School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies

Language as a Human Right: Justice, Fairness and Equality

Location
Highfield House A02
Date(s)
Wednesday 10th April 2019 (17:00-18:30)
Description
Kibbee.Duglas

This year marks the centenary of the inclusion of language as a human right in international treaties.  Has this been an effective approach to linguistic inequalities?

Prof. Doug Kibbee is a world expert on the relationship between language and law and questions of linguistic rights and inequality. A French linguist by training, he has also published widely on matters of translation.

Part of a series of five public lectures by our Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor. For details of all the lectures visit nottingham.ac.uk/go/DougKibbeeLectures

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