Endangered Languages Week at SOAS (22-27 February)

[Julia Sallabank]

Dear colleagues

 

The programme for Endangered Languages Week at the School of Oriental and
African Studies, London (22-27 February) is now available online at
www.hrelp.org. The theme is 'Endangered languages and sustainability', and
highlights include:

 

*       Monday 22 Feb: Open Day: displays, demonstrations, software,
posters, and books from organisations involved in endangered languages
activities 

*       Monday 22,  6-7 pm: Annual Public Lecture - Lenore Grenoble Switch
or Shift: Code-Mixing, Contact-Induced Change and Attrition 

*       Tuesday 23 - Friday 26: Meet an Endangered Language - a series of
short presentations on several endangered languages, where they are spoken,
why they are threatened, and their culture - as well as some basic words and
phrases 

*       Tuesday 23 - Friday 26: Meet a fieldworker: short informal sessions
about the practical and human issues in doing fieldwork in locations such as
such as Algeria, Iran, Tanzania, and the Solomon Islands. 

*       Wednesday 24: Films: a morning  of international films on endangered
languages 

*       Saturday 27: Endangered Languages, Endangered Knowledge &
Sustainability: a full day workshop - for programme and registration form
see www.hrelp.org/events/workshops/sustainability. 

 

Everyone is welcome and all the events are free of charge except for the
workshop. 

 

I'm attaching a flyer and poster which we would be grateful if you could
circulate. We look forward to seeing you.

 

Best wishes

 

Julia (with apologies for cross-postings) 

 

 

Dr. Julia Sallabank

Research Fellow in Language Support and Revitalisation, 

Endangered Languages Academic Programme, 

Department of Linguistics,

School of Oriental and African Studies, 

Thornhaugh Street 

London WC1H 0XG

UK


 

Tel.         +44 (0)20 7898 4326


E-mail  js72 at soas.ac.uk

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