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Conference Announcement Theme: Linguistic Justice and Migration Type: International Workshop Institution: Research in Political Philosophy and Ethics Leuven (RIPPLE), KU Leuven Location: Leuven (Belgium) – Online Date: 15.–16.9.2021 __________________________________________________ We are pleased to announce the Workshop Linguistic Justice and Migration will be taking place on September 15-16, 2021 at KU Leuven, Belgium. This is a two-day international workshop, where international scholars will present their original work. The workshop is organized by Seunghyun Song and Professor Helder De Schutter, who are members of RIPPLE (Research in Political Philosophy and Ethics Leuven) at KU Leuven. Date: September 15-16, 2021 Time: 12.00-17.45 Place: Blended format Room S, Institute of Philosophy, Kardinaal Mercierplein 2, BE-3000 Leuven, Belgium (bus 3200) & Zoom Description With the steady increase of migration, theories of linguistic justice face new challenges. English is becoming the lingua franca across the globe, as well as within many countries, posing a concern for speakers of local languages. The language rights and duties of immigrants is becoming a pressing concern, competing with the language rights and duties of dominant majorities and national minorities. Reflecting the rising concern, few authors have addressed issues that relate to linguistic justice and migration. To expand the scope of the literature, this workshop examines theories of linguistic justice that provide answers to challenges raised by migration. We have invited authors who provide novel and original insights on the intersection of linguistic justice and migration. It is funded by the migration and justice project at KU Leuven’s research group RIPPLE. This workshop also stands as a kickoff event for the Linguistic Justice Society. The aim of this society is to promote the coordination of all the research carried out by scholars working on language, politics and ethics, and to disseminate this research in the academic and the public arena. The event is open to any researchers who are interested in the issue of language and everyone is welcome to join. It would be a wonderful opportunity to enlarge the scope of the Linguistic Justice Society, where we can meet new researchers and plan together future events, collaborations and publications. The workshop will have speakers’ original papers pre-circulated in order to maximize the time paid to active academic debate. Please find the detailed schedule below. Schedule September 15 (Day 1) 12.00-12.15 Opening 12.15-13.15 Matteo Bonotti (Monash University) 13.15-14.15 Francois Boucher (KU Leuven) 14.15-14.30 Coffee Break 14.30-15.30 Ethan Nowak (Umea University) 15.30-16.30 Yael Peled (McGill University) 19.00 Dinner September 16 (Day 2) 12.00-13.30 Working Lunch: Launch of Lingusitic Justice Society 13.30-14.30 Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore) 14.30-15.30 Seunghyun Song (KU Leuven) 15.30-15.45 Coffee Break 15.45-16.45 David Robichaud (Université d'Ottawa) 16.45-17.45 Philippe Van Parijs (UC Louvain) 17.45 Closing Organizers: Seunghyun Song and Professor Helder De Schutter For further information, please email Seunghyun Song: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
