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Scientific Council Babylon
International Symposium on Bilingualism
New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe
Wasif Shadid appointed as member of the Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs
Rubicon grant for Seza Dogruoz
Education
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Scientific Council Babylon
2009

The yearly meeting of the Scientific Council of Babylon took place on June 8, 2009. The Scientific Council is composed of:

  • prof. Arie de Ruijter (dean, Tilburg University)
  • prof. Hugo Baetens-Beardsmore (VU Brussel)
  • prof. Halleh Ghorashi (VU Amsterdam)
  • dr. Paul de Gucheteneire (UNESCO)
  • prof. Maddy Janssens (KU Leuven)
  • prof. Theo Verhallen (Tilburg University)
  • prof. Gerard Wiegers (RU Nijmegen)


International Symposium on Bilingualism
Utrecht
8-11 July, 2009


The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS) at Utrecht University, hosts the 7th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB7) from July, 8 - 11, 2009.

Keynote Speakers: Shyamala Chengappa (All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India), Guus Extra (University of Tilburg, Netherlands), Pieter Muysken (Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands), Nuria Sebastian-Gallés (Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia), Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh, Scotland), Sarah Thomason (University of Michigan, USA).

More information on http://cms.let.uu.nl/isb7/index.php

New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe
Dubrovnik, Croatia
11-15 April, 2010


You are kindly invited to participate at the International Conference on New Challenges for Multilingualism in Europe, to be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in April 2010.
The conference is organized by LINEE - European Network of Excellence. Herewith you can find the First Announcement and Call for Papers. You can learn more about the upcoming event at the conference web-site: http://www.amiando.com/lineeconference

All reasearchers of multilingualism and language diversity, and others interested in participating are welcome to join us in Dubrovnik.

LINEE Organizing Committee

Wasif Shadid appointed as member of the Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs

Wasif Shadid is appointed as member of the Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs. The Advisory Committee on Migration Affairs (Adviescommissie voor Vreemdelingenzaken - ACVZ) is an independent Committee that advises the Dutch Government and Parliament on immigration law and policy. The members of the ACVZ are appointed by the Government for a period of 4 years.

For more information see: http://www.acvz.com/index.php?home_nl .

Rubicon grant for Seza Dogruoz

Seza Dogruoz has received a Rubicon grant from NWO. She will stay at the University of California at Santa Barbara for 1 year.



Education



Publications

Extra, G., M. Spotti & P. Van Avermaet (2009). Language Testing, Migration and Citizenship: Cross-National Perspectives on Integration Regimes. London: Continuum.

Shadid, W. (2009). Moslims in de media: de mythe van de registrerende journalistiek. In: Vellenga, S. et al. (red.), Mist in de polder. Zicht op ontwikkelingen omtrent de islam in Nederland. Aksant, Amsterdam, pp. 173-193.

Siebers, H. (2009a). 'Discrimination and Cultural Closure at Work: Evidence from Two Dutch Organizations’, in: S. Alghasi, Th. Eriksen and H. Ghorashi (eds.) Paradoxes of cultural recognition: Perspectives from Norway and The Netherlands, Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, pp. 91-109.

Siebers, H. (2009b). Bureaucratic organizational practices and the production of racioethnic inequality at work’, Journal of Management and Organization, 15 (1): 62-81.

Siebers, H. (2009c). ‘Registreren van etniciteit is spelen met vuur’, Openbaar Bestuur, 19 (2): 2-6.

Siebers, H. (2009d). ‘Struggles for Recognition: The Politics of Racioethnic Identity among Dutch National Tax Administrators’, Scandinavian Journal of Management, 25 (1): 73-84.



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