Category Archives: Events

February 7, 2012
Speaker: Prof. Juliette Blevins, Linguistics Program
12:00 – 2:00pm
RM 9204, 9205 & 9206, CUNY Graduate Center

May 31 – June 1, 2012
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Tīmoti Kāretu, Māori / Jessie little doe Baird, Wôpanâak
CUNY Graduate Center

The Endangered Language Initiative of The CUNY Graduate Center and the International Centre for Language Revitalisation of the Auckland University of Technology will be holding this two day conference on language revitalization at The Graduate Center in New York City. The first day will include two keynote addresses and a host of invited speakers, while the second day will include a poster session and film festival. 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.

Abstracts on language revitalization are welcomed for poster presentation at the symposium. Abstracts are limited to one single-spaced page, including data and examples. All text should fit within an A4 page, 12-point font with 2.5cm (approx. 1-inch) margin all around. Abstract submission is by e-mail attachment only. Save your abstract as a PDF file and name it with your last name. Send the abstract as a PDF attachment to the following address: langrevit21st@gmail.com. In your e-mail, please make sure to include the following information:

Title of your paper
Name(s) of author(s)
Affiliation (department and university, or organization)
Preferred e-mail address (where notification of acceptance should be sent).

Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance: January 16th, 2012

Please visit the conference website here

May 19, 2011
Prof Tania Ka’ai, Director of the National Maori Language Institute in New Zealand, is interested in collaborating on a Symposium on Language Revitalisation in New York City in May 2012, with the CUNY Graduate Center/Endangered Language Initiative as a partner.  The National Maori Language Institute has expanded and now has an International Centre of Language Revitalisation.  For more information on the planning meeting, contact Professor Blevins.

April 7, 2011
invited talk
Prof. Juliette Blevins and Dr. Daniel Kaufman
Language Week at Yale

March 11, 2011
Invited talk
Prof. Juliette Blevins and Dr. Daniel Kaufman
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Foreign Languages Week Celebration