Language Institute 2009-10 Lecture Series
The Pain of Language: Language and Migration
The movement of peoples, ideas, information and goods across political, regional and cultural boundaries is not a new phenomenon. The scope, scale and rapid rate of this movement in the late 20th-early 21st centuries, however, are coupled with radical changes in information and communication technologies and a growing consciousness of the interconnectedness of societies, economies, and civic and social institutions. Many observers characterize this period as a sui generis new phase in human history, in which language is both a carrier and a marker of hybridity.
Through the generous support of the College of Letters and Science Anonymous Fund, in 2009-10, the Language Institute brings to the UW-Madison campus researchers whose creative, interdisciplinary scholarship explores migration, language, culture and identity from diverse personal, societal, methodological and epistemological perspectives for a series of talks entitled The Pain of Language: Language and Migration. Lectures in the series will address topics such as the role of language in globalization and cultural identity, language education and migration, language rights and citizenship, language maintenance and language loss, and language policy issues.
Lectures are:
Language, Literacy and Cultural Hybridity Among Somali Teens in Minnesota
Martha Bigelow, University of Minnesota
4:00 pm, Tuesday, September 22, 2009
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
The Heritage Language Learner: Identities, Language Loyalties and Challenges
Olga Kagan, University of California-Los Angeles
4:00 pm, Monday, October 19, 2009
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
Home Language: Refuge, Resistance, Resource
Mary McGroarty, University of Northern Arizona
12:00 pm, Friday, February 12, 2010
254 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
"In the Name of Language": The Continuous Cost of Language Learning
Elana Shohamy, University of Tel Aviv
4:00 pm, Monday, March 22, 2010
254 Van Hise Hall
All lectures in the series are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Language Institute, with funding from the College of Letters and Science Anonymous Fund.
Contact: Dianna Murphy, (608) 262-1473
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