[lg policy] Symposium on Language and Exclusion, New York, May 7: Call for papers

[Tonkin, Humphrey]

Call for Papers

The Study Group on Language at the United Nations
in cooperation with
The Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems
invites you to contribute to

A Symposium on Language and Exclusion

on Thursday, May 7, 2015
at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
First Avenue at 44th Street
9:15-5:00

The organizers welcome proposals for brief 20-minute papers on topics such as the following:


*        Language policy in international organizations

*        Language parity in international settings

*        Language use at, and by, the United Nations

*        Language as a factor in sustainable development

*        Language and human rights

*        Discrimination on grounds of language

*        Language and the post-2015 development agenda

*        The role of language in international peacekeeping

*        Language and globalization

*        Language and minority rights

*        Mother-tongue education

*        NGOs and language policy

Please send proposals (200 words or less) to the chair of the symposium organizing committee, Prof. Humphrey Tonkin, at tonkin at hartford.edu<mailto:tonkin at hartford.edu>, by February 15, 2015.  The committee expects to make final decisions on the program by March 1.


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