CALPIU'12:Higher education across borders: Transcultural interaction and linguistic diversity

CALPIU'12:Higher education across borders: Transcultural interaction and linguistic diversity

 

CALPIU will host its 2nd international conference CALPIU'12:Higher education across borders: Transcultural interaction and linguistic diversity.

The conference CALPIU’12 will take place in or near Roskilde, Denmark from April 1, 2012 (registration) through April 4, 2012.

In December 2008, CALPIU organized a conference (CALPIU’08). This will be followed up by a second conference, also in Roskilde, in April 2012. As in 2008, the purpose of CALPIU’12 is to discuss various aspects of the consequences of transnational student mobility.

The following scholars have accepted our invitation to participate in the conference:


Keynote speakers

François Grin (Université de Genève) link
Multi- v. Unilingualism in Higher Education: Interpreting the Notion of Cost

Andy Kirkpatrick (The Hong Kong Institute of Education) link
Is internationalisation Englishization? 

Joan Turner (Goldsmiths University of London) link
Foregrounding Language in Transnational Higher Education


Panelists

The conference will also feature a panel of invited speakers who will present and discuss various approaches to multilingualism at the international university. The panelists are:

Hanne Leth Andersen (Roskilde University) link (panel chair)
François Grin (Université de Genève) link
Andy Kirkpatrick (Hong Kong Institute of Education) link
Jan Lindström (University of Helsinki) link
Jean-Jacques Weber (University of Luxembourg) link
Peter Harder (University of Copenhagen) link
 
CALPIU'12 promises to be a truly significant event, and we sincerely hope to see you there!

Call for papers is now available here.