SUSTAINABLE MULTILINGUALISM 2023

The Institute of Foreign Languages of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU IFL), in cooperation with the Language Teachers’ Association of Lithuania, organizes the 7th International Scientific Conference “Sustainable Multilingualism” (Lith. Darnioji daugiakalbystė). The conference will be held on June 9-10, 2023 in Kaunas.

“Sustainable Multilingualism 2023” aims at bringing together researchers, language policymakers, language teaching professionals and students and all the interested in the discussion on preserving and nurturing multilingualism. Scholars are invited to present their research on the topics related to Multiligualism in society, Language education in multilingual and multicultural settings, Multilingualism in (professional) practice and Contemporary Lithuanian language studies. Presentation session languages: English, French, German, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Spanish, Ukrainian.

Keynote speakers of the conference:

Auksė Balčytienė, a Professor of Journalism in the Department of Public Communications in Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Lithuania. Her research interests are in media policy, political and journalism cultures, media system change and comparative studies, media and information literacy, European public sphere and Central and Eastern European Studies;

François Grin, a Full Professor in economics at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva and the Director of the Observatory on Economy, Languages and Training. Prof. Grin specialises in language economics, education economics, and the evaluation of public policies in these fields;

Enrica Piccardo, a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education at OISE – University of Toronto and the Head of the Centre for Educational research in Languages and Literacies. She has extensive international experience in second/foreign language education research, teacher development and teaching of multiple languages;

Maria Teresa Zanola, a Full Professor of French Linguistics. She is rewarded as Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at the French Ministry of Culture. Prof. Zanola is a highly qualified expert in specialised languages and terminologies in diachronic and comparative perspective and an internationally recognised specialist in language policies in Higher Education.

More information about the conference and registration are available at the website sustainablemultilingualism.com