Language and neutrality: Glottopolitical processes and consequences
Day 1: Thursday 19th May 2022
Géopolis 2227 (metro: UNIL Mouline)
10:00-10:30 Welcome and Introduction by Maria Rosa Garrido and José del Valle
10:30-11:15 Philippe Humbert, Université de Fribourg: Quantifier la Francophonie : un acte et un
outil de neutralisation des conflits [Quantifying la Francophonie : An act and a tool for
neutralising conflict]
11:15-12:00 José del Valle, City University of New York: Neutralilty, globality and the geopolitics of Spanish
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30- 14:15 Jorge Alvis, City University of New York: Colombian peace talks: Linguistic neutrality and the politics of consensus in the “Final Agreement to End the Armed Conflict and
Build a Stable and Lasting Peace” (2016)
14:15-15:00 Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University: Standard Written English as the Global Norm: Possibilities for Decolonizing Academic Writing and Publishing
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Discussion on language and neutrality, led by José del Valle and Maria Rosa Garrido