Events
HRELP arranges regular events for staff and students interested in the issues surrounding
language endangerment and language documentation.
 Endangered Languages Week
Go to ELW page
30 April - 8 May 2008. A week of films, displays, discussions
and workshops presenting
what is being done to document, archive and support endangered
languages at HRELP and around the world.
The theme is “What can WE do?”, exploring
how researchers, students, language community members and
members of the public can work together to address the challenges
of global language and cultural loss.
 Discussion and debate: ‘Individuals
should be encouraged to reduce their language footprint’. All welcome.
Wednesday 30 April, 11am FG08
 UK
Premiere!! The Linguists follows linguists David
Harrison and Gregory Anderson, as they race to document
languages on the verge of extinction. David and Greg’s
round-the-world journey takes them deep into the heart of
the cultures, knowledge, and communities at stake. David
Harrison will introduce the film and lead discussion afterwards.
Admission free. Khalili Lecture Theatre, 7pm, Wednesday
7 May.
Seminars
ELAP runs a regular seminar series.
See the seminars page for details.
Workshops
HRELP also runs workshops. See the workshops page for details.
Annual Public Lecture
Previous Lectures:
Previous Events
Conference: Language Documentation & Linguistic Theory
This
conference took place at SOAS from 7-8 December 2007. It marked
75 years of Linguistics at SOAS and 5 years of the Endangered
Languages Project. See the conference
website and programme.
Endangered languages week
23-26 April 2007 - a week of theatre,
film and exhibition. See the
ELW 2007 page.
Book launch: Atlas of the World’s Languages, 2nd edition ...more information
Film screening: The Last Speakers...more information
Film screening (UK Premiere): In Language We Live - voices of the world
...more information
 Exhibition: Endangered Voices, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, explored themes of language endangerment
...more information
HRELP staff and students are active in events around the world.
See the external events page for details.
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