Second International Summer School in Sociolinguistics

Host Institution: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Coordinating Institution: State Language Department of Georgia
Website: https://www.tsu.ge

Dates: 21-Jul-2025 - 26-Jul-2025
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Minimum Education Level: Minimum Education Level: Linguistics, Sociology

Special Qualifications: To participate in the Summer School, knowledge of English is required, since English is the working language of the school.

Focus: Summer School in Sociolinguistics is targeted at both BA, Ma and PHD students, also post-docs, junior and senior researchers and offers six slots on various topics. It will be last five days from July 21, 2025, the fifth day for student presentations, which will be followed by the excursion and banquet on Sunday, July 26, 2025.

Description:

State Language Department, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History of Linguistics are pleased to invite applications for a week-long second international summer school in sociolinguistics, running from Monday 21 July to Sunday 26 July 2025. Conducted in person in the First Campus of Tbilisi State University.
The Second International Summer School in Sociolinguistics focuses on the theory and practice of sociolinguistics, language contact, linguistic situation, language hierarchy, language policy and human rights.

Main topics:
- From early to modern Sociolinguistics; Methodologies of sociolinguistics;
- Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Diglossia and Multilingual Communities: Contact, Conflict and Management;
- Linguistic Geography; Origins, diversity and language death;
- Language Policy—Case Studies;
- Theoretical frames about a historical perspective in sociolinguistics
- Diachronic aspects of language contact ;
- Substratum, language shift, elite multilingualism.
- Language and Colonialism; Postcolonial Language Policies;
- Language norms and ideologies; Language standardization and codification;
- Power, Identity, and Resistance; Globalization and Linguistic Futures.

Tuition: 150.0 EUR
Tuition Explanation: Covers lectures, practical workshops, printed materials, coffee breakers and lunches.

To participate in the Summer School, knowledge of English is required, since English is the working language of the school.
Registration Open until 16-Jul-2025
Apply by Email: [email protected]
Apply on the web: https://shorturl.at/X0wU7

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Registration: 07-Apr-2025 to 16-Jul-2025

Contact Person: Dr. Prof. Tinatin Bolkvadze
Phone: +995 599 97 79 36
Email: [email protected]

Apply by Email: [email protected]
Apply on the web: https://www.tsu.ge

Registration Instructions:
Registration Open until 16-Jul-2025
Apply by Email: [email protected]
Apply on the web: https://shorturl.at/X0wU7