Date: 12-Sep-2011 – 15-Sep-2011. Location: Barcelona, Spain. Contact: Carmen Perez. Contact Email: bilingualism.schoolupf.edu.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Meeting Description:

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, September 12-15, 2011

The aim of the summer school is to bring together prominent experts on bilingualism and multilingualism who represent different disciplinary approaches and will discuss state-of-the-art research on the cognitive and cultural aspects of bi- and multilingualism.

The school is intended for post-graduate students and researchers interested in an updated overview of the field in an international academic context.

Courses will be taught by:

Lera Boroditsky (Stanford University, Palo Alto)
Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country, Donostia)
Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York, Albany)
Pieter Muysken (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
Norman Segalowitz (Concordia University, Montreal)

A doctoral Workshop will be held on Thursday afternoon:

Workshop Chairs
Albert Costa (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Carmen Pérez Vidal (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Location: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Campus de la Comunicació-Poblenou
138 Roc Boronat,
08018 Barcelona, Spain

Price: 150.- Euro (Tuition only)
Accommodation is available from 40-80 euro/night.

Email contact: bilingualism.schoolupf.edu

Font: LINGUIST List 22.876: Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/Spain, via CUSC-UB