[lg policy] Symposium on language & development, New York

[Tonkin, Humphrey]

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 the Sustainable Development Goals

on Thursday & Friday, April 21 & 22, 2016
at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
First Avenue at 44th Street
Thurs. 1:00-5:00; Fri. 9:15-5:00

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals approved by the United Nations General Assembly for the period 2015-2030 (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/) replace the eight Millennium Development Goals that covered the period 2000-2015.  They aim to engage not only governments, but "all people, everywhere," at all levels of civil society.  Carrying them out will require active, two-way, democratic communication, in a multiplicity of languages.  Furthermore, several of the Goals imply direct attention to issues of language.  Study and research on language in relation to economic and social development is a well-established field.  What does this field have to contribute to the realization of the SDGs?  What linguistic obstacles stand in the way of their successful realization?

The organizers welcome proposals for brief 20-minute papers on topics linked to the SDGs, such as:


*        Language as a factor in sustainable development

*        Language as a factor in the realization of the SDGs

*        Language revival and maintenance in relation to the SDGs

*        Language and quality education (Goal 4)

*        Language and mother-tongue education (Goal 4)

*        Language and gender equality (Goal 5)

*        Language and economic growth (Goal 8)

*        Language and reduced inequalities (Goal 10)

*        Language and peace & justice (Goal 16)

*        Cooperation in the fulfilment of the SDGs (Goal 17)

*        NGOs and language policy in relation to the SDGs

*        UN language policy and the SDGs

Please send proposals (200 words or less, accompanied by an approximately 50-word biography) to the chair of the symposium organizing committee, Prof. Humphrey Tonkin, at tonkin at hartford.edu<mailto:tonkin at hartford.edu>, by February 15, 2016.  The committee expects to make final decisions on the program by March 1.

Humphrey Tonkin
President Emeritus & University Professor of the Humanities
Office:  Mortensen Library, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117, USA
Tel: +1 860-768-4448    Fax: +1 860-768-4274
Home: 279 Ridgewood Road, West Hartford, CT 06107, USA
Tel: +1 860-561-2669

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