The Study Group on Language at the United Nations in cooperation with The Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems are currently organizing a Symposium on Language and Exclusion.
The organizers welcome proposals for brief 20-minute papers on topics such as the following:
- Language policy in international organizations
- Language parity in international settings
- Language use at, and by, the United Nations
- Language as a factor in sustainable development
- Language and human rights
- Discrimination on grounds of language
- Language and the post-2015 development agenda
- The role of language in international peacekeeping
- Language and globalization
- Language and minority rights
- Mother-tongue education
- NGOs and language policy
Please send proposals (200 words or less) to the chair of the symposium organizing committee, Prof. Humphrey Tonkin, at tonkin@hartford.edu, by February 15, 2015. The committee expects to make final decisions on the program by March 1.
The event will take place on May 7th, 2015 a
t the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
First Avenue at 44th Street from 9:15 am - to 5:00 pm