[lg policy] Fwd: Language and Peace symposium for the language policy mailing list

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From: Kirk R. Person <kirk_person at sil.org>
Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:02 PM

 Language and Peace symposium for the language policy mailing list





SIL International, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the Alliance for
Peacebuilding
Cordially invite you to a symposium on

Language, Peace, and Security

Date:               Friday, February 21, 2014, International Mother
Language Day
Time:              1:00–5:00 p.m. Registration at 12:45
Location:        United States Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution
Avenue, N.W.
                       Washington, DC 20037
RSVP:             Please confirm your attendance by Monday, February 10,
2014
                       briank at allianceforpeacebuilding.org

About the Symposium
Across the world, nations and societies are in crisis. Peace between
nations and peoples is under threat; civil strife and injustice breed
insecurity for individuals and social groups. Threats to peace and security
proliferate, and solutions are elusive. At the center of both the problem
and the solution are matters of language. Language is a defining factor in
social and cultural identity, within and between groups. Language use and
language choice are pivotal in both crisis and crisis resolution.
Communication across and within groups is essential to maintaining peace
and security.

These two roles of language–as medium of communication and as expression of
identity–are vital considerations for any serious discussion of peace and
security. But how exactly can such discussions lead to solutions? How do
issues of language, language complexity, and communication play out in
peace-building efforts and ongoing security? How can language issues be
identified and addressed effectively in policy planning and execution? In
this session, keynote presentations will address these questions, drawing
on relevant scholarship, and field practitioners will describe related
experience in a panel discussion.

About the Presenters
Patricia Frederick, Associate Professor of Global Languages and Cultures,
Northern Arizona State University,
Suwilai Premsrirat, Professor of Linguistics and Founder of the Research
Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand
Terrence Wiley, President, Center for Applied Linguistics
Zeena Zakharia, Assistant Professor of International and Comparative
Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston

About the Panel
Perspectives from the Grassroots. Community-based NGOs reflect on the
relevance of language to peace and security.

Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646 40th Street NW, Washington, DC 20016
www.cal.org
Alliance for Peacebuilding, 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 401,  Washington, DC
20036  www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org
SIL International, 1250 24th Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20037
www.sil.org
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