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Colloquium on
Contemporary Issues of Language,
Nationality, and Ethnic Identity
April 9-10, 1999
Session I
Date: Friday, April 9, 1999 (3:30pm - 5:00pm)
Location: Gardner Hall, Room 09
| 3:30 |
John Walter Jones, Executive Director
of the Welsh Language Board, Cardiff, UK
"Language at the Community Level - with Particular Emphasis on Local
Language Initiatives in Wales" |
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| 4:15 |
Charles King, Georgetown University
"Negotiable Nationalism and Language Politics in Moldova" |
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| 6:30 |
Dinner for Participants and Guests at Pywacket's
Restaurant, Chapel Hill |
Session II
Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 (9:15am
- 12:00pm)
Location: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
| 9:15 |
Robert D. Greenberg, UNC-Chapel
Hill
Introductions and Opening Remarks |
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| 9:30 |
Megan J. Crowhurst, UNC-Chapel
Hill
"Who Writes the Rules? Language Standardization Guarani and Guarayu
(Bolivia)" |
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| 10:15 |
Break |
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| 10:30 |
David Crowe, Elon College
"Roma Nomadic Traditions and Culture as Sources of Conflict with the
Non-Roma World" |
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| 11:15 |
John Walter, Executive Director
of the Welsh Language Board, Cardiff, UK
"The Activities of the Welsh Language Board" |
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch |
Session III
Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 (1:30pm - 4:45pm)
Location: Toy Lounge, Dey Hall
| 1:30 |
Christina E. Kramer, University
of Toronto
"Looking Backward: Macedonian in the Twentieth Century" |
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| 2:15 |
Laura A. Janda, UNC-Chapel Hill
"The Many Faces of Czech: How Diglossia Developed and Its Impact on
Language and Society" |
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| 3:00 |
Break |
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| 3:15 |
Steven Sabol, UNC-Charlotte
"The Politics of Language: Kazak Intellectuals, the State, and National
Language Revival in Kazakstan" |
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| 4:00 |
Nicolae Harsanyi, UNC-Chapel Hill
"From Footnote to Debate: The Issue of the Multicultural University
in Transylvania (Romania)" |
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| 4:45 |
Refreshments and Informal Discussions |
For more information on the Colloquium, contact:
Professor Greenberg is President of the Southeast European Studies Association
(SEESA)
The SEESA website located at http://www.unc.edu/~rdgreenb/seesa
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