We would like to announce that our third newsletter is now available. It can downloaded directly from the newsletter page of the DYLAN website. And the dilemma of your seaside reading has been solved!

We are pleased to announce that the deadline for application to the second DYLAN doctoral school has been extended. The new deadline is 15 July 2010.

Aiming at fostering the dialogue on multilingualism and linguistic diversity in Europe and beyond, the school will explore the following topics:

- Incentives in language behaviour
- Models of Language dynamics
- Socio-psychological dimensions of individual multilingualism

For further details on the contents, programme and organisation of the Second DYLAN Doctoral School, incl. application procedure and practicalities, please visit the dedicated DYLAN webpage.

DYLAN WP4 Manager François Grin is the co-author of this new publication (in collaboration with Claudio Sfreddo and François Vaillancourt), which proposes a path-breaking study of the economics of multilingualism at work, proposing a systematic approach to the identification and measurement of the ways in which language skills and economic performance are related. If you are interested, more information and an order form can be found by downloading this PDF file.

The Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue: “Ideas, Innovation and Communication” will organise this international symposium, dedicated to the discussion of the multiple interdisciplinary dimensions of ‘migrations’, both from the viewpoints of the Social Sciences and Humanities as well as from the manifold perspectives of the Natural Sciences.
It will be held at the University of Vienna on the 1-3 July 2010, and is co-organised by DYLAN’s WP2 Manager Ruth Wodak. You can satisfy your curiousity on the conference website, available here.

The UAB DYLAN team participated in the organisation of a work session directed at university teaching staff, policy makers and the broader university community, held on 01 June, 2010. UAB DYLAN members Luci Nussbaum and Cristina Escobar presented findings from the UAB DYLAN team’s research. University authorities and professors experienced in teaching content subjects in English at the UAB also spoke.

Die Universität Bozen hat eine Stelle ausgeschrieben, mit der das Bozener DYLAN Team Verstärkung für das Kompetenzzentrum Sprachen eine/n Forscher/in im Bereich Germanistik sucht.

Je nach Curriculum ist die Einstellung als doc oder post-doc möglich.

Der Einsendeschluss für Bewerbungen ist bis zum 21.Juni.2010 verlängert worden. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Webseite der Universität Bozen.

Votre présence est la bienvenue à la conférence internationale LES MOTS DES AUTRES. APPROCHES LINGUISTIQUES DE LA DIVERSITÉ en l'honneur de Prof. ém. Georges Lüdi

QUAND: 10 - 12 juin 2010
OÙ: Université de Bâle, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, Bâle, Suisse
ORGANISATEURS: Institut d'études françaises & francophones (IEFF), Université de Bâle
INSCRIPTION : jusqu'au 3 juin 2010 auprès de Eva Eskari

An der Universität Bremen ist eine unbefristete Postdoc-Stelle (14 TV-L) im Arbeitsgebiet Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft ausgeschrieben. Die Ausschreibung ist online erhältlich.

The Faculty of Arts at Åbo Akademi University invites applications for a substitute position as Professor of English Linguistics for the period 1 August 2010 – 31 July 2011.The closing date for applications is May 31, 2010, at 16:00 local time. Further information may be obtained from Professor Tuija Virtanen-Ulfhielm.

We are pleased to announce that the second DYLAN doctoral school is now open for applications. Aiming at fostering the dialogue on multilingualism and linguistic diversity in Europe and beyond, it will explore the following topics: