Endangered Languages Week 2010 (SOAS, London)

[Lila San Roque]

(Apologies for cross-postings)

Endangered Languages Week  2010
22 - 27  February 2010
SOAS, Russell Square, London

There  are  approximately 7,000 languages spoken today but more than half of  them  are under threat from larger languages. Endangered Languages Week  2010  presents a variety of talks, displays, discussions, films, lectures  and  workshops. 

This year's theme is sustainability: can the   world's languages be sustained, and if so, which ones, and how? And can   the now-vigorous activities in documenting and supporting languages   continue long enough to make a difference? The week will showcase many   of these activities. Activities include:


Monday 22 February
Open   Day (10am-4.00pm, Brunei Gallery)
Visit the Brunei Gallery to see a   variety of displays, demonstrations, software, posters, and books from   organisations involved in endangered languages activities 

Annual   Public Lecture (6pm-7pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre)
By Professor   Lenore Grenoble: Switch or Shift: Code-Mixing, Contact-Induced Change   and Attrition


Tuesday 23 - Friday 26 February (12pm 1pm each   day, in R201)
Meet an Endangered Language
A daily series of   presentations. Each day, you can learn about a different endangered   language, where it is spoken, why it is threatened, and experience its   culture - as well as learn some basic words and phrases 

Tuesday   23 & Thursday 25 February (10am-11am, 4421)
Meet a fieldworker
Short   informal sessions where you can hear about the practical and human   issues in doing fieldwork in locations such as such as Algeria, Iran,   Tanzania, and the Solomon Islands


Wednesday 24 February   (9am-1pm, 4421)Film Day
A selection of six films from around the   world on endangered languages.


Saturday 27 February   (9am-5.30pm, G51)
Workshop: Endangered Languages, Endangered   Knowledge & Sustainability
A full day workshop including a debate   on the realities of language preservation. (Registration is necessary)


For   enquiries, please contact:
Alison Kelly: Room 364, Tel 020 7898   4578, or Email elap at soas.ac.uk
www.hrelp.org/elw
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