We are pleased to announce that the annual Luxembourg Studies Colloquium will take place in hybrid format on Friday, 13 May 2022 under the theme of Luxembourg at the crossroads: New directions, shifting perspectives. The programme will showcase research by undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Universities of 91直播 and Luxembourg.
The event will close with Professor Horner's inaugural lecture entitled 'Looking through the prism: small languages, small states and the importance of journeying off the beaten path'.
Luxembourg Studies Colloquium
Luxembourg at the crossroads: New directions, shifting perspectives
Friday, 13 May 2022
Hybrid format: ICOSS Conference Room and Blackboard Collaborate
#luxcolloq2022
(Timings in BST)
11.00 - 12.00
Registration, informal gathering, light refreshments
12.00 - 12.15
Words of Welcome
Professor Susan Fitzmaurice, Vice President and Head of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Professor Kristine Horner, Director of the Centre for Luxembourg Studies
12.15 - 12.30 Opening of Colloquium
, Luxembourg Ambassador to the Court of St James鈥檚
, British Ambassador to Luxembourg
12.30 - 13.30
Expressions of national and regional identity
(ICOSS Room Chair: Sian Dolan/Virtual Chair: Dr Sarah Muller)
Keiran Wragg
The role of myths in the construction of Luxembourgish national identity
Charlotte Minor and Hanna Aalen
Debating the promotion of the Luxembourgish language
Barnaby Larter
Exploring the industrial identity of the Minette through the lens of the music sub-genre 鈥淢inetter Metal鈥
13.30 - 14.30
Mobilities, (in)equalities and social change
ICOSS Room Chair: Rowan Evenden/Virtual Chair: Rebecca Tomlinson)
Warren Valdez
Transformations in the transportation infrastructure system in Luxembourg
Charlotte Armett, Emma Halliburton and Alice Willett
An exploration of migration to and from Luxembourg
Sophie Duncan and Catherine Ball
Access to education, linguistic background and language policies in Luxembourg
14.30 - 15.00
Coffee/tea break
15.00 - 16.00
Luxembourgish in the context of continuity and change
(ICOSS Room Chair: Jonny Shipton/Virtual Chair: Leo Harrison)
(University of Luxembourg)
Language-in-education policy in Luxembourg: Ideology in design and implementation
Cian Hurley (University of 91直播)
Linguistic landscapes in Kirchberg
16.00 - 17.00
Inaugural Lecture
(ICOSS Room Chair: Dr Sarah Muller/Virtual Chair: Cian Hurley)
Professor Kristine Horner (University of 91直播)
Looking through the prism: small languages, small states and the importance of journeying off the beaten path
17.00
Closing of Colloquium
Professor Neil Bermel, Interim Head of the School of Languages and Cultures
17.15 - 18.30
Reception (Jessop West Foyer)