FW: ELL: FW: conference announcement & call for papers

[Johanna Laakso]

My apologies for cross-postings - I thought this might be of interest for
those Uralists who don't follow the ELL list. I'm sure the European
colleagues could use some more knowledge on FU minority languages as well.

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso
Institut für Finno-Ugristik der Universität Wien
Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 7, A-1090 Wien
johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at | http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso

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Von: Julia Sallabank <Julia at torteval.demon.co.uk>
Antworten an: endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au
Datum: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:42:11 +0000
An: endangered-languages-l at carmen.murdoch.edu.au
Betreff: ELL: FW: conference announcement & call for papers

This is a conference I heard about on another list - I thought it might
be of interest to ELL members. Please reply to the organisers, not me!

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabrielle Hogan-Brun [SMTP:g.hogan-brun at bristol.ac.uk]
> Sent: 08 January 2001 14:52
> To:   BAALmail at education.leeds.ac.uk
> Subject:      conference announcement & call for papers
>
> MINORITY LANGUAGES IN EUROPEFRAMEWORKS - STATUS - PROSPECTS
> A PAN-EUROPEAN, COMPARATIVE, TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
>
>
> WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
>
> Venue:                University of Bristol
> Date:         5-6 June 2001
> Organisers:   Gabrielle Hogan-Brun, University of
>               Bristol & Stefan Wolff, University of Bath
> Supported by: European Science Foundation
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
>
> John Packer
> Director, Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities
> Organisation on Security and Cooperation in Europe, The Hague
>
> François Grin
> Deputy Director, European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg
>
> Bencie Woll
> Professor of Language and Communication Science,
> City University London
>
>
>
> Marking the European Year of Languages, the workshop seeks to extend
> significantly our
> existing knowledge and understanding of the importance of minority
> languages within a
> democratic Europe and the need for their adequate
> protection as part of our cultural heritage. Through
> enabling academics, language activists and policy-makers to
> engage in a stimulating and intellectually productive
> debate, we will be able
> ·     to gauge the effectiveness of existing political/legislative
> frameworks for the
>       protection of minority languages
> ·     to assess the prospects for survival of minority languages in the
> process of
>       European integration
> ·     to alert policy makers to shortcomings in the current national and
> European
>       frameworks to ensure continued linguistic and
>       cultural diversity in the often cited 'Europe of
>       the regions'
> ·     to develop an analytical framework that allows us to determine the
> adequacy
>       and effectiveness of measures aimed at the
>       protection of minority languages in different
>       contexts
> ·     to widen collaborative links between researchers dealing with
> minority
>       languages and to identify areas where more research
>       is necessary, how, and possibly by whom, it may
>       best be conducted
> ·     to promote interchange of ideas between academics and policy makers
> and
>       to encourage the fusing of theoretical and
>       practical debates
>
> We will publish the findings of the conference in one or two policy papers
> and in a themed
> volume.
>
> Should you wish to attend or attend & present a paper, please contact both
> conference organisers:
> Gabrielle Hogan-Brun, Language Centre, University of Bristol, 30/32
> Tyndall's Park Rd.,
> Bristol BS8 1PY, England, UK, Email:
> G.Hogan-Brun at bristol.ac.uk, OR:
> Stefan Wolff, Department of European Studies, University of
> Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, Email: S.Wolff at bath.ac.uk
>
> Because of the generous support from the European Science Foundation, we
> will be able
> to contribute to the travel expenses of paper presenters and attendees on
> the basis of
> need. When submitting a paper proposal or registering your
> intention to attend, please indicate whether you want to
> apply for funding and how much support you would require.
> While we will make every effort to assist as many people as
> possible, we cannot guarantee that funding will always be
> available or cover all expenses incurred.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> John Hogan
> Applied Nonlinear Mathematics Group
> Head, Department of Engineering Mathematics
> Queen's Building
> University Walk
> Bristol  BS8 1TR
>
> Tel: (0117) 928 7752
> Fax: (0117) 925 1154
> email:  S.J.Hogan at bristol.ac.uk
> http://www.fen.bris.ac.uk/engmaths/research/nonlinear/staff/sjh.html
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> ----------------------
> Dr Gabrielle Hogan-Brun,FIL
> Lecturer in German
> University of Bristol
> The Language Centre
> 30/32 Tyndall's Park Rd
> Bristol BS8 1PY
>
> German homepage:
> http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/LangCent/german/content.htm
> Tel: 0117.9741311
> Fax: 0117.9741377

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