RECODE Programme Launch Panel & Workshop #1
RECODE Launch Event
Date and Time: Thursday May 5th, 2011, 16:00-19:00
Venue: Fabianinkatu 26, Festival Hall
University of Helsinki, Finland
Participation: Open event; registration required
Registration: No later than Tuesday May 3rd, 2011 to Margarita Sakilayan-Latvala (margarita.sakilayan-latvala@helsinki.fi or +358-9-191-28488)
Programme:
Ulla-Maija Forsberg (Vice-Rector, University of Helsinki)
Welcoming Words
Peter A. Kraus (RECODE Programme Chair, University of Helsinki)
Introduction
Rainer Bauböck (European University Institute, Florence/Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Territory, Birthright and Language: The Particularistic Sources of Political Community
Keith Banting (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario)
Is the Atlantic Getting Bigger or Smaller? Multiculturalism and Civic Integration in Canada and Europe
Ferran Requejo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
Conceptual and Institutional Shortcomings in Plurinational Democracies
Riva Kastoryano (CNRS-CERI-Sciences Po, Paris
De-territorialised Diversity: Global and Transnational Dimensions
Public Discussion chaired by Peter A. Kraus (University of Helsinki)
The event will be followed by a reception (19:00-20:00).
RECODE Workshop #1
Linguistic Diversity and the Changing Dynamics of Political Integration
Helsinki, Finland - May 6th-7th, 2011
Convenors: Peter A. Kraus (University of Helsinki)
Tünde Puskás (Linköping University)
The workshop will explore the key issues of language politics in European democracies, contrasting these with the Canadian experience. It will focus on how political integration can be achieved in the context of institutional settings committed to maintaining linguistic diversity. The workshop sessions are structured along three major thematic lines: 1) Linguistic diversity, nation-building and nationalism, 2) Language, transnational integration, and Europeanization, and 3) Language and the politics of immigration.
Full Workshop Description
Workshop Final Report
Programme:
Friday May 6th - Workshop Day 1
Session 1 - Linguistic Diversity, Nation-Building and Nationalism
10:00 - 12:30 Session 1A
- Nenad Stojanovic, Switzerland - Direct Democracy and the Political Integration of Linguistic Minorities in a Multilingual Country
- Linda Cardinal, Canada - Language Regimes in Canada and in Quebec: From Competition to Collaboration?
- Albert Branchadell, Spain - One Nation, One (Common) Language? Language and Nationalism in 21st Century Catalonia
Keith Banting, Canada - Discussant
14.00 - 16:30 Session 1B
- Pasi Saukkonen, Finland - The Finnish Paradox: Language and Politics in Finland
- Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin, Ireland - The Politics of Double Minorities, Revitalisation and Regeneration of Irish
- Donna Patrick, Canada - Indigeneity and the Politics of Language in Canada
John Erik Fossum, Norway - Discussant
Session 2 - Language and the Dynamics of Transnational Integration/Europeanization
17:00 - 19:30
- Guus Extra, Netherlands - Towards a European Index of Multilingual Policies and Practices
- Jean-Claude Barbier, France - Languages, Political Cultures and Solidarity in Europe
- Peter A. Kraus, Finland - The Politics of Linguistic Diversity at the European Level
Keith Battarbee, Finland - Discussant
Saturday May 7th - Workshop Day 2
Session 3 - Language and the Politics of Immigration
10:00 - 12:30
- Ayelet Banai, Germany - The Languages of the Social Contract
- Silvia Adamo, Denmark - What's the Point? Policies on Immigration and the Language Issue in Denmark
- Tünde Puskás, Sweden - Managing Immigrant Multilingualism in Monolingual Swedish Schools
Johanne Poirier, Belgium - Discussant