MiLES Summer School

Host Institution: University of Turin
Website: https://www.miles.unito.it/summer-school

Dates: 01-Jul-2024 - 03-Jul-2024
Location: Turin

Focus: The MiLES Summer School will focus on the following topics:
1. Contact linguistics
2. Language planning in multilingual communities
3. Language contact, code-switching, and code-mixing in an Italo-Romance context
4. Geolinguistics: balancing conservation and innovation
5. Practical applications of language data and data collection: the case of VinKO
Minimum Education Level: B, MA, Doctoral students

Special Qualifications:
The primary language of instruction will be English, but a good understanding of at least one Romance language will be beneficial for full access to workshop content.

Description:
The MiLES Summer School will take place at the University of Turin from July 1 to July 3, 2024. It will offer intensive courses in contact linguistics, geolinguistics, language planning, and the revitalization of minority languages. The program will include lectures introducing prominent topics in contact linguistics and minority languages, as well as workshops where students can gain practical experience with linguistic tools and data.
Lessons will be held by Silvia Dal Negro (Bozen), Yaron Matras (Hamburg), Stefan Rabanus (Verona), Gianmario Raimondi (Aosta), and Riccardo Regis (Turin).

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
Discipline of Linguistics
Sociolinguistics

Language Family(ies): Germanic
Romance
Tuition: 240.0 Euro
Tuition Explanation: 140 euros: material and dinners on 1 July and 2 July
240 euros: material, dinners on 1 and 2 July, overnight stay in a double room from 1 to 3 July (university dormitory)

Registration: 06-Mar-2024 to 30-Apr-2024

Email: [email protected]

Apply by Email: [email protected]

Registration Instructions:
The school is open to a maximum of 25 participants. We invite undergraduate students, master’s students, PhD students, and post-doctoral researchers to submit a short CV in English to [email protected] by April 30, 2024. After your CV has been reviewed by the scientific committee, you will receive a notification of acceptance and further information on registration.