Conference Information





Supported by

NYU Center for the Humanities
The Graduate Center at CUNY
Glucksman Ireland House

Conference Schedule Overview

Click here for a detailed schedule or click on a time slot below for details

TimeThursday, April 6 (CUNY Graduate Center)TimeFriday, April 7 (New York University)
8:30Registration/Coffee, CUNY Graduate Center Room 41168:30Registration/Coffee, Glucksman Ireland House NYU
9:00Panel 19:00Panel 6
10:15Coffee/Tea Break10:15Coffee/Tea Break
10:45Panel 210:45Plenary Session 2: Nils Langer, University of Flensburg
19 University Pl. room 102
12:00Lunch (see here for recommended places)12:00Lunch (see here for recommended places)
1:00Panel 31:00Panel 7
2:15Coffee/Tea Break2:40Coffee/Tea Break
2:45Panel 43:10Panel 8
4:00Coffee/Tea Break4:50Coffee/Tea Break
4:30Panel 55:10Panel 9
7:00Welcome and Opening Remarks
Plenary Session 1: Vicente Lledó-Guillem, Hofstra University
CUNY C201/202/203
6:45Plenary Session 3: Anita Auer, Université de Lausanne
19 University Pl. room 102
8:30Opening Reception

Plenary Speakers

Lectures are free and open to the public

Vicente Lledó-Guillem

Hofstra University

"The Construction of the “Valencian language” in the Early Modern Period: The Return to the Monolingual Garden of Eden"

Thursday, April 6
CUNY Graduate Center
CUNY C201/202/203

Vicente Lledó-Guillem

Nils Langer

University of Flensburg

"On the Invisibility of Language in Defining North Frisian Identity"

Friday, April 7
New York University
19 University Place, room 102

Nils Langer

Anita Auer

Université de Lausanne

"Preserving Swiss Dialects in the Diaspora: The Social Life of a Wisconsin Language Island"

Friday, April 7
New York University
19 University Place, room 102

Anita Auer