Final Project Presentations for SLAV/PWAD 467 in Fall 2007

Science and the "Science" of Language Preservation as Practiced by the Basques, by Aidan Kostenko, Katie Cole

The Politics of Scottish Gaelic and Sami, by Megan Bricker, Kris Woodard

The Sami: Comparative Analysis of Minority Policy in EU and Non-EU Countries, by Dylan Trettin, Merle Tai, Jessica Scism

Investigating Codeswitching Behavior in Catalan and Karelian, by Jennifer Renn

Former Imperialists: Finland-Swedes and Hungarians in Romania, by Mario Piergallini

Continued Effects of Russification: Latvia vs. Ukraine, by Sarah Beane

Breaking Point: A Case Study of Sudeten Germans and German Sorbs, by Anthony Kreis

West to East to West: the Volga Germans Return Home?, by Ashley Timidaiski and Danielle Wiley

“You Don’t Belong in Our Family”: Nationalism and Identity of Bretons in France and Hungarians in Romania, by Adrienne Manuel and Cassandra Sale

A Comparison of Educational Opportunities for Roma Youth in Spain and Romania, by Cayley Pater, Delana Lensgraf, Philip Karim, Stephanie Kokenes

Irish and Kurdish: The Influence of Minority Group Support in the Survival and Maintenance of a Minority Language, by Lauren Merkel and Liz Davidson

Compare and Contrast Policies towards the Tatars and the Basque, by Heidi Boon, Elizabeth Carlson, Cara Toolan

The Use of Regional Dialects in Leaguist Political Movements in Northern Italy, by Meg Austin

Irish Language vs. Sami Language: Treatment of Language in Different Regions and Legislation, by Kate Newnam and Natalie Mayo

Education, Identity and Language among the Croats of the Former Yugoslavia and Austria, by Nadeen Elhaddad, Nydia Fors, Tabitha Walker, Kristin Deinert

Monolingual, Bilingual and Trilingual Education Systems East and West by Dara Fickes, Ameila DeFosset, Alison Gaiser

Scottish Gaelic and minority groups in the Czech Republic by Leslie Weston

Final Project Presentations for SLAV/PWAD 467 (167) in Fall 2006

Dez Hill – Romani in Europe: French and Hungarian Approaches

Robert Page – The Linguistic Ramifications of Revolution

Geoffrey Bridges – Cultural Integrity Within Ethno-linguistic Minorities: A Comparison of the Maghrébins and the Roma

Miroslav Styblo – Language contact: Americanisms in Russian

Matthew Green – Federalism & Language: Sorbian in the FRG & Tatar in the RF

Eliot Rayner & Neyla (Libby) Amaya – Sustainability and Survival for Saami and Tuvan

Julian Rankin & Brian Nordness – English and its conquest of world languages: focus on Poland and Ireland

Daniel Elam & Ana Hacic-Vlahovic – "Uneducated Masses: EDUCATION OF THE ROMA PEOPLE IN GERMANY & CROATIA"

Rebecca Pardue & Elizabeth Ramsey – The Treatment of Linguistic Minorities in Berlin & Moscow: A Comparison of Policy

Sarah Milewski – Differences in Sustainability of Buryat in Russia and Sami in Sweden

Laura Lea – Rise of Nationalism in Germany and Hungary, and its Effects upon their Ethnic and Linguistic Minority Populations

Brian Hardiman – Arabic as a minority language in Western & Eastern Europe

Lorenzo Bared & Becky Gursoy – The European Response to the Turkish People: The Countries of Germany and Bulgaria

Stanton Kidd & Kellen Carpenter – Literary Language and Language Loss

Robin Hilmantel & Daniel Widis – The Impact of Language as an Ethnic/National Identifier: Corsica versus Poland

Ann Ansley & Ben Greenberg – Language Academies: Case Studies in Turkey and France

Sarah Martin & Mark Bolin – Language Tension in Post-Soviet Education Policies:Estonia and Kazakhstan

Important Note for Students in SLAV/PWAD 467 in Fall 2006:

The criteria for the final presentations were different in Fall 2005, and did not stipulate that there should be a THEMATIC comparison. This means that not all presentations listed below are relevant models for the current version of the course. However, some presentations did use a thematic approach, and those items are marked THEMATIC below.

Final Project Presentations for SLAV/PWAD 467 (167) in Fall 2005

“Minority Language Decline and Revitalization in W and E Europe: Case Studies of Catalan, Welsh, Gagauz, and Chuvash”s Presenters: Claudia Wilcher, Katie Barber

“Romani Spain, Romani Hungary” THEMATIC Presenter: Tessa Lee

“Irish in Ireland and Ukrainian in Ukraine” THEMATIC Presenter: Meghan Davis

“Problems Faced by Large Linguistic Minorities: An East-West Comparison (Catalan, Russian in Latvia)” THEMATIC Presenter: Jennifer Pyclik

“Language and National Identity: Case Studies and Comparisons between East and West Europe (Breton, Mirandese, Galician, Hungarians in Romania & Slovakia, Chechens)” Presenters: Belisa Marochi, Erin Masterson, Taress Reyering

“Minority Languages without a Home (Ireland, Hungary, Romany)” THEMATIC Presenters: Kim Coates & Rachel Van Patten

“Identity, Conflict, and Language Maintenance in the British Isles and the Caucasus (Manx & Chechen)” Presenter: Sarah Hench

“Opposing Trends: Minority Language Success in Western Europe vs. Eastern Europe (Breton, Galician, Ukrainian, Lithuanian)” Presenters: Stephanie White, Katie Zarzar, Maria Pruszynska

“The Impact of Ethno-Linguistic Minority Populations on De-Russification in Post-Soviet Estonia and Lithuania” THEMATIC Presenter: Douglas Buchacek

“The influence of Soviet language policy on East German language policy (Sorbian in German vs. Turkic langs in USSR)” THEMATIC Presenter: Ellen Hampton

“Uzbek & Catalan: Interpretations in Representing Autonomous Communities” THEMATIC Presenter: Chris Kearns

“Minority Languages Similar and Distinct from the Majority Languages in Spain and Ukraine (Catalan & Basque in Spain vs. Rusyn & Hungarian in Ukraine)” THEMATIC Presenters: Marissa Hall & Roger Horowitz

“Europeanizing minority language policy: leverage and convergence (Spain, Slovenia, Latvia, Germany)” Presenters: Becky Halloran & Bryan Hart

“History of the German Sorbs and the Volga Germans” Presenter: Heath Christensen

“How Minority Languages Deal with Foreign Oppression (British influence on Irish, Russian/Polish influence on Ukrainian)” THEMATIC Presenters: Katie Cline, Ingrid Smith, Brendan Healey

“The Roma and Basque People” Presenter: Mariel Beasley

“Romantic Hopes: The Forging of Irish and Soviet Identities through Linguistic Policy” THEMATIC Presenter: Kian Kamyab

“Irish, Welsh, and Ukrainian” Presenters: Cassidy Cobbs, John Korba

“A Comparative Look at the Irish within the Gaeltacht and the Rusyns” Presenter: Reggie Gimlin

“Catalan & Belarusian: The Challenges and Triumphs of Two Minority Languages” Presenter: Chad Habeeb

“Minority Linguistic Issues in Western and Eastern Europe: An overview of two cases” Presenter: Jose Ibarra