Call for Participation:
Ninth International Conference on Minority Languages, ICML-IX
Kiruna, Sweden
June 6-7, 2003
For more information and pre-registration form see:
http://www.finska.su.se/konf03.html
or contact:
Birger Winsa, Chair of the Organizing Committee
birger.winsa [at] finska.su.se
Deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 17 January 2003
We are pleased to announce the IX International Conference on Minority
Languages. The organizers invite your participation. The conference will
be held in Kiruna [Kiruna municipality] Sweden, June 6-7, 2003. Four
official languages of Sweden are spoken in the municipality of Kiruna:
Finnish, Meänkieli, Saami and Swedish.
The main theme of the conference will be revitalization of use of
languages, especially languages spoken by small groups of people. The
conference offers an opportunity to discuss:
- Case studies of revitalization of minority languages
- Language emancipation
- Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages with particular attention to smaller language groups
- Language policies and language planning
- Cultural development (literature, theatre, music etc.) and social
capital in minority regions
- Experiences from bilingual education and immersion classes for
children who use smaller languages
- Any topic concerning minority languages in the Barents and Baltic
regions
You can make your contribution to the conference in any way you think is
best for you. We invite you to make best use of this opportunity to meet
others who share your concerns and interests. We, the organizers,
welcome performances, speeches, poster presentations, written papers. We
invite you to suggest topics for discussion or for workshops.
The language of the conference organization (for programs,
announcements, etc) will be English, but participants may use any Nordic
language. We suggest that participants cooperate and seek individual,
spontaneous solutions to language problems. Some interpretation will be
available.
To be included in the mailing list for the conference contact:
Birger Winsa
Chair of the ICML-IX organizing committee
Department of Finnish
University of Stockholm
S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Fax: +46-8-158871
Phone: +46-8-162359
Email: birger.winsa [at] finska.su.se