Multilingual (Con)figurations: Catalan and Ukrainian in dialogue
- 👤 Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- 📅 Date & Time: Friday 24 March 2017, 09:30 - 14:00
- 📍 Venue: Wine Room, King's College, Cambridge
Abstract
Offering a rare opportunity for collaboration between Hispanic and Slavonic studies, while also directing broader debates, this interdisciplinary workshop seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the implications of multilingualism for minority languages and their related cultural identities.
09:30-10:30 Session 1: Language, State and Territory- Dr Helena Buffery (University College Cork): Re-mapping the Translation Zone: Languages in/and relation in the Catalan-speaking territories
- Professor Michael Moser (University of Vienna): Ukrainian: A state language in need of support
- Dr Uilleam Blacker (University College London): Minor, Minority and Multiple: Challenges and opportunities of reading Ukraine’s complex literary heritage
- Dr Jordi Cornellà Detrell (University of Glasgow): Multilingualism in Contemporary Catalan Literature
- Professor Antonio Monegal Brancos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra): On the Margins: The other languages of Catalonia
- Dr Tanya Zaharchenko (University of Oslo): Language and the Nation: Formulas of betrayal
12:45-13:15 Session 4: Roundtable/Open Discussion
Refreshments and buffet lunch will be provided
Part of the OWRI Project, Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies.
Series This talk is part of the Slavonic Studies series.
Included in Lists
- Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Lecture Series
- CamCREES seminars (Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies)
- Featured lists
- Slavonic Studies
- Wine Room, King's College, Cambridge
Note: Ex-directory lists are not shown.
![[Talks.cam]](/static/images/talkslogosmall.gif)

Speaker to be confirmed
Friday 24 March 2017, 09:30-14:00