ILCAA Joint Research Project “Heritage languages and identities in a time of divisions and mobility” The 1st meeting / The 35th Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

*Pre-registration is required. If you would like to attend the forum, please fill out the application form (in Japanese) by 12:00 p.m., 25 September, 2024 (Wed.) (JST) (Application may be closed early).

Date/Time

28 September, 2024 (Sat.) 10:30–15:30

Venue

Room 303, 3F, ILCAA, TUFS & Online Meeting via Zoom

Program

10:30–11:10
All participants Business meeting within the Joint Research Project members (closed)

11:10–13:00
Break

(12:50 Doors open)

13:00–13:10
Mayumi ADACHI (ILCAA)
Introduction

13:10–14:00
Roi Sawm SUMLUT (Temple University, Japan Campus), Seunghun J. LEE (International Christian University)
“Attitudes Towards Kachin Language as a Heritage Language Among Kachin People in Japan”

14:00–14:10
Break

14:10–15:00
Rika YAMASHITA (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kanto Gakuin University)
“Recent demographic change in the Pakistani community in Japan: What can linguists do?”

15:00–15:30
All participants Discussion

Language

Japanese, English

Admission

Free

Pre-registration

Pre-registration is required. If you would like to attend the forum, please fill out the application form (in Japanese) by 12:00 p.m., 25 September, 2024 (Wed.) (JST) (Application may be closed early).

Zoom meeting invitation will be sent in the afternoon on 26 September (Thu). If you don’t receive it on 26 September, please contact Mayumi Adachi (adachi[at]aa.tufs.ac.jp) by 27 September (Fri.) (Please change [at] to @).

Sponsored by

• Core Project “Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa: Toward a More In-depth Understanding of the Languages and Cultures of People Living in Asia and Africa” (DDDLing), ILCAA, TUFS

Cooperated by

• Tokyo Academic Forum on Immigrant Languages

(Posted 7 September, 2024)