MINELRES: Mercator Newsletter 39: April 2008

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number 39 - Apr 2008         

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mercator legislation                     
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mercator media
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This Mercator-newsletter informs you about the news from the three
Mercator-centres. Mercator Legislation is located at the CIEMEN
foundation in Barcelona, Mercator Media at the University of Wales in
Aberystwyth and the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism
and Language Learning (the Mercator Research Centre for short) at the
Fryske Akademy in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden. It appears eleven times a year
and is linked to the internet sites of each Mercator-centre. For change
of address, information, or other you can contact us -
[email protected].

 
mercator research centre

Euro commissioner Leonard Orban in Fryslan 
Dutch Minister visited Mercator Research Centre 
Mercator Research Centre invited speakers to Yiddish Festival Leeuwarden 
Multilingual education in Latvia
Sociolinguistic Symposium SS17

mercator legislation

Dutch Government reluctant to implement European Charter 
Basque Autonomous Communities Spain cooperate in language policy 
Greece fails to respect human rights of its Turkish community 
Roma community still suffers discrimination 
 
mercator media 

Breton Web TV launches new Web sitcom 
Celtic Media Festival takes place in Galway, Ireland 
Gaelic music programme, Rapal, launches song competition 
Basque youth publication Gaztezulo wins media award 

Events

http://www.cyfrwng.com/e/conference/index.shtml
1 - 2 May 2008: Conference Cyfrwng 2008 in Aberystwyth, Wales (UK) is
aimed to analyse the ways in which Wales and similar societies are
responding to the challenges of convergence in a global context. The
conference title will be: �New Platforms: Convergence� 

http://www.icaes2008.org/
15 - 23 July 2008: The 16th World Congress of the International Union of
Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (ICAES 2008) in Kunming City,
Yunnan Province, China

http://www.atiner.gr/docs/Literature.htm
28 - 31 July 2008: The 1st International conference on Philology, i.e.
languages, literatures and linguistics. Organized by the Athens
Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.)

http://www.mercator-research.eu/conferences/2008-september-25-26-27
25 � 27 September 2008: The 12th Conference of the Foundation for
Endangered Languages (FEL) �Endangered Languages and Language Learning�
in Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, the Netherlands

http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/students/resources/islandsinbetween.htm
6 - 8 November 2008: 11th Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures Conference
�The Islands in Between� in Curaeao. Information regarding the
conference and call for papers available on the Islands In Between
webpage

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