MINELRES: MERCATOR Newsletter 44; October 2008
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MERCATOR :: NEWSLETTER 44:: October 2008
number 44 - Oct 2008
mercator research centre
http://www.mercator-education.org/
mercator legislation
http://www.ciemen.cat/mercator/Menu_nou/index.cfm?lg=gb
mercator media
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~merwww/
This Mercator-newsletter informs you about the news from the three
Mercator-centres. Mercator Legislation is hosted at the NGO CIEMEN in
Barcelona , Mercator Media at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth and
the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language
Learning (the Mercator Research Centre for short) at the Fryske Akademy
in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden. It appears eleven times a year and is linked to
the internet sites of each Mercator-centre. For change of address,
information, or other you can contact us - [email protected].
NEWS
Linguistic rights closer to being recognized by UN
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news1
City of Leeuwarden to sub vent Mercator Centre
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news2
Frisian parties unite to get Frisian language recognized by Dutch
constitution
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news3
Council of Europe publishes reports on lesser used languages in Germany
and the Netherlands
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news4
Mercator Research Centre wants to participate in Georgian project
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news5
Creating a future for endangered languages
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news6
Minister of Kyrgyzstan visited Mercator Research Centre
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news7
Interactive e-learning module about endangered languages
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news8
Quechua and Shuar official in Ecuadorian �intercultural relations'
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news9
Paraguayan organizations call for linguistic rights of Guarani-speakers
http://www1.fa.knaw.nl/newsletter2008/Mercator%20Newsletter%2044.htm#news10
EVENTS
6-8 November 2008: 11th Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures Conference
�The Islands in Between� in Curacao. Information regarding the
conference and call for papers available on the Islands In Between
webpage
http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/students/resources/islandsinbetween.htm
12-14 March 2009: 1st International Conference on Language Documentation
and Conservation (ICLDC) � Supporting small languages together � at the
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09/
28-30 May 2009: 12th International Conference on Minority Languages
(ICML XII) �Language revitalization and new technologies�, at the
University of Tartu and partners in Tartu, Estonia
http://www.icml.ut.ee/
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