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"
 
4:15 Charles King, Georgetown University
"Negotiable Nationalism and Language Politics in Moldova"
 
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
 
9:30 Megan J. Crowhurst, UNC-Chapel Hill
"Who Writes the Rules? Language Standardization Guarani and Guarayu (Bolivia)"
 
10:15 Break
 
10:30 David Crowe, Elon College
"Roma Nomadic Traditions and Culture as Sources of Conflict with the Non-Roma World"
 
11:15 John Walter, Executive Director of the Welsh Language Board, Cardiff, UK
"The Activities of the Welsh Language Board"
 
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"
 
2:15 Laura A. Janda, UNC-Chapel Hill
"The Many Faces of Czech: How Diglossia Developed and Its Impact on Language and Society"
 
3:00 Break
 
3:15 Steven Sabol, UNC-Charlotte
"The Politics of Language: Kazak Intellectuals, the State, and National Language Revival in Kazakstan"
 
4:00 Nicolae Harsanyi, UNC-Chapel Hill
"From Footnote to Debate: The Issue of the Multicultural University in Transylvania (Romania)"
 
4:45 Refreshments and Informal Discussions



For more information on the Colloquium, contact: 
 
Professor Robert D. Greenberg
(919) 962-7550
greenberg@unc.edu

Professor Greenberg is President of the Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA)
The SEESA website located at http://www.unc.edu/~rdgreenb/seesa