FEL XIII: Endangered Languages and History
FEL XII: Endangered Languages and Language Learning
Our 12th conference, on the theme Endangered Languages and Language Learning, was held at the Fryske Akademy, in Ljouwert (Leeuwarden), The Netherlands, from 24 to 27 September 2008.
The conference was attended by more than 80 people from 14 countries, with about 30 papers on the conference theme. It was organised in association with the Fryske Akademy and the Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning.
Resources from the conference:
- Proceedings (Tjeerd de Graaf, Nicholas Ostler and Reinier Salverda eds)
- Table of contents -
presentations and speakers
- Front matter and Introduction [PDF]
Note: you can purchase copies of the Proceedings by using the membership form or by contacting Nicholas Ostler directly.
- Table of contents -
presentations and speakers
- Conference resolution: Recommendations to UNESCO of the
FEL XII Conference [PDF]
- Conference
website at Mercator
- Further photographs from the conference (from Fryske Akademy/Tjeerd de Graaf)
The Fryske Akademy | Downtown Ljouwert | Nick Ostler (right)
Durk Gorter | Olimpia Rasom | Rainier Salverda
Subramaniam Govindasamy and Mohana Nambiar | David Nathan and Meili Fang
Tak Khan| Joe Te Rito
Yoshiyuki Asahi and Maya Khemlani David | Tseard de Graaf
The conference was well catered for, both at the Fryske Akademy (left) and outside
We were treated to a marvellous night of live entertainment
Meili Fang and Maya Khemlani David | Leila Dodykhudoeva, Lily Okalani Kahn and Roza Laptander
Hashem Ahmazadeh, Taj Khan, Lily Okalani Kahn and Chryso Hadjidemetriou
Photographs courtesy of Tjeerd de Graaf, Nicholas Ostler, Robert Kennedy, David Nathan