ELL: FW: conference announcement & call for papers

[Julia Sallabank]

This is a conference I heard about on another list - I thought it might
be of interest to ELL members. Please reply to the organisers, not me!

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabrielle Hogan-Brun [SMTP:g.hogan-brun at bristol.ac.uk]
> Sent: 08 January 2001 14:52
> To:   BAALmail at education.leeds.ac.uk
> Subject:      conference announcement & call for papers
>
> MINORITY LANGUAGES IN EUROPEFRAMEWORKS - STATUS - PROSPECTS
> A PAN-EUROPEAN, COMPARATIVE, TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
>
>
> WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
>
> Venue:                University of Bristol
> Date:         5-6 June 2001
> Organisers:   Gabrielle Hogan-Brun, University of
>               Bristol & Stefan Wolff, University of Bath
> Supported by: European Science Foundation
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
>
> John Packer
> Director, Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities
> Organisation on Security and Cooperation in Europe, The Hague
>
> François Grin
> Deputy Director, European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg
>
> Bencie Woll
> Professor of Language and Communication Science,
> City University London
>
>
>
> Marking the European Year of Languages, the workshop seeks to extend
> significantly our
> existing knowledge and understanding of the importance of minority
> languages within a
> democratic Europe and the need for their adequate
> protection as part of our cultural heritage. Through
> enabling academics, language activists and policy-makers to
> engage in a stimulating and intellectually productive
> debate, we will be able
> ·     to gauge the effectiveness of existing political/legislative
> frameworks for the
>       protection of minority languages
> ·     to assess the prospects for survival of minority languages in the
> process of
>       European integration
> ·     to alert policy makers to shortcomings in the current national and
> European
>       frameworks to ensure continued linguistic and
>       cultural diversity in the often cited 'Europe of
>       the regions'
> ·     to develop an analytical framework that allows us to determine the
> adequacy
>       and effectiveness of measures aimed at the
>       protection of minority languages in different
>       contexts
> ·     to widen collaborative links between researchers dealing with
> minority
>       languages and to identify areas where more research
>       is necessary, how, and possibly by whom, it may
>       best be conducted
> ·     to promote interchange of ideas between academics and policy makers
> and
>       to encourage the fusing of theoretical and
>       practical debates
>
> We will publish the findings of the conference in one or two policy papers
> and in a themed
> volume.
>
> Should you wish to attend or attend & present a paper, please contact both
> conference organisers:
> Gabrielle Hogan-Brun, Language Centre, University of Bristol, 30/32
> Tyndall's Park Rd.,
> Bristol BS8 1PY, England, UK, Email:
> G.Hogan-Brun at bristol.ac.uk, OR:
> Stefan Wolff, Department of European Studies, University of
> Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, Email: S.Wolff at bath.ac.uk
>
> Because of the generous support from the European Science Foundation, we
> will be able
> to contribute to the travel expenses of paper presenters and attendees on
> the basis of
> need. When submitting a paper proposal or registering your
> intention to attend, please indicate whether you want to
> apply for funding and how much support you would require.
> While we will make every effort to assist as many people as
> possible, we cannot guarantee that funding will always be
> available or cover all expenses incurred.
>
>
>
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>
>
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> John Hogan
> Applied Nonlinear Mathematics Group
> Head, Department of Engineering Mathematics
> Queen's Building
> University Walk
> Bristol  BS8 1TR
>
> Tel: (0117) 928 7752
> Fax: (0117) 925 1154
> email:  S.J.Hogan at bristol.ac.uk
> http://www.fen.bris.ac.uk/engmaths/research/nonlinear/staff/sjh.html
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> Dr Gabrielle Hogan-Brun,FIL
> Lecturer in German
> University of Bristol
> The Language Centre
> 30/32 Tyndall's Park Rd
> Bristol BS8 1PY
>
> German homepage:
> http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/LangCent/german/content.htm
> Tel: 0117.9741311
> Fax: 0117.9741377

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