The UNICEF EAPRO with Prof. Joseph Lo Bianco of the University of Melbourne has implemented the Language, Education and Social Cohesion (LESC) Initiative in Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. The  LESC Initiative was a component of UNICEF’s Learning for Peace, Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy (PBEA) Programme, a four-year global initiative (2012–2015/16), funded by the Government of the Netherlands and designed to strengthen resilience, social cohesion and human security, to encourage practical…

(UN Press Release) New York, 22 January 2016 (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) — A three-day meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York brought together experts from around the world to identify best practices and recommend ways to preserve and revitalize indigenous languages. It is estimated that there are between 6,000 to 7,000 oral languages in the world today, but that one dies every two weeks.  “Maintaining and…

Call for papers Please send proposals to the organizers before 31 January 2016. The proposal should include an abstract of maximum 500 words and a short CV. Possible co-funding of travel or stay FABRIQ’AM meeting  (ANR Project, France, MONDESAM & LESC) Location of the meeting: Laboratoire d’Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative – MAE, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre Date: 31 March 2016 One of the well-known specificities of globalization is its important capacity to…

Linguapax is sad to announce that Professor Lachman Khubchandani, a very appreciated and admired member of our Advisory Board, passed away on November 2, 2015 a few months only after his beloved wife. His fellows at the Linguapax Advisory Board will miss him both academically and socially, for “his every word was sage, his every idea inspiring, his every gesture warming.” Khubchandani was a distinguished Professor of Linguistics and social…

Since it was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999, the International Mother Language Day is observed worldwide on February 21st to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. To commemorate this annual observance, Linguapax calls the yearly International Linguapax Award as a tribute to the outstanding action carried out by linguists, researchers, professors or members of the civil society in favour of the preservation of linguistic diversity, revitalization and…

El Comité Científico dará los primeros pasos del Protocolo a lo largo de estos días. El Comité estará compuesto por expertos internacionales en lingüística y derecho, así como por académicos de renombre. San Sebastián 2016 y Kontseilua han presentado este martes, 1 de diciembre, el Comité Científico encargado de elaborar el Protocolo de Garantía de los Derechos Lingüísticos. El Comité lo componen expertos internacionales en lingüística y derecho, así como…

The topic of the 2016 Linguapax Asya symposium to be held at the Kansai University in Osaka on June 11, 2016, is the interface between language and migration and how the language situation, planning and policies in various countries, Asia in particular, are managed as a result of in-migration or out-migration. As the world refugee crisis intensifies discussion has reopened on issues concerning the role of language in international migration:…

It is estimated that Central California’s Wukchumni tribe—part of the larger Yokuts Native Americans ethnic group—numbered in the tens of thousands during the years prior to European contact. Today, there are fewer than 200 remaining, and of those two hundred Wakchumni peoples, only one actually knows their native tongue. A short documentary, put out by the Global Oneness Project (along with an accompanying classroom lesson plan), shows the process by which 81 year old Marie Wilcox isn’t letting her culture…

Call for Papers University of Glasgow – 6th-8th June 2016 Confirmed Plenary Speakers: François Grin (University of Geneva), Leena Huss (Uppsala University), Brian Ó Curnáin (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) Building on the success of the Soillse conferences held in 2011 and 2015, this conference aims to provide a forum for minority language researchers, policy makers, practitioners and activists to exchange research findings and experiences in order to stimulate fresh…