Calender event list

Globalization has affected our world in countless ways. ICML XVII will address the challenges and opportunities of smaller languages such as minority languages in a globalized society.

Final event to launch the COMBI project resources for training migrants in bilingual work settings.

The ECSPM and the Centre of Literacy and Multilingualism organise the symposium 'Multilingual challenges: mediating images, languages and language pedagogy'.

School teachers from North-Frisia in Germany visit Friesland and the Mercator Knowledge Centre for information and knowledge exchange in Frisian education.

International Conference on small languages in multilingual urban contexts.

Conference on the subject 'Learning three languages in school: multilingual education and cultural expression'

Symposium on the theme of 'Paradigm shift in language education for the development of multiliterate and plurilingual agencies'

Three-day workshop on the theme of Planning and Evaluation of Language Policies

Symposium about digital technologies for minority languages, hosted by Campus Fryslân (RuG) and Mercator/ Fryske Akademy.

The COMBI project organized a full-day conference with themes related to minority languages and health care.

The Fryske Akademy and Mercator Research Centre organize the first Conference on Frisian Humanities in Leeuwarden, on 23 to 26 April 2018, as part of the project Lân fan taal (Country of languages) of Leeuwarden-Fryslân European Capital of Culture 2018.

The Frisian MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), by Afûk and Mercator / Fryske Akademy will be launched at 2:30 pm with a festive activity in Language Pavilion MeM in the Prinsentuin in Leeuwarden.

On 20 Februari, the book "Meertaligheid en Onderwijs" will be presented in Amsterdam.

The 50th Dossier is "The Romansh language in education in Switzerland”, by Manfred Gross. To celebrate this joyful event, we have added a new means to select a dossier on the Mercator website: via an embedded map.

Symposium organised by the European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism (ECSPM). Cor van der Meer will present on the project "Critical Skills in Life and Work".

An evening full of presentations and view-points on the current situation in Catalonia, organised by EBLT, University of Groningen and Mercator.

2-Day conference on Multilingualism (COM2017) hosted by the University of Groningen on cognitive and educational aspects related to bilingualism and multilingualism.

3-Day conference, hosted by CIDLeS in Alcanena, Portugal. The conference is a joint project of CiDLES, SOAS, Mercator and the FEL.

3-Day conference, hosted by Mercator Research Centre, in Ljouwert (NL) The conference is a product of the international Langscape Network.

16th International Conference on Minority Languages, organized by the University of Jyväskylä Language Campus, Jyväskylä & Närpes, Finland

We are happy to welcome you to San Sebastian/Donostia to participate in the multiplier event of the COMBI project on June 7th – 8th 2017.

On the 17th of January 2017, the kick-off meeting of the Teaching in Diversity Project took place at the headquarters of ECMI (European Centre for Minority Issues), the project’s lead partner.

Seminar organised by SOAS (London), CIDLeS (Minde), and Mercator Research Centre on language documentation, and didactics.

25, 26 November 2016 - Symposium: Documentation, Standardization and Teaching of Endangered Languages in Northern Eurasia, organized by the Foundation for Endangered Languages.

11 November 2016, Ljouwert (NL) - Symposium, organized by Mercator Research Centre dealing with the influence of migration on the position of minority languages