Programme
We have a fantastic line up of speakers for the event covering a large selection of topics. Full timetable is below.
If you want more detail on a specific talk, head over to the Speakers page for a full description.
| Friday 28th February | |||
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome drinks | ||
| Saturday 29th February | |||
| 08:45 – 09:15 |
Doors Open & Welcome
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| 09:15 – 10:05 | Frieda Morrison | Scots Radio – The challenges o Broadcastin in Scots. | |
| 10:15 – 11:05 | Chris McCabe | Poems from the Edge of Extinction | |
| 11:15 – 12:05 | Carlos Yebra López: | The Positive Impact of Digital Homelands on the Language Revitalization of Diasporic Languages: the case of Ladino | |
| 12:15 – 13:05 | Patricia Mac Eoin | The teaching of Irish – why all the confusion? The importance of a solid foundation | |
| 13:05 – 14:05 |
Group Photo & Break for Lunch
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| 14:05 – 14:55 | Simon Ager | Celtic Connections | |
| 15:05 – 15:55 | Mark Atherton | What is Old English and how did it sound? | |
| 16:05 – 16:55 | Michael Dempster | Cyberscots – Scots language in the age of the internet | |
| 17:05 – 17:55 | Thomas H. Bak | Sex, Drugs and Bilingualism: Language Learning between Evolution, Ideology and Science | |
| 18:00 |
SEE YOU TOMORROW!
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| Sunday 1st March | |||
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Doors Open & Welcome
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| 09:30 – 10:20 | Tony Fekete | The Private Polyglot Library: The role of language books in the late 18th and 19th Century in establishing cultural, national and regional identities | |
| 10:30 – 11:20 | Gareth Popkins | Welsh language: Russian history | |
| 11:30 – 12:20 | Shereen Sharaan | What Is The Impact of Bilingualism on the Executive Function Skills of Children with Autism? | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Group Photo & Break for Lunch
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| 13:30 – 14:20 | Àdhamh Ó Broin | GÀILIG LATHARN | |
| 14:30 – 15:20 | Hilbert Vinkenoog | Come Again? A History of Language in Early Medieval Britain | |
| 15:30 – 16:20 | Christopher Lewin | Back from the dead: the revival of Manx | |
| 16:30 – 17:30 |
Panel Discussion on language learning
Amanda Patterson, Ermy Pedata & Trisha Dunbar |
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| 18:00 |
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
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