[lg policy] Fwd: Symposium on Language, the Sustainable Development Goals and Vulnerable Populations, New York, May 11-12, 2017

[Harold Schiffman]

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Date: Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:21 AM

Symposium on Language, the Sustainable Development Goals and Vulnerable
Populations, New York, May 11-12, 2017





CAL Language Policy Research Network
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An oft-repeated aim of the Sustainable Development Goals is that they
should “leave no one behind” and should concentrate on the most vulnerable
populations. They should also encourage two-way communication, not just
top-down solutions. But has anyone thought about the role of language in
this process? Not enough people, according to the Study Group on Language
and the United Nations, whose annual symposium for 2017 will address
“Language, the SDGs, and Vulnerable Populations.”  *The two-day symposium
will take place on Thursday and Friday, May 11 and 12, at the UN Church
Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York beginning at 9:00 a.m. on each
day.*



The symposium will feature some twenty papers delivered by development
professionals, academics, and experts associated with the UN and UNESCO, on
a range of issues, including the education of refugee children, migrant
education, and problems of language in development. In addition to the USA,
presenters will be drawn from a number of countries: Austria, France,
Hungary, India, Italy, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and
the UK. *Keynote speakers will be Christine Hélot (University of
Strasbourg) and François Grin (University of Geneva).  *



The Study Group on Language and the UN is working with the Center for
Applied Linguistics (Washington DC) and the Centre for Research and
Documentation on World Language Problems (CED) in organizing the event. The
symposium is underwritten by the Center for Applied Linguistics and the
Esperantic Studies Foundation.



The symposium, which is open to UN personnel, NGO representatives,
scholars, researchers and others, aims to raise the consciousness of those
involved in development work about the need to understand and listen to the
voices of those who are often unheard, and to promote research on these
problems. *Details on registration for the symposium are available at*
www.languageandtheun.org.





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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

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