Events

ICLDA 2019 aims to bring together researchers and language activists whose main area of interest are relationships between language and development in African context. We welcome scholars and language activists who are interested in language economy and ecology, language contact and linguistic diversity, language endangerment, description, documentation and revitalization, language maintenance, policy and planning in developing societies where traditional life styles and communicative practices are challenged by the need for development. Our special area of interest will be the place and role of African indigenous languages in the industrialization agendas of developing countries as well as their potential to help governments and NGOs reach the Millennium development goals.

UArctic TN Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education are jointly organising an event on Arctic Science Summit Week on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The event consist of a panel discussion and a book launch. The event is titled Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education, and it's included in the Indigenous Peoples day of the ASSW program. You can find more information on the program and ASSW registration on ASSW website. Participating the side event is free of charge, and the event is open for everyone.

The Polyglot Gathering is an informal event which takes places once a year and brings together polyglots (people who speak several languages) and language enthusiasts from all over the world. It is a five-day event with lectures, workshops and social activities for everyone who loves and enjoys languages.

LET'S TALK Aboriginal Languages Symposium An event in celebration of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

The "Ostana Prize: Writings in Mothers Languages" is a celebration of the cultural diversity of humanity. The common goal is to listen to the sound of indigenous uncommon languages that nevertheless want to live, and through them discover the past and present stories of the peoples who speak them. The native languages represented at the Premio Ostana have the common characteristic of being unfortunately relegated to a condition of unequal opportunities compared to the dominant language of their reference states, and for this reason each of them incarnates a specificity and biodiversity to defend, preserve, protect and describe. While it is true that each linguistic-cultural area has its own specifics, it is equally true that problems and difficulties are often common, and strategies and plans can be common to deal with. Born with the desire to know and make known writers, filmmakers, musicians from different parts of the planet, it has become a formidable opportunity to meet and exchange experiences for dozens of authors who in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and in Oceania illustrate and make the language of their community alive with their creative work.