2024 – Budapest

2024 - Budapest

The 21st Annual EFNIL Conference
 23rd–25th September, 2024, Budapest, Hungary

General theme:
Linguistic Diversity and Language Planning

Hosted by HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics

 

Programme

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Venue: HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33.

14.00–15.00 Registration and sandwich

15.00–17.00 EFNIL General Assembly

18.00–20.00 Reception dinner at Hotel Benczúr (1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 35.)

Venue: HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33.
 
Opening Session
9.30 -10.00 Welcome addresses caired by Tamás Váradi 
Ms. Merit-Ene Ilja, Acting Deputy Director General of theEuropean Commission (DGT)
Sabine Kirchmeier, President of EFNIL (slide)
Session 1: Linguistic Minorities and Majorities – Policies and their effect
Part 1: Chaired by Martin Prošek
10.00-10.30 Tomasz Wicherkiewicz: “Is there room for compassion, empathy, and empowerment within Europe’s minority language policies?” (keynote) (abstract | presentation)
10.30-11.00 Júlia Vrábľová: The European Charter of Minority Languages (keynote) (abstract | presentation)
11.00-11.30 Giorgi Alibegashvili, Maka Tetradze: State Language Strategy and language policy in Georgia (keynote) (abstract | presentation)
11.30-11.50 Coffee break
Part 2: Chaired by Annemieke Hoorntje
11.50-12.10 Guy Berg: The Challenge of Multilingualism: Benefits and Threats of Linguistic Diversity (abstract | presentation)
12.10-12.30 Jutta Ransmayr: Multilingual learners in the realm of education in Austria. Challenges, policies and recent developments (abstract | presentation)
12.30-12.50 Birute Klaas, Kerttu Rozenvalde: Supporting linguistic diversity and the national language at the University of Tartu (Estonia): Adapting language policies to address the needs of staff and students (abstract | presentation)
12.50-13.10 Discussion
13.10-14.00 Lunch
Session 2: Multilingualism and linguistic diversity – the perspective of multicentric languages
Chaired by Cecilia Robustelli
14.00-14.30 Christa Dürscheid, Rita Franceschini: Multifaceted German: Norms, Variation, and Multilingual Contexts in Focus (keynote) (abstract | presentation)
14.30-14.50 Ann Veitch: English in a multilingual world: Multilingualism and linguistic diversity (abstract | presentation)
14.50-15.10 Vincent Lorenzini: Issues of regional languages and languages of France (abstract | presentation)
15.10-15.30 Javier Hernandez: Multilingualism and AI in the European Institutions (abstract)
15.30 -15.40 Discussion
15.40-16.00 Coffee break
Session 3: The effect of societal and technological factors on linguistic diversity
Chaired by Isabelle Elena Tamba
16.00-16.30 Frieda Steurs: “Meeting the societal and technological challenges to linguistic diversity. The case of Dutch, Frisian and Papiamentu.” (keynote) (abstract | presentation)
16.30-16.50 Magnus Ahltorp: Positive and negative effects of language technology on minority languages (abstract | presentation)
16.50-17:10 Nina Teigland: The Norwegian language policy in higher education: An evaluation of policy design (abstract | presentation)
17:10-17.30 Discussion
19.00-22.00 Conference dinner at Millenium House, 1146, Budapest, Olof Palme sétány 1. Városliget, Budapest
Venue: HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 1068 Budapest, Benczúr u. 33.
 

Session 4: Multilingualism and linguistic diversity
Chaired by Maria Arapopoulou
8.30-9.00 Tinatin Bolkvadze: Multilingualism in Modern Georgia (keynote) (abstract)
9.00-9.20 Katharina Dück: Between language repression and language preservation: The role of German as a minority language and its language policy actors in Georgia (abstract | presentation)
9.20-9.40 Ina Druviete: The latest developments in all segments of language policy in Latvia (abstract | presentation)
9.40-10.00 Johan Van Hoorde: Cultural & Language Diversity and National Languages: Re-think our policies? (abstract | presentation)
10.00-10.10 Discussion
10.10-10.30 Coffee break
Session 5: EFNIL Master’s Thesis Award
Chaired by Ari Páll Kristinsson and Åse Wetås
10.30-10.50 Welmoed Sjoerdstra, University of Groningen: How to Teach Frisian in the Current Curriculum: Differentiation in the Frisian Course in the First Years of Secondary Education (abstract | presentation)
10.50-11.10 Lisza-Sophie Neumeier, University of Vienna: Exploring the role of English in young adults’ lives in Austria: Second language engagement & enjoyment (abstract | presentation)
11.10-11.30 Joana Pena-Tarradelles, Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Are Coercive Language Policies Fair? A Normative Approach Building on the Multilingual Convergence Model (abstract | presentation)
11.30 -12.45 Sabine Kirchmeier: Conclusion of the conference
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.30-         Optional social program: A casual walk in the City Park