Building the language base for research: the impact and future of Language-based Area Studies
14 December 2012, Brunei Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London
DRAFT PROGRAMME
9.30-10.00
Registration
10.00-10.45
Keynote address on strategic issues for Language-based area studies:
Professor Anne Pauwels (Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, SOAS,
University of London)
Tea and coffee break
10.45-11.15
11.15-12.30
12.30-1.30
1.30-2.30
2.30-3.00
3.00-4.00
4.00-5.00
5.00-6.30
Achievements of the LBAS centres in language development: What are the
lessons learnt?
(10-12 minute presentations followed by questions and discussion)
Ms Marta Jenkala, Senior Teaching Fellow in Ukrainian Language, UCL SSEES and
Language Coordinator, Centre for East European Language-Based Area Studies
(CEELBAS)
Professor Richard Berry, Director, The Centre for Russian, Central and East
European Studies (CRCEES)
Dr Caroline Rose, Director, The White Rose East Asia Centre (WREAC)
Mr Jonathan Featherstone, Lead Instructor, Arab World Studies intensive Arabic
programme, Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW)
Mr Shio-yun Kan, University Senior Instructor in Chinese, British inter-University
China Centre (BICC)
Buffet lunch
Poster session for postgraduate students to showcase their language-based
research
A look into the future of the LBAS centres’ work
(15 minute presentations followed by questions and discussion)
Dr Vanessa Pupavac, University of Nottingham & Fellow of the Royal Society of
Arts: “Language knowledge in global NGO work”
Mr Mourad Diouri, University of Edinburgh: “eLearning and the use of technology
in teaching languages ”
Ms Eszter Tarsoly, UCL SSEES: “Using specialised corpora to facilitate language
learning: an experiment with Hungarian”
Tea and coffee break
Pedagogic reflections and innovation: How can we take forward language
training for research?
(15 minute presentations followed by questions and discussion)
Dr Alison Scott-Bauman, University of Lancaster: “Cultural, social and economic
capital: the case for Arabic in British research networks”
Speaker 2: TBC (Invited: Dr Alex Krouglov, Associate Dean, Faculty of Social
Sciences and Humanities, London Metropolitan University)
Speaker 3: WREAC speaker? (TBC)
Keynote address and closing panel discussion led by representatives of the British
Academy ‘Lost for Words’ project, LBAS Centre Directors and key stakeholders
interested in UK language policy and/or the languages and cultures of the LBAS
regions. (Chair: Dr Robin Aizlewood, Director, UCL SSEES and CEELBAS)
Drinks reception at UCL SSEES