10:15 Registration + coffee/tea
10:45 Opening words
11:00 Migration in sub-state territories with historical-linguistic minorities: main challenges and new perspectives.
Roberta Medda-Windischer (European Academy of Bolzano)
11:45 Multilingual Education as Asset and Aim.
Joana Duarte & Alex Riemersma (RUG / NHL)
12:30 Lunch
13:30 The multilingual turn: integrated approaches towards dealing with perse languages at school
Gabriela Meier (University of Exeter)
14:15 Learning about multilingual education from bilingual schools – Slovene and German as bridges in the eyes of pupils, parents and teachers.
Judith Purkarthofer (University of Oslo)
15:00 How immigrant languages can benefit the learning of Irish: the case of Scoil Brhíde, Blanchardstown.
David Little (Trinity College Dublin)
15:45 Coffee / tea + discussion: What can Fryslân learn from this?
16:45 Closing remarks
17:00 Drinks
The effects of migration on the position of minority languages
Mercator symposium 11 November 2016
Participation is free and includes lunch. Online registration is obligatory
Location: De Koperen Tuin, Prinsentuin 1, Leeuwarden
Organisation contact person:
Please register before 04-11-2016 at https://www.fryske-akademy.nl/_form/mercator-symposium/