Category: ELAR News
This is where we share announcements that are relevant to our users and depositors, such as calls for papers, upcoming events, and news about ELDP grant rounds.
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 […]
Registration for NEWCON2020 open until 30 April
We are pleased to announce that New Contexts for the Use of Minoritized Languages/Varieties NEWCON 2020 will take virtually 26-28 May 2021. Registration for the online event is open until 30 April 2021. New Contexts for the Use of Minoritized Languages/Varieties (NEWCON) is an international linguistics conference organized by the Linguistics Department of the University of […]
Western Desert Verbal Arts
On the 26th of February 2021 the Western Desert Verbal Arts Collections were inscribed into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. The collections were curated in the AMW Register by ELAR depositors Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis, Inge Kral, and Jennifer Green. The collection resulting from the Western Desert Special Speech Styles Project, funded by […]
And the DELAMAN Award goes to…
Karolina Grzech for her ELAR collection ‘Upper Napo Kichwa: documentation of language and culture‘! The Digital Endangered Languages and Musics Archives Network (DELAMAN) was established in 2003 as an international umbrella body for archives and other initiatives with the goal of documenting and archiving endangered languages and cultures worldwide. Every two years the DELAMAN Award […]
ELAR launches new platform
The Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) is excited to announce the launch of its new archiving platform powered by Preservica on February 21st 2021, International Mother Language Day – celebrating humanity’s cultural and linguistic diversity. ELAR holds audiovisual collections of endangered languages recorded with and by communities all over the world, preserving their knowledge and languages, making them […]
Continuing the Conversations – COVID-19: Can Linguists Save Lives?
On the 28 May 2020, Mandana Seyfeddinipur and Pierpaolo di Carlo will be discussing the role linguists play in translating COVID-19 related information into endangered languages. The event will be the second of the series. Continuing the Conversations – SOAS Virtual Events Series COVID-19: Can Linguists Save Lives? Date and Time: Thursday, 28 May 2020 | […]
Call for Papers: New Contexts for the Use of Minoritized Languages/Varieties NEWCON 2020
We are pleased to announce that New Contexts for the Use of Minoritized Languages/Varieties NEWCON 2020 will take place at the University of Zadar 28-30 September 2020. New Contexts for the Use of Minoritized Languages/Varieties (NEWCON) is an international linguistics conference organized by the Linguistics Department of the University of Zadar, the SOAS World Languages Institute […]
ELDP and EMKP Joint Call for Grant Applications
This year the British Museum’s Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) and SOAS’ Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) are delighted to announce a joint call for grant applications. Funded by Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin – EMKP and ELDP jointly offer grants for collaborative projects that combine language and material […]
ELDP Grant Round now open
The application system for grants opened on the 15th October, and is accessible through the ELDP website. ELDP offers four documentation grants; small grants, individual graduate scholarships, individual postdoctoral fellowships, and major documentation projects. Additionally, ELDP funds Legacy Materials Grants, which support the digitization and archiving of legacy materials. Applications must be submitted online by […]
Call for papers: International conference on Language Diversity and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
We are pleased to announce that the International conference on Language Diversity and Preservation of Cultural Heritage (LCP 2019) will take place from 17-18 December 2019 at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University, Thailand. LCP 2019 will be hosted by RILCA at Mahidol University and is organised in collaboration with […]