Category: SOAS World Languages Institute
UNTEACH: a Shadow Heroes Festival
We are pleased to announce that ELAR and the SOAS World Languages Institute, together with Shadow Heroes and the Institute of Modern Languages Research at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study, will present the UNTEACH festival on 3 June 2021. About the festivalShadow Heroes is hosting a day of discussions and creative workshops […]
What’s new at virALLanguages?
A few weeks ago we introduced a new SOAS World Languages Institute project on the ELAR Blog: virALLanguages. Before the ELAR Blog goes on its summer break, here’s an update on how virALLanguages has evolved over the last couple of months. virALLanguages is a volunteer-run project initiated by the SOAS World Languages Institute and the KPAAM-CAM […]
virALLanguages – Coronavirus explained in minoritised languages
At a SOAS Alumni Continuing the Conversation Event held on the 28 May 2020, Mandana Seyfeddinipur and Pierpaolo di Carlo discussed the question ‘COVID-19: Can Linguists Save Lives?’ and presented the project virALLanguages. The virtual event was the second in the series, and was attended by over 100 people. What is virALLanguages? virALLanguages is a […]
The SOAS World Languages Institute Podcast
To celebrate UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019, the SOAS World Languages Institute recorded a series of podcasts discussing topics around Indigenous, endangered and minoritised languages. Are you indigenous? In the first podcast episode titled Are you indigenous? Former ELAR Archive Assistants Francesca Brown and Clare Green explore questions like ‘Are you indigenous?’, ‘What makes […]