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Conference Programme

Preliminary Information

The conference will have 3 keynotes, 3 roundtables, and parallel sessions with individual papers and panels.

This is a tentative programme and information might change. Please check this page regurarly for updates.

Keynotes

Keynote 1

Linguistic diversity, language policy and language ideology in India

Day: 22 May | Time: 9:30 | Location: room to be defined at ISCTE and online

Aditi Ghosh

Calcutta University, India

Rudolf Muhr

Graz, Austria

Keynote 3

Bettina Migge

University College Dublin, Ireland

Roundtables

Roundtable 1

Language testing and certification

Day: 22 May | Time: 16:30 | Location: to be defined, ISCTE

Coordinator

MC
Margarita Correia

University of Lisbon, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Invited Speakers

Carla Amorós Negre

University of Salamanca, Spain

Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi

SOAS University of London, England

Yassine Boussagui

Ibn Zohr University, Morocco (online)

Roundtable 2

Diversity in Language and Art

Day: 23 May | Time: 16:30 | Location: to be defined, ISCTE

Coordinator

AM
Ana Raquel Matias

ISCTE – University Insitute of Lisbon, Portugal

Invited Speakers

Ana M. Carvalho

University of Arizona, USA

GC
Graça Castanheira

Polytechnical Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

Roundtable 3

National vs. transnational frames in the description of pluricentric languages

Day: 24 May | Time: 09:00 | Location: to be defined, ISCTE

Coordinator

BM
Benjamin Meisnitzer

University of Leipzig, Germany

Invited Speakers

CK
Clara Keating

University of Coimbra, Portugal

Máté Huber

University of Szeged, Hungary

Stefan Dollinger

University of British Columbia, Canada

Provisional Programme

Time

May 22 Thursday

Time

May 23 Friday

Time

May 24 Saturday

8:00 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:30

Opening Session

Morning I

9:00 - 10:30

Keynote 2

Morning I

9:00 - 10:30

Roundtable 3

Morning I

9:30 - 11:00

Keynote 1

11:00 - 11:30

coffee break

10:30 - 11:00

coffee break

10:30 - 11:00

coffee break

Morning II

11:30 - 13:00

Panel/paper Sessions

Morning II

11:00 - 13:00

Panel/paper Sessions

Morning II

11:00 - 13:00

Panel/paper Sessions

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch (not included in the registration fee)

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch (not included in the registration fee)

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch (not included in the registration fee)

Afternoon I

14:30- 16:00

Panel/paper Sessions

Afternoon I

14:30- 16:00

Panel/paper Sessions

Afternoon I

14:30- 16:00

Panel/paper Sessions

16:00 - 16:30

coffee break

16:00 - 16:30

coffee break

16:00 - 16:30

coffee break

Afternoon II

16:30 - 18:00

Roundtable 1

Afternoon II

16:30 - 18:00

Roundtable 2

Afternoon II

16:30 - 18:00

Keynote 2

Evening

Gala dinner (optional and paid separately)

18:00-18:15

Closing session

Conference Programme (version 21 May 2025)

Local times in Portugal (UTC+1)
This is the final programme.