Four or more languages for all - Language policy challenges of the future, Faroe Islands (Denmark)

The main aims of the conference are:

• To provide an interdisciplinary forum by bringing together scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines such as sociolinguistics, sociology, history, linguistics, literature studies, political science and law
• To compare Nordic experiences in the field
• To draw attention to and focus on language policy experiences and particular challenges in the self-governing areas
• To draw attention to and focus on immigrants’ diverse situations and language rights

The conference is based on a broad understanding of multilingualism and language policy:

• The distribution of focus between individual and societal multilingualism
• The importance of all citizens’ multilingualism
• Threat in relation to all Nordic languages
• Different perceptions of language policy documents in different Nordic countries
• The difference between accepted national, Nordic and international language policy obligations and their implementation

Keynote speakers

• Anne Holmen
• Carolyn J. (Carol) Benson
• Markku Suksi
• Robert Phillipson