Proposal
to establish a
Consortium for Language Policy and Planning

Harold Schiffman
Associate Director, Research
Penn Language Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
and
Other People
at Some Other Institutions

• Introduction
  • External Linguistics
  • A Humanistic Orientation.
• Development of the field.
  • Language Policy Studies in the U.S.
    • Bilingualism and Bidialectalism
  • Language Policy Studies in non-western societies.
    • Language, Religion, and Language Policy in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
    • Language, Style, and the Circulation of Culture in Africa and the Diaspora
    • Marginalization
  • Importance of Empirical Research
• State of the field.
  • US-focussed Language Policy Studies
  • The State of Research on Language Policy in North America and South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
    • Parochialism
• Needs of the field.
  • Changing the Focus.
  • The locus of language policy.
  • Some gains, some losses
• Specific Issues that Fellowship Program will address.
• Resources of the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Faculty and Human Resources
  • Budget and Budget Narrative.
  • Seminar, Integration, References, Selection
    • Letters of reference
    • Facilities for Fellows
    • Interaction of Fellows and Public
    • Interdisciplinary Seminar
    • Selection Process
    • Who will apply to this program?
• References
  • Curriculum Vitae, Harold Schiffman
  • Letters of Support