Languages Forum Update November 2018

Recent and up-coming language-related news and activities in Canberra and Sydney. Overview below and full copy downloadable from HERE

1. Language students speak out!

• Reaction to threat to discontinue Indonesian language program at Narrabundah College
• For local media coverage, which led to a  discussion of languages education more generally: 
• Canberra Radio 15 November 
• Canberra Radio 16 November intro 
• Canberra Radio 16 November  
• Student action following discontinuation of Diploma of Languages at ANU
• Related article in Woroni, the ANU student newspaper  

2. Celebrating and promoting multilingual Canberra

• At the National Multicultural Festival (NMF)
• Languages as a resource for all – a position paper 

3. Some language happenings at the ANU in November 

• ‘Three Languages - Three Cultures: Narratives from the Middle East’ 22-23 November  
• Summer School: ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language 26-30 November  
• Persian Summer short courses 29 October-6 December  

4. Upcoming events in Sydney 

What kind of public good is language maintenance? Wednesday 5 December

Multilingual Sydney: New people, new city Saturday 15 December 2018

Feedback and contributions to future Updates welcome. Please email languagesact@gmail.com 

Conference: ‘Three Languages - Three Cultures: Narratives from the Middle East’

Hosted by the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) this interdisciplinary conference is open to all scholars, students, professionals and members of the public with an interest in the three Middle Eastern languages: Arabic, Persian and Turkish as well as their respective cultures.

• Thursday 22 November and Friday 23 November    
• ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (CAIS) at the ANU
• COST  $100 and $50 for students

The conference will delve into the complexity and the diversity of the Middle East and will investigate both the synchronic and diachronic characteristics of the three languages selected. This will reveal new insights into the various aspects of Art, Culture, Gender, Identity, Language, Literature, Media and Communication, Comparative Studies as well as Language Teaching and Planning.

This is the first conference in Australia to simultaneously cover these three languages. It will ignite your imagination and enrich your understanding of the region. It will include renowned keynote speakers who will examine the rich languages and cultural content of the Middle East: the poetry, calligraphy, art and literature.

For copy of the program CLICK HERE 

For more information: caisconference2018@anu.edu.au