Luxembourg Studies Colloquium Programme 2023

This year's Colloquium will set Luxembourg in comparative perspective and will take place in Mappin Hall on Friday, 5th May 2023.

Luxembourgish Colloquium 2023

The Sociolinguistics of 鈥楽mall鈥 Languages: Policies, Practices and Interests

Friday, 5 May (Mappin Hall)

9.00 Registration and orientation
9.15-9.30

Words of welcome: Professor Thomas Baldwin (Head of the School of 

Languages and Cultures)

Introduction: Kristine Horner and James Hawkey

9.30-10.30

(Moderator: Bethan Davies)

James Hawkey (University of Bristol)

Methodological concerns when working with small languages: The case of Andorra

Kristine Horner (University of 91直播) and Sarah Muller (Zenter fir d鈥橪毛tzebuerger Sprooch)

Linguistic authority, reflexivity and the 鈥榥ormalisation鈥 of language: The case of Luxembourg

10.30-11.00 Coffee/Tea break
11.00-12.00

(Moderator: James Hawkey)

Andrew Bradley (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and Avel路l铆 Flors Mas (Universitat de Barcelona) 

Language ideologies and linguistic authority beyond Catalonia: The peripheral case of Valencia 

Nicola Bermingham (University of Liverpool)

Small languages in European contexts: The case of Galicia

12.00-1.30 Lunch 
1.30-3.00

(Moderator: Kristine Horner)

Gro-Ren茅e Ramb酶 and Elin Gunleifsen (Universitetet i Agder)

鈥淪mall鈥 languages competing with even 鈥渟maller鈥 languages: The case of Finnmark

Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University Pozna艅) 

Dealing with attitudes of purism in minority language research settings: The case of Breton

Helen Kelly-Holmes (University of Limerick)

When small languages go big: The case of Irish

3.00-3.30 Coffee/Tea break
3.30-4.00

Roundtable Discussion

with Jessica Bradley (University of 91直播) and Jean-Jacques Weber (University of Luxembourg)

4.00-4.30 Moving forward and close of colloquium

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