29.2038, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Translation/Poland

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Subject: 29.2038, Calls: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Translation/Poland

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Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:40:07
From: Paweł Rutkowski [p.rutkowski at uw.edu.pl]
Subject: Language Rights: Issues and Good Practices

Full Title: Language Rights: Issues and Good Practices 

Date: 21-Sep-2018 - 22-Sep-2018
Location: Warsaw, Poland 
Contact Person: Paweł Rutkowski
Meeting Email: p.rutkowski at uw.edu.pl

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2018 

Meeting Description:

Language Rights: Issues and Good Practices 

University of Warsaw, Poland, September 21-22, 2018 

The Special Interest Group on Language and Rights (SIGLaR) organizes an
interdisciplinary workshop on language rights on September 21-22, 2018 at the
University of Warsaw. The aim of the workshop is to engage researchers and
other stakeholders to identify key challenges and possible solutions in the
field of language rights in any context.

The languages of the conference will be English and PJM (Polish Sign
Language). English/PJM interpretation will be provided. Other sign languages
can also be used as long as the presenter provides an interpreter into
English. 

The workshop will be held in the Old Library, located in the Main Campus of
the University of Warsaw, at the very heart of Warsaw:
https://tinyurl.com/yaxxbj5a. 

Participation in the workshop is free. Note that although there is no fee, all
participants (including persons interested in attending the conference without
presenting a paper) are required to register via email. Please register by
sending your name, affiliation, and e-mail address to p.rutkowski at uw.edu.pl no
later than July 31. 

The Special Interest Group on Language and Rights (SIGLaR) is a working group
under the aegis of the European Language Council. The group was convened by
Professor Maurizio Viezzi, member of the Board of the European Language
Council, in 2016. SIGLaR brings together interdisciplinary scholars from
different countries. It aims to map the scope of language rights and language
issues in Europe and beyond, with the ultimate goal of identifying good
practices and development needs. 

Contact person: 

Paweł Rutkowski, Ph.D. 
Head of the Section for Sign Linguistics 
Faculty of Polish Studies 
University of Warsaw 
e-mail: p.rutkowski at uw.edu.pl

2nd Call for Papers:

Note: the deadline for submissions has been extended until June 15, 2018. 

We invite empirical presentations addressing language rights or access to
written/spoken/signed language in the following contexts: healthcare,
education, social services, police/justice, asylum and migration.
Presentations shall be 15-minute long. Studies may focus on the local or
national level and describe both potential language issues and examples of
good and less recommendable practices. For example, a case study can describe
what happens when a patient who does not know the local language is admitted
to a hospital or has to go to court as a defendant: what kind of linguistic
rights the person has according to the law; what the potential and common
language issues in such a situation are; how these issues are resolved and how
they should be resolved. 

The aim of the workshop is to engage researchers and other stakeholders to
identify key challenges and possible solutions in the field of language rights
in any context. In order to explore the complexity of language rights and
language issues, we invite experts and stakeholders representing a wide range
of specialties: translation and interpreting, linguistics, law and legal
studies, social work, sociology anthropology, pedagogy, etc. We particularly
encourage joint presentations by scholars and field actors or by scholars
representing two different fields. 

Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words including references) in Word or
RTF format to p.rutkowski at uw.edu.pl and simo.maatta at helsinki.fi by June 15,
2018. In the body of the message, please indicate your name and affiliation.
Do not include this information in your abstract. Proposals should include the
following: 

- Clear statement of the focus of the proposal
- Brief contextualization of data/material discussed
- Results/conclusions/recommendations
- References (if applicable)

The results of the peer-review process will be communicated by July 2, 2018.

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