The symposium Minority Languages and Language Policies in the Nordic Countries organized by the Department of Germanic Studies will be held in the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Nám. Jana Palacha 1, Praha 1), room P104 (1st floor).
8.30–9.00: Registration (1st floor corridor)
9.00–9.30: Welcoming words, Eva Lehečková, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University; Riikka Seppälä, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland; Marie Bendegard, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden; Michal Švec, Director of the Scandinavian House in Prague
9.30–9.40: Practical issues during the symposium, Lenka Fárová, PhD, University lecturer in Finnish studies, Vice Director of the Department of Germanic Studies, Charles University
9.40–10.10: Introduction: Languages of the world, languages spoken in Europe, Yrjö Lauranto, PhD, doc., Lecturer in Finnish studies, Department of Germanic Studies, Charles University, Prague / University lecturer of Finnish, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, University of Helsinki
10.10–10.55 (chair YL): Presentation 1: Language policy, and national languages in Finland, Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö, PhD, Professor of Finnish, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, University of Helsinki
10.55–11.30: Break
11.30–12.15 (chair YL): Presentation 2: Swedish minority language policy and endorsement of immigrants’ mother tongue studies at school, Boglárka Straszer, PhD, Professor of Swedish as a second language, School of Languages, Literatures and Learning, Dalarna University
12.15–14.00: Lunch
14.00–14.45 (chair MK): Presentation 3: The situation of Saami languages in Norway, Lene Antonsen, PhD, Professor in Saami languages, Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
14.45–15.15: Break
15.15–16.00 (chair MK): Presentation 4: Karelian language and Karelian-speaking Finns in Finland, Ilia Moshnikov, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, Karelian Institute, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland
16.30–17.30: Prague city tour (with Lenka Fárová, Jens Nielsen & Yrjö Lauranto)
9.00–9.15: A few words for the start
9.15–10.00 (chair HB): Presentation 5: Language awareness at the workplace: Multilingualism, (trans)languaging, and parallel language use in Denmark, Marta Kirilova, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen
10.00–10.45 (chair HB): Presentation 6: Modern urban dialects in Scandinavian cities, Ditte Zachariassen, PhD, Assistant professor, University College Nordjylland, Aalborg, Denmark
10.45–11.15: Break
11.15–12.00 (chair LF): Presentation 7: Revitalising Finland-Swedish Sign Language: Challenges and Prospects, Maria Andersson-Koski, M.A., PhD student, Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies, University of Helsinki
12.30–14.00: Lunch
14.00–14.45 (chair LF): Presentation 8: Elfdalian in northern Dalarna, Sweden: Revitalisation and official recognition & the current status of the language, Yair Sapir, PhD, Senior lecturer in Swedish, Faculty of Education, Högskolan Kristianstad
14.45–15.15: Break
15.15–16.30: Round table discussion, Lene Antonsen (Norway), Vít Dovalil (Czech Republic), Marta Kirilova (Denmark), Tiina Onikki-Rantajääskö (Finland), Yair Sapir (Sweden), moderator Jens Nielsen, M.A., Lecturer in Norwegian studies, Department of Germanic Studies, Charles University, Prague
Chairs:
HB = Helena Březinová
LF = Lenka Fárová
MK = Michal Kovář
YL = Yrjö Lauranto
Programme in pdf:Symposium on Minority Languages in Nordic Countries PROGRAMME 18-4