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Fourth Interlinguistics Symposium: The role of international languages from the time of Zamenhof to the modern multicultural world

The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Ludwik Zamenhof, the initiator of the international language Esperanto and a great supporter of intercultural dialogue. In light of his achievements UNESCO selected Zamenhof as one of its eminent personalities of 2017. The conference will commemorate the life and …

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Symposium on the Politics of Language Policy at the Local Level

SOAS University of London (UK)

Deadline for submissions: Friday 14th July 2017 Language Policy is highly political and often controversial, with official top-down policy criticized by scholars for serving dominant political interests and reproducing unequal power relations. This one-day symposium aims to move the discussion forwards by treating Language Policy as a dynamic socio-cultural process. …

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