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Linguistic Equity in Multilingual Regions

A team of CALM members, headed by Dr Verena Platzgummer, successfully applied for an ENLIGHT Thematic Network. Their network entitled “Linguistic Equity in Multilingual Regions” (LEMuR) brings together scholars, students and community partners committed to linguistic equity in four historically multilingual regions: the West of Ireland (University of Galway); the trans-Pyrenean Basque Country (UPV/EHU); Canton Bern (University of Bern); and Southern Estonia (University of Tartu). These territories share not only a long history of power struggles in which language is implicated, but also a more recent increase in their linguistic and cultural diversity due to international migration. The network’s purpose is to understand – and transform – how historical language regimes shape present-day opportunities for minoritised speakers, with the original perspective of considering both historically minoritised/indigenous communities and migrant communities.

For more information, please view https://www.lemur.ie/