XIX International Conference on Minority Languages (ICML)

Early Bird Conference Registration is NOW OPEN!

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Conference Fee

21 to 23 June – three days’ conference, all refreshments, lunches, evening meals including conference dinner and cultural programme

• Full: £225
• Student Fee: £115

Late registration fees will apply from 20th May 2023.

Accommodation On Site

The University can offer student accommodation on site for ICML delegates for four nights from Tuesday 20^th June to Saturday morning 24^th June. Bed and breakfast is priced at £210 per person. Rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Conference delegates may wish to arrange their own accommodation in Carmarthen town or nearby. See Travelling to Carmarthen for local distances to the Conference Site.

Timetable

ICML 2023 will be held between 20^th and 24^th June 2023. The Conference will be held on the Carmarthen Campus – Halliwell Centre and Canolfan S4C Yr Egin.

• Tuesday 20 June 2023 – please aim to arrive Carmarthen by 7pm to check in to your accommodation, and for an informal gathering. Check in after 7pm is also available.
• Wednesday 21 June – Day 1 – Full conference - 9.00am to 6.00pm. Evening food and entertainment.
• Thursday 22 June – Day 2 – Full conference- 9.00am to 6.00pm. Formal Conference Dinner in the evening.
• Friday 23 June – Day 3 – Full conference - 9.00am to 6.00pm. Evening food and entertainment.
• Saturday 24 June – optional cultural programme and departure. 

Travelling to Carmarthen

Information about your journey and parking can be found on the University's website.

The Conference will be held on the Carmarthen Campus, University of Wales Trinity Saint David in the Halliwell Centre and Canolfan S4C Yr Egin.

The XIX International Conference on Minority Languages will be held in Wales between 20 and 24 June 2023. It is thirty years since the ICML was last held here, during which one of the keynote speeches was delivered by Professor Joshua Fishman.

Over the past three decades, the landscape of so-called minority languages has changed dramatically: political, social, economic, technological and environmental challenges have transformed the contexts in which global linguistic diversity exists. Regional, minority, or minoritized language communities in different parts of the world continue to experience a range of factors and circumstances: their domains can expand as well as contract, their populations in numbers or percentages may increase as well as decrease, the patterns of daily use are becoming more complex and their speakers live in increasingly multilingual and mobile environments in both rural and urban areas. 

Yet very often, the wider socio-economic, technological, cultural and political frameworks prioritise monolingualist paradigms and ways of working. Activism and community endeavours – as emphasised in Fishman’s own work – continue to be important resources for many minority languages across fields as diverse as education, technology, media, public administration, commerce, economic development and broader political structures.

In addition to a wide range of academic papers, panels and posters, ICML 2023 aims to present participants with a site-specific sociolinguistic experience of contemporary Wales and provide in-depth knowledge of practitioner-based case studies as well as opportunities for networking and contact building. Our All-Wales partnership for ICML 2023 includes a wide range of stakeholders who play a key role in language revitalization in Wales. 

Full programme details will follow closer to the conference date. 

The call for papers has now closed.

ICML 2023 will be held between 20-24 June 2023. The Conference will be held on the Carmarthen Campus – Halliwell Conference Centre and Canolfan S4C yr Egin.

Tuesday 20 June 2023 - please aim to arrive Carmarthen by 7pm to check in to your accommodation, and for an informal gathering. Check in after 7pm is also available. 

Wednesday 21 June - Day 1 - Full conference - 9.00-6.00pm. Evening food and entertainment.

Thursday 22 June - Day 2 - Full conference- 9.00-6.00pm. Formal Conference Dinner in the evening.

Friday 23 June - Day 3 - Full conference - 9.00-6.00pm. Evening food and entertainment.

Saturday 24 June - optional cultural programme and depart. 

Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones – University of Wales Trinity Saint David (Chair)

Catrin Llwyd – University of Wales Trinity Saint David 

Josu Amezaga – University of the Basque Country  

Edorta Arana – University of the Basque Country 

Durk Gorter – University of the Basque Country 

Cor van der Meer – Fryske Akademy  

Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed – Cardiff University

Craig Willis – European Centre for Minority Issues / Europa Universität Flensburg 

Catrin Redknap - Welsh Government