The CUNY Graduate Center and the International Centre for Language Revitalisation of the Auckland University of Technology will hold a two-day symposium on language revitalization in New York City May 31st – June 1st 2012. The first day will include two keynote addresses and a host of invited speakers, followed by an evening reception in honor of Dr. Joshua Fishman, concluding with a film screening and roundtable with Dr. Tīmoti Kāretu and Dr. Wharehuia Milroy (Māori). The second day will include a poster session, presentations from UNESCO, the Smithsonian Institution and the International Centre for Language Revitalisation, concluding with a film festival and roundtable hosted in cooperation with the Film and Video Center of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. A central goal of the symposium is to share successful revitalization strategies. Oral presentations will be organized around the following themes:

• Learning that works
• Development of tools, resources, and materials
• Collaborative initiatives between communities and academics
• Increasing awareness of threatened languages and revitalization movements

Our event schedule can be found here.

Day 1: Thursday 31 May 2012, 9:00am – 5:00pm (registration begins at 8:00am)
Segal Theater
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Click here for directions

Evening: Thursday 31 May 2012, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
National Museum of the American Indian – Auditorium
One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004. Click here for directions

Day 2: Friday 1 June 2012, 9:00am – 5:00pm
National Museum of the American Indian – Auditorium
One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004. Click here for directions

Keynote Speakers

• Dr. Tīmoti Kāretu, Māori
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• Jesse Little Doe Baird, Wôpanâak
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