When Is a Language? The Long Shadow of Border, or on (Non-)Recognizing Other Languages in an Officially Monolingual Ethnolinguistic Nation-State: The Cases of Kashubian and Silesian in Poland

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On August 3, 2013, in Sapporo, Japan, together with Professor Motoki Nomachi, Tomasz Kamusella delivered the lecture on "When Is a Language? The Long Shadow of Border, or on (Non-)Recognizing Other Languages in an Officially Monolingual Ethnolinguistic Nation-State: The Cases of Kashubian and Silesian in Poland" at the International Summer Symposium “Border Studies: Challenges and Perspectives in the Twenty-first Century,” held in the Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, within the framework of the Global Center of Excellence Program “Reshaping Japan’s Border Studies.” More information on the symposium is available at: http://borderstudies.jp/en/events/symposia/index.htm.
Period3 Aug 2013
Event titleWhen Is a Language? The Long Shadow of Border, or on (Non-)Recognizing Other Languages in an Officially Monolingual Ethnolinguistic Nation-State: The Cases of Kashubian and Silesian in Poland
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