Congreso, coloquio o simposio

The International Working Group on Non-Dominant Varieties of Pluricentric Languages (WGNDV) is pleased to announce its 11th conference on Pluricentric Languages and their Non-Dominant Varieties, with the title Pluricentric Languages and Power: At the Crossroads of Legacies, to be held at the Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, and online (hybrid mode) from 22 to 24 May 2025.

The event is organised by the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology at the Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-Iscte), the Research Center for General and Applied Linguistics at the University of Coimbra (CELGA-ILTEC), and the Programme in Portuguese as a Foreign Language/Second Language at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon.

The main objective of the 11th WGNDV conference is to extend our knowledge on pluricentric languages and theory. To that end, we welcome scholars, policy makers, and other civil society actors from all over the world to provide their insights into the linguistic situation, the specific characteristics of pluricentric languages and their varieties, and their relevance for pluricentric theory.

This international conference builds on the previous ten conferences and workshops held in Graz (2011), Salamanca (2012), Guildford (2014), Graz (2015), Mainz (2017), Nitra (2018), Graz (2019), Stockholm (2019), Graz (online 2021), and Leipzig (online 2023), all of which resulted in published volumes. Our conferences and workshops explore the field, define terminology, theory and concepts associated with the descriptions of pluricentricity, describe the current situation of non-dominant standards as comprehensively as possible and discuss sociological, educational and cultural implications of managing language standard systems.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English, Portuguese (slides in English)

To be announced.

Chairs of the conference:

Ana Raquel Matias (Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal)

Máté Huber (University of Szeged, Hungary)

Tanara Zingano Kuhn (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Organising Committee:

Ana Raquel Matias (Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal)

Benjamin Meisnitzer (University of Leipzig, Germany)

Margarita Correia (University of Lisbon, University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Maria Eugenia Lammoglia Duarte (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Máté Huber (University of Szeged, Hungary)

Paulo Feytor Pinto (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Stefan Dollinger (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Tanara Zingano Kuhn (University of Coimbra, Portugal)