Events

The Pirurvik Centre is delivering PIGIARVIK: Inuktut as a Second Language - Level 1 from October 23-November 23, 2018 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. 

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE ON SCREEN: A RETROSPECTIVE A co-curated program giving voice to the galaxy of Indigenous film-makers whose works have and will continue to revitalize Indigenous languages, from within and outside the mainstream.

Finno-Ugric Kitchen Talk is a day-long public seminar about the relationships between language and food/cuisine. How cuisine can promote understanding of language and vice versa. The seminar is part of a larger project “Civil Society Network for Revitalising Indigenous Languages”, launched by the Association of Ethnocultural Centers and Heritage Organizations "ECHO" and its partner-organizations from northwest Russia, Estonia and Finland to support 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages in Baltic Sea region.

Every year the OBMEP promoves an international subject, in 2019 we´ll celebrate the brazilia indigenous languages.

The conference will discuss recent research which highlight the roles that languages and linguistics play in diverse settings or contexts especially in the face of the disruptive technologies;Also, presenters and participants share ideas and propose solutions to solve existing or potential problems and conflicts which may arise out of the challenges that the disruptive technologies bring to language and society at the national or international level.

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is looking to strengthen their ties with academic institutions. Areas studies centers at the International Institute have organized a joint conference titled “Indigenous Languages: From Endangerment to Revitalization and Resilience” on October […]

A summer school of Scottish Gaelic language, music and dance in the traditional heartland community of South Uist.