>From: Bernard Spolsky <spolsb who-is-at mail.biu.ac.il>
>Subject: Language Policy at the Millenium
>
>
>LANGUAGE POLICY AT THE MILLENIUM
>
>CALL for RESEARCH REPORTS, CASE STUDIES, PROBLEM STATEMENTS in
>LANGUAGE PLANNING and POLICY
>
>The Language Policy Research Center in cooperation with the Lechter
>Institute and the Lewis Family Fund for International Conferences in the
>Humanities are now planning the Second International Symposium on
>Language Policy, Language Policy at the Millennium, to be held at
>Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, from November 23-25, 1999.
>
>Our goal for the Symposium is to provide an opportunity to reassess the
>current status of language policy studies at the end of the century and
>to clarify theory and methods of the field. We hope to identify
>questions and define guidelines for the next decade of research.
>
>Six invited papers will serve as conceptual and theoretical jumping off
>points for the shorter research reports and case studies requested in
>this call. The focal papers will be given by Joshua A. Fishman, Joseph
>Lo Bianco, Lachman Khubchandani, Peter Nelde, Carol Myers-Scotton, and
>Bernard Spolsky. In order to offer data-based challenges to the
>discussion, we invite abstracts of research reports, case studies or
>statements of a problem in the field of language policy and planning,
>from which we will select a small number for presentation, each to be
>juxtaposed with one of the focal papers. In addition, there will be a
>poster session for presentation of individual research.
>
>Please submit your abstract of a proposal for a short research report,
>case study, or statement of a problem in an area of language policy by
>March 1, 1999 to Joel Walters at the address below. Notification of
>acceptance will be sent by April 15, 1999.
>
>If you have questions, feel free to contact us.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Organizing Committee:
>Muhammad Amara, Bar-Ilan University
>Ellen Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University
>Joel Walters, Bar-Ilan University
>Elana Shohamy, Tel-Aviv University
>Bernard Spolsky, Bar-Ilan University
>
>Language Policy Research Center
>Faculty of Humanities
>Bar-Ilan University
>Ramat Gan, Israel 52900
>Tel. 972-3-531-8125
>Fax 972-3-535-4062
>Email: waltej who-is-at mail.biu.ac.il
>
>Additional information will soon be available on the LPRC website:
>http:/www.biu.il/HU/lprc