15 March, 9am-5pm
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place,
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
In the Shadow of Global Languages: language management in Belarus and Scotland
The Knowledge Exchange event ?In the Shadow of Global Languages? is organised by the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre within its ?Global Russian? project. This collaborative conference will involve leading international academics and government policy makers from Belarus and Scotland. Scholars and stakeholders will come together to discuss questions of language management and linguistic attitudes in the two respective countries. The full day event will consist of a morning workshop and an afternoon roundtable discussion. It is expected that this Scotland-Belarus forum will result in a breakthrough in understanding of challenges posed for smaller languages in the situation of dominance of high prestige global languages (Russian and English), and will facilitate the development of academically informed language management programmes which may bring about the ?shift of scale? for both Scots and Belarussian.
Registration fee: £25 (general admission), £10 (students) Registration form and programme can be requested at [log in to unmask]
IN THE SHADOW OF GLOBAL LANGUAGES:
Language Management in Belarus and Scotland
PROGRAMME
8.30-9.00 Registration.
9.00-9.20 Greetings from Professor Drew Scott, Dean for Europe
Introduction of the Conference Theme by Lara Ryazanova-Clarke,
Academic Director, the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre
Plenary Session I: Belarus Speaks for Itself
Chair: Wilson McLeod
9.20-9.40 Zinaida Kharitonchik (Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus)
The Belarusian Language Today
9.40-10.00 Curt Woolhiser (Brandeis University, USA)
Oor mither leid/Nasha Rodnaja Mova: Some Scots-Belarusian Parallels
10.00-10.20 Elena Gapova (Western Michigan University, USA)
The Non-Linguistic Struggles over Linguistic Matters: On the Use and
Abuse of the Belarusian in Belarus
10.20-10.50 Discussion
10.50-11.20 Coffee Break
Plenary Session II: The Scots Perspective
Chair: Alexander Kozin
11.20-11.40 Wilson McLeod (Scottish Studies, The Edinburgh University)
Current Challenges in Language Policy in Scotland
11.40-12.00 Christina Robinson (Scottish Dictionaries, UK)
Scots Dictionaries: Changing Attitudes and Developing Policy
12.00-12.20 Derrick McClure (Aberdeen University)
TBA
12.20-12.50 Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch (The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre)
Round Table Discussion: Language Management in Belarus and Scotland
14.00-16.00 Moderator: Lara Ryazanova-Clarke
Participants:
BELARUS
Alexander Mikhnevich (Belarus Ambassador in the UK)
Denis Tushinsky (Deputy Head of Belarusian Language Society, Belarus)
Ivan Kruk, Principal (The University of Culture, Belarus)
SCOTLAND
Douglas Ansdell (Head of Gaelic and Scots Unit, Scottish Government)
Janet Dunsmuir (Scots Language, Scottish Government)
Michael Hance (Scottish Language Centre)
16.00-16.15 Closing Remarks
18.45-19.15 Drinks reception (limited to participants and staff), Elder Room, Old College
19.30 Conference dinner (limited to participants and staff), Elder Room, Old College
Note. Non-presenting participants are invited to register by requesting a registration form at [log in to unmask] The registration fee (including lunch and coffee) is £10 for students and £25 for non-students. The registration is free for staff and students of the University of Edinburgh but lunch is required to be booked.
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