the same time, the accelerated process of unification has renewed and
heightened the tension between national and supra-national
interests. One of the most tangible manifestations of this tension -
between the promotion of, and resistance to, social, economic and
political unification - is in conflicting language ideologies,
policies and practices. At this decisive moment in contemporary
European history, the Centre for Transnational Studies at the
University of Southampton, UK, invites contributions to debates on
these issues at a conference to be held in Southampton on 8-10 July
2004.

The conference will give an opportunity to look behind political
rhetoric and consider both the attitudes that lie behind policy and
the specific practices with which effective policy must be
compatible. It will also consider the impact of European policies and
practices on the wider world, including the consequences of colonial
and neo-colonial legacies. Papers are invited on all aspects of this
European theme, but proposals which analyse the relationships between
language ideologies, policies and practices will be particularly
welcome.

It is anticipated that selected papers will be published following the
conference.

Papers could focus on the following topics:

language rights
language and citizenship
international and global languages
the contest for domination of linguistic markets
discourses of ethnolinguistic and European identity
language and transnational relations
mobility, migration and linguistic identities
multilingual cities
official and working languages of the EU
national language policies
translation
language in education
regional and minority languages
regionalism versus globalisation
the negotiation of communities / the creation of publics

Please send proposals for papers by 31 January 2004 to
lipp at soton.ac.uk (preferably in Word or PDF). Abstracts should be no
longer than 250 words, with no more than essential references.

The conference web site can be found at
http://www.lang.soton.ac.uk/lipp/. For further information, please
contact a member of the organising committee.

Organising committee

Christopher Brumfit, Professor of Language in Education
cjb1 at soton.ac.uk

Michael Kelly, Professor of French
mhk at soton.ac.uk

Clare Mar-Molinero, Reader in Spanish sociolinguistics
cmm at soton.ac.uk

Patrick Stevenson, Reader in German sociolinguistics
prs1 at soton.ac.uk



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