On November 6 and 7, Prof. Philippe van Parijs (Catholic University of Louvain / University of Oxford), author of the influent book Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World (Oxford University Press), will be at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam in visit. The Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) and the EU-funded project Mobility and Inclusion in Multilingual Europe (MIME) have organized two events, one for researchers and experts, one for the general public.

Details of the workshop for researchers and expert:

http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/global-english-mobility-and-motility-workshop.html

Details of the public lecture for the general public:

http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/philippe-van-parijs-public-lecture.html

In the framework of the MIME project, we have organized a one-day workshop with the colleagues of the University of Leipzig (Germany) on the topic of Lingua Franca.

This is the programme:

• 12:00-12:45 Sabine Fiedler: “Lingua franca as a strategy for meeting the multilingual challenge”
• 12:45-13:30 Cyril Brosch: “On the conceptual history of the term Lingua Franca”
• lunch break
• 14:30-15:15 Federico Gobbo: “Linguae francae between communication and identity: theoretical issues”
• 15:15-16:00 Laszlo Maracz: “The notion of Lingua Franca in the MIME framework”
• 16:00-17:00 final discussion.

We will meet in Amsterdam. The exact venue is:

University of Amsterdam
P C Hoofthuis
Spuistraat 134
room 7.07 (*)

(*) Note. Take the last elevator in the corridor to reach the seventh floor.

This week is special for us. First, the MIME project will be officially launched in Amsterdam. You can see the details here. Then, a special lecture about the language practices in the Flemish periphery of Brussels will be delivered.

Both events are free, but you should register in advance because seats are limited.

The launch of our working paper series, A’dam Multiling,  will happen during the Open Access Week as an official event.

Our University organized a symposium entitled The new beginning? during the International Open Access Week (20-26 October 2014). We think that research ideas should be freely available to the general public, so we foster open access publication in our working paper series A’dam Multing.

We will launch A’dam Multiling series during that week, and some of us will participate in the symposium mentioned. We will be glad to meet you there in person!