FEL XIII: Endangered Languages and History: Programme
Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages
in association with
the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, The Institute of Humanities, Khorog, Tajikistan
and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK
24 - 27 September 2009
Draft programme
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Revision date: 3 September 2009
| Thursday 24 September |
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Remarks |
SESSION I Chair: Hakim Elnazarov |
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9:00-9:45 |
Mamadsho Ilolov, President of AST Orumbekov Shamsiddin, Deputy Chairman of GBAO, Shodikhon Yusufbekov, Director, Institute of Humanities, Khorog |
Welcoming speeches |
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9:45-10:30 |
Nicholas Ostler |
The Pedigree of Nations: Endangered Languages’ Value to History |
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10:30-11.00 Coffee / tea break |
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SESSION II Chair: Christopher Moseley |
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11:00-11:30 |
Olga Kazakevich |
Community history against a background of the history of Russia reflected in life stories of the Ket, Selkup, and Evenki |
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11:30-12:00 |
Tjeerd de Graaf |
The Use of Historical Documents and Sound Recordings for the Study and Safeguarding of Endangered Languages |
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12:00-12:30 |
Leila Dodykhudoeva |
Data Elicitation in Endangered Pamiri communities: Interdependence of Language and History |
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12:30-14.00 Lunch Break |
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SESSION III Chairs: Maya David, Boghshoh Lashkarbekov |
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14:00-14:30 |
Cassie Smith-Christmas |
Gaelic History, Identity, and Language Shift |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Inayatullah Faizi | Religion as a Tool of Social Domination: Case Study of Kalasha from Chitral, Northern Pakistan | |
15:00-15:30 |
Elbon Hojibekov |
The use of Shughni language in Ghoron of Ishkashim district of Badakshan and the causes of its demise. |
Tajik |
15:30-16:00 Coffee / tea break |
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16:00-16:30 |
Vlada Baranova |
Deportation and Language Identity in Kalmykia |
Russian |
16:30-17:00 |
Parvina Abdulhamidova |
The role of the vocabulary of social regulation of behavior in the preservation of ethnic identity (based on the material of Shugnani language) |
Tajik |
17:00-17:30 |
Nisor Shakarmamadov |
The Indicators of Stability and Instability in the Languages with no Written Form |
Tajik |
Friday 25 September |
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
Remarks |
SESSION IV Chairs: Leila Dodykhudoev, Muqbilsho Alamshoev |
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| 8:30-9:00 | Shodikhon Yusufbekov | Keynote speech | |
9:00-9:30 |
Dörte Borchars |
The career of endangered languages in Nepal’s young democracy |
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9:30-10:00 |
Gaybullah Babayarov |
The role of Sogdian language in the Western Turkic Qaghanate |
Russian |
10:00-10.30 |
Shahnaz Hunzai |
Economic Ascendancy and Cultural Dominance in the Northern Areas: a threat to the existence of Burushaski |
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10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break |
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11.00-11:30 |
Khushnazar Pomirzod |
Shughni Language as a Language of a Khayani Tribe in Avesta |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Sabohat Donayorov | The reflection of the Pamiri languages in the press in 1990s of 20th century in Badakhshan | |
12:00-13:00 |
FEL Annual General Meeting and elections |
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13:00-14.00 Lunch Break |
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SESSION V Chairs: Nicholas Ostler, McKenna Brown |
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14:00-14:30 |
Gwendolyn Hyslop and Karma Tshering |
The Tasha-Sili Language of Bhutan: a case study in language shift and Bhutanese pre-history |
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14:30-15:00 |
Maya David |
The Importance of a Historical Perspective in Language Shift Studies: Focus on Minority Indian Communities in Kuching, Malaysia |
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15:00-15:30 |
Logan Dean Sutton |
Kiowa-Tanoan: What's in the Hyphen? |
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15:30-16:00 Coffee / tea break |
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16:00-16:30 |
Vincent Wintermans |
An Early Attempt to Prepare a Global Strategy for Endangered Languages: CIPL, IIIC and the 'primitive languages in process of extinction' (1928-1929) |
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| 16:30-17:00 | Michael Walsh | The rise and fall of GIDS in accounts of language endangerment | |
17:00-17:30 |
Boghshoh Lashkarbekov |
The Influence of the Global and Migration Processes on the Destiny of the Pamiri Languages and the People of Pamir |
Russian |
Saturday 26 September |
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Speaker |
Title |
Remarks |
SESSION VI Chairs: Saiqa Asif |
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| 8:30-9:00 | McKenna Brown |
Who Owns the Mayan Apocalypse? Identity Claims in El 13 B'atkun by Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez |
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9:00-9:30 |
Paolo Coluzzi |
Language vitality and "historical presence" |
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9:30-10:00 |
Joy Edelman |
Reflection of History in the Pamiri Languages |
Russian |
10:00-10:30 |
Sulaimon Nuristoni |
Historical Development of the Languages and Culture of the People of Nuristan, Afghanistan |
Dari/Tajik |
10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break |
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SESSION VII Chair: Shodikhon Yusufbekov |
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11:00-13:00 |
Nazardod Jonboboev, Saifiddin Mirzoev, Shohnazar Mirzoev, La'ljuba Mirzohasanov, Mawjigul Mirzohasanova, Fozilov, Nazri Ofaridaev, Zarifa Nazarova, Dilshod Qodirov, Firuza Zoolshoeva, Hokim Kalandarov |
Reflection of Pamiri Languages in the Customs and Literary Traditions of People of Badakhshan | Tajik |
13:00-14:00 Lunch break |
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SESSION VIII Chair: Hakim Elnazarov |
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14:00-14:30 |
Saiqa Asif |
Death by Desertion: Linguistic Meltdown of Siraiki Idioms and Proverbs |
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14:30-15:00 |
Muqbilsho Alamshoev |
Historical formation and prospects for preservation of Pamirian languages |
Tajik |
15:00-15:30 |
Varka Okhoniyozov |
The Pamiri Local Poetry as a Shield of the Traditions and Beliefs of the People of Badakhshan, Tajikistan |
Tajik |
15:30-16:00 Coffee / tea break |
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SESSION VIII Chair: Nicholas Ostler |
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16:00-16:30 |
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Final discussion + adoption of recommendations |
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Sunday 27 September |
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| Excursion in the Pamirs | |||
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