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Opening Ceremony of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032 in Iceland with the Vigdís Prize Recipients

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Opening Ceremony of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032 in Iceland with the Vigdís Prize Recipients

Hátíðarsalur, University of Iceland, Main Building
22 April 2022, 9:00-12:30

Programme:

09:00-10:00     Launch of IDIL2022-2032 in Iceland and an Introduction to The Living Language Lab Exhibition 

  • Moderator: Sæunn Stefánsdóttir, Chair of the Icelandic UNESCO Committee
  • Tawfik Jelassi, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information
  • Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir, Secretary of the Icelandic UNESCO Committee
  • Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector, University of Iceland
  • Ólöf Garðarsdóttir, Dean, School of Humanities, University of Iceland
  • Ann-Sofie Nielsen Gremaud, Associate Professor of Danish, Chair of Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding
  • Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Professor Emerita, Representative of Iceland in the Steering Committee of IDIL 2022-2032 and Director of The Living Language Lab
  • Prof Peter K. Austin, SOAS, University of London

10:00-10:30     Break

10:30-12:30     Seminar: Cultural Production and Language Futures: Perspectives from the West
Nordics

  • Moderator: Ann-Sofie Nielsen Gremaud, Associate Professor of Danish, Chair of Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding
  • Jonhard Mikkelsen, Linguist, teacher, publisher and Vigdís Prize Winner 2020: On Faroese On-line Dictionaries
  • Katti Frederiksen, Linguist, poet, writer, publisher, activist and Vigdís Prize Winner 2021: Greenlandic is not for sale!
  • Prof Peter K. Austin, SOAS, University of London: Revitalising Indigenous Languages and Cultures: A Global Perspective

12:30             Refreshments in Veröld – House of Vigdís

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