Abstracts of papers are invited for the “Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning“Conference 2012, September 6 – 8, 2012, University of Calgary
(www.educ.ucalgary.ca/lpp)
Plenary Speakers:
* Francois Grin, University of Geneva
* Peter Ives, University of Winnipeg
* Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University
The organizers invite papers that approach language policy from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, and in a variety of contexts, from the local/institutional to national/global. We invite abstracts (500 words maximum) for papers in any of the following areas:
*Language policy and political theory
*Official language policies
*Language policy and lingua franca
*Heritage language policies
*Language policy and globalization
*Ideologies and language policies
*Language policies in school settings
*National identities and language policies
*Language policy and the economics of the workplace
*Non-official languages in mainstream classrooms
*Language policies and social mobility
*Language attrition, language revitalization and language policies
*Language policies and transnational communities
Abstracts should be 500 words maximum including all references. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2012.
Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by at least two experts in the field. Final decisions will be sent to authors by June 15, 2012.
Each paper presentation should be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion. You can submit a maximum of two contributions, one as author and one as co-author or discussant.
For more information, please visit the conference website at www.educ.ucalgary.ca/lpp
Should you have any questions, feel free to e-mail the organizers at lpp(at)ucalgary.ca
Conference Organizers:
* Thomas Ricento
* Mary O’Brien
Dr. Thomas Ricento
University of Calgary
Faculty of Education, EDT 702
Telephone: +1(403)220-3346
Fax: +1(403)282-3005
Email: lpp(at)ucalgary.ca
Visit the website at http://educ.ucalgary.ca/lpp/