[Linganth] Call PhD course The political economy of language and space/place

[Johan Järlehed]

Call: PhD course "The political economy of language and space/place"

A PhD course will be given in conjunction with the 12th Linguistic Landscape Workshop, with a physical meeting in Gothenburg 14-16 September 2020. The course will cover different aspects of the political economy of language in relation to a variety of arenas and processes - not only linguistic landscapes but also tourism, gentrification, commodification, digitization, racism, segregation and social protests.

Invited lecturers: Adam Jaworski, Luisa Martín Rojo, Alfonso del Percio, Kellie Gonçalves, Jackie Jia Lou, Sari Pietikäinen and Helen Kelly-Holmes.

The course is free of charge.

Applications

If you want to apply for the course, please send an abstract (max 500 words) to Johan Järlehed (johan.jarlehed at sprak.gu.se<mailto:johan.jarlehed at sprak.gu.se>) motivating: (1) how the course theme is relevant to your PhD project, and (2) how you think you can contribute to the discussions during the course.

Deadline for applications: 1 of April 2020.

The full course syllabus will be distributed to all accepted students no later than 30 April 2020.

Course structure

The course is structured into three parts: a reading period (approx. mid-July to beginning of September), a 3-day workshop in Gothenburg (14-16 of September), and a writing period with a deadline for submitting a final essay on October 30.

The workshop will run from 9 am on Monday 14 of September to 5 pm on Wednesday 16 of September, and includes talks by the invited lecturers, presentations by the attending students, and discussions.

Certificate

Participating students will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the workshop, and a certificate of completion of the course after satisfactory completion of the final essay.

Updated information and contact
Updated information about the content and structure of the course: https://sprak.gu.se/english/research/conferences/ll12/phd-course

For additional questions, please contact Johan Järlehed.


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