Calender event list

Dr Jelske Dijkstra and Ydwine Scarse (Fryske Akademy/ Mercator) deliver a lecture on Frisian at the alumni evening of the University of Groningen.

Mercator researcher Ruth Kircher gives a guest lecture as part of the university's course 'Multilingualism: The Case of Frisian' (not open to public).

Jelske Dijkstra (Fryske Akademy): 'Speakaboo: sustainable and inclusive speech therapy screening of speech development in multilingual children (3-6 years)'

Our (former) researcher Helga Kuipers-Zandberg wil present her report 'Accessibility for regional or minority languages to EU programmes' on behalf of Mercator/ Fryske Akademy.

2-day Transnational Partner Meeting from the consortium behind the Erasmus+ project 'Ownership and Leadership (OWL+): Pathways for (Endangered) Languages’ Use' in School'.

A festive gathering at Tresoar, with a special focus on language diversity in schools. Everyone is welcome, admission is free.

The annual meeting for our members, donors and associates. With interesting presentations and the appointment of new members. Welcome!

The LANGSCAPE & ENROPE Online Colloquium will be a space for presenting and discussing on-going research and teaching projects related to plurilingualism and education.

Mercator European Research Centre, Fryske Akademy, and 3 other partners invite you to join the discussion on 'Resilience in Frisian Humanities'.

Mercator/ Fryske Akademy researcher Ydwine Scarse -'The dynamics between recognition, policy and practice concerning West-Frisian in the Netherlands'

Robert McKenzie (Northumbria University, UK) - 'Measuring implicit and explicit attitudes and attitude change: Evaluations of BATH use in England'

GCMC's aim is to empower teachers of all subjects to integrate Global citizenship education (GCE) goals with a plurilingual approach into their regular teaching.

Mercator/ Fryske Akademy researcher Ydwine Scarse will participate in the discussion panel 'Language protection in the EU as a citizen’s right'

Euskal Wikilarien Kultura & Antigua-Luberri/ Gobierno Vasco, Mercator & the WikiWomen Consortium organise their first Edit-A-Thon for teachers!

Talk: 'Quebec-based parents’ attitudes towards childhood multilingualism: Evaluative dimensions and potential predictors.'

Mercator/ Fryske Akademy researchers Cor van der Meer and Ydwine Scarse will lead the session 'A closer look at Frisian language policy and practice'.

The ENROPE (Online) Colloquium will be a space for presenting and discussing on-going research and teaching projects related to plurilingualism and education.

"Ideologies, discrimination, and the discursive construction of difference: Twitter representations of Spanish as a heritage language in the US."

Lecturers from 4 different South African universities come to visit us to discuss the implementation of multilingual policies in higher education.

Try out the Self-Reflective Tool for teachers, and explore a number of educational activities! 17:30-19:00 CEST. Free after registration.

Go on adventure with Mercator & the creature Babel in 'BabelAR: ​​how does your voice work?' at the Generation Next Science Festival for 6-12 y/o!

'Supporting the transmission of heritage languages: insights from multilingual family language policies in Quebec'. Free after registration.

Guest lecture by Mercator's Ruth Kircher as part of the MA course 'Language Contact and Language Planning' at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE).

Mercator's Ruth Kircher on 'Family language policies in Quebec: How and why parents raise multilingual children'. Free after registration.

Mercator European Research Centre (Fryske Akademy) welcomes the international partners of the OWL+ project to Leeuwarden.