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Report of 1st lecture
Trace Foundation Launched First Lecture Series, November 22, 2008
On November 22, Trace Foundation successfully launched a new lecture series program in New York City, with the first series entitled, Minority Language in Today’s Global Society. The lecture series program creates a forum for exchange and discussion between Tibetan specialists and other regional, disciplinary, and professional experts on a variety of issues, with the aim of promoting greater insights, cooperation, and new activities in the work of all those involved. The opening lecture event was an introduction to the series exploring various challenges, supports, and developments for minority languages throughout the world in general, with a focus on Tibetan language in China. Lectures were given by five distinguished speakers from various backgrounds. The full-day event filled Latse Library’s Reading Room with a diverse audience of people from backgrounds such as linguistics, education, journalism, linguistic and cultural maintenance, and more.
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Report of 2nd lecture
Perspectives in Mother Tongue Education, February 21-22, 2009
On February 21, Trace Foundation marked the tenth annual International Mother Language Day with a two-day lecture event at Latse Library in New York City. This followed up on November’s opening session of the Minority Language in Today’s Global Society lecture series.
In this second session, entitled “Perspectives in Mother Tongue Education,” the focus was on the possibilities and challenges involved in implementing mother tongue education across the world, and particularly in Tibetan communities in China. Trace Foundation was honored to host François Grin, Professor of Economics at the School of Translation and Interpretation (ETI) of the University of Geneva in Switzerland; Shawo Dondrup, Project Manager of Trace Foundation’s Pilot Project Hainan Prefecture Junior Middle School of Qinghai Province in China; Minglang Zhou, Associate Professor and Chair of the East Asian Studies Department at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania; Tenzin Norbu Nangsal, Instructor of Modern Tibetan Language at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute; and Tove Skuttnabb-Kangas, Professor Emerita of both the University of Roskilde’s Department of Languages and Cultures in Denmark and Åbo Akademi University’s Department of Education in Finland.
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