LINGUIST List 28.1400
Tue Mar 21 2017
Summer Schools: Language Policy and Language Planning in the Romance Countries/Germany
Editor for this issue: Yue Chen <yuelinguistlist.org>
Date: 21-Mar-2017
From: Jana Neuhaus <janajanajana
hotmail.de>
Subject: Language Policy and Language Planning in the Romance Countries/Germany
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Website: https://spspr.wordpress.com/
Dates: 17-Jul-2017 - 20-Jul-2017
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Focus: From 17 to 20 July 2017 the third linguistic summer school of the Deutscher Romanistenverband will take place at Leipzig University under the topic “Sprachpolitik und Sprachplanung in der Romania” (language policy and language planning in the Romance countries). The summer school is aimed at PhD students as well as post-docs in the fields of Romance studies and translation studies. The event is meant to be a forum for scientific exchange and networking.
Minimum Education Level: No Minimum
Description:
The summer school consists of four components:
- experts’ talks and discussions
- young academics’ talks and discussions
- collective reading units
- workshops
16 young academics will be given the chance to present and discuss their projects. The participation is free of charge and the working language is German.
Every particular day of the summer school is set to be dedicated to a different topic:
Monday, 17 July: Language policy “from above”: language legislation, language planning and linguistic rights
Tuesday, 18 July: Language policy “from below”
Wednesday, 19 July: Language policy and minority languages
Thursday, 20 July: Translation in the area of conflict of language policy and language planning
Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Language Families: Romance
Registration: 20-Mar-2017 to 15-May-2017
Contact Person: Christine Paasch-Kaiser
Email: spspr
uni-leipzig.de
Apply by Email: spspr
uni-leipzig.de
Registration Instructions:
The participation in the summer school is granted only if the individual is ready and willing to give a talk. It is mandatory to participate at the summer school entirely for 4 days. Young academics of Romance studies and translation studies can submit an application (max. 2 pages incl. bibliography, Times New Roman, 12pt, 1,5 spacing) for a talk corresponding to one of the four topics designated. You are kindly requested to outline the topic of the talk in your application and illustrate how your research project is linked to the particular topic of the day which you’re willing to apply for. Besides PhD students are required to submit a certificate that proves their status as such.
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