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Languages in European University Alliances: challenges and issues
Les langues dans les universités européennes : défis et enjeux
Published on Wednesday, August 03, 2022
Abstract
Strategic partnerships across the EU between higher education institutions encouraged the emergence of European Universities, a key driver for improving the quality of Higher Education and strengthening links with the European research and innovation landscape, but also with society and the economy. Which will be the role of languages in University Alliances’ strategies for interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches, maintaining different contextual linguistic, rhetorical, and disciplinary traditions? Will multilingualism be enhanced, and with what perspectives? The CEL/ELC (European Language Council) Forum intends to bring together contributions, experiences, and reflections on the role of languages in HELP (Language Policy in Higher Education), on strategies for their valorisation, on intercomprehension practices, on methodologies and actions to promote plurilingualism.
Announcement
University of Sevilla, 1st-2nd of December 2022
Argument
Strategic partnerships across the EU between higher education institutions encouraged the emergence of European Universities, “consisting in bottom-up networks of universities across the EU which will enable students to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and contribute to the international competitiveness of European universities” (https://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/higher-education/european-universitiesinitiative). That is why the European Universities Initiative is one of the flagship programmes of the European Union to build a European Education Area, co-developed by higher education institutions, student organisations, Member States, and the European Commission.
European Universities are transnational alliances that will become the universities of the future, promoting European values and identity, and revolutionising the quality and competitiveness of European Higher Education. European universities will be a key driver for improving the quality of Higher Education and strengthening links with the European research and innovation landscape, but also with society and the economy. By 2025, each alliance will have defined a common, long-term strategy for education, research, and innovation, involving a high level of integration in cooperation between its members.
This initiative will achieve an unprecedented level of cooperation between higher education institutions in Europe, at all levels of organisation and in all fields of activity (education, research, and innovation). Most alliances have a transdisciplinary approach. These alliances do not have a dominant theme and focus on cross-cutting issues for joint work, for example on themes such as education and citizenship, digital technology, the environment, societal transformations, or health; other alliances focus on a specialisation.
- In this overall scenario, what role will languages play?
- Which new frameworks must be designed (and by who) for science communication, for knowledge transfer and multilingual needs?
- Which new language policies must be conceived and implemented?
- Which will be the role of languages in University Alliances’ strategies for interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches, maintaining different contextual linguistic, rhetorical, and disciplinary traditions?
- Will multilingualism be enhanced, and with what perspectives?
The CEL/ELC Forum intends to bring together contributions, experiences, and reflections on the role of languages in HELP, on strategies for their valorisation, on intercomprehension practices, on methodologies and actions to promote plurilingualism.
We therefore invite ELC members and non-members, who participate through their universities in these alliances, to submit contributions on the topic.
Submission guidelines
Abstracts (max 500 words) should be sent to celelc@unicatt.it
by 30 September 2022.
Notification of acceptance/rejection will be given by 15 October 2022.
Registration deadline: 15 November 2022.
Registration fee: (All fees are waived for ELC members with up-to-date membership fees):
- € 100 for presenters
- € 50 for participants
Scientific Committee
- Vilma Bijeikienė, Vytautas Magnus University
- Manuel Célio Conceição, Universidade do Algarve
- Diana Cotrău, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
- Rosa Maria Frejaville, Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne
- Marina González Sanz, Universidad de Sevilla
- Adelaida Hermoso Mellado-Damas, Universidad de Sevilla
- Michael Kelly, University of Southampton
- Roma Kriaučiūnienė, Vilnius University
- Wolfgang Mackiewicz, Freie Universität Berlin
- Javier Martos, Universidad de Sevilla
- Kris Peeters, University of Antwerp
- María del Carmen Arau Ribeiro, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda
- Ruth Tobias, Freie Universität Berlin
- Leonarda Trapassi, Universidad de Sevilla
- Mireia Trenchs-Parera, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Jolanta Urbanikowa, University of Warsaw
- Piet Van de Craen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Maurizio Viezzi, Università di Trieste
- Maria Teresa Zanola, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Organizing Committee
- Manuel Célio Conceição, Universidade do Algarve
- Roma Kriaučiūnienė, Vilnius University
- José Javier Martos Ramos, Universidad de Sevilla
- Kris Peeters, University of Antwerp
- Anna Serpente, CEL/ELC Secretariat
- Maria Teresa Zanola, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Local Organizing Committee at Universidad de Sevilla
- José Javier Martos Ramos
- Carmelo Averna
- Bettina Kaminski
- Marta López Haldón
- Inmaculada Rosal Bustamante
- Carmela Simmarano
CEL/ELC Secretariat
Anna Serpente, CEL/ELC
Subjects
- Language (Main category)
- Society > Science studies
- Periods > Modern > Twenty-first century
- Periods > Modern > Prospective
- Zones and regions > Europe
- Mind and language > Education
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology
Places
- Universidade de Sevilla
Seville, Kingdom of Spain
Event attendance modalities
Full on-site event
Date(s)
- Friday, September 30, 2022
Attached files
Keywords
- language policy, multilingualism, higher education, european university, language
Contact(s)
- Maria Teresa Zanola
courriel : osservatorio [dot] terminologie [at] unicatt [dot] it
Information source
- Maria Teresa Zanola
courriel : osservatorio [dot] terminologie [at] unicatt [dot] it
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Languages in European University Alliances: challenges and issues », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, August 03, 2022, https://calenda.org/1011654
