June 15th-17th, 2022
1st International Conference on the Right to Languages:
Linguistic Policies and Translation and Interpreting
in Public Services and Institutions
Keynote lectures on the impact of linguistic and translation policies on language rights
Jacqueline Mowbray
Jacqueline Mowbray is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School. She is also the external legal adviser to the Commonwealth of Australia’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights.
OrcID: 0000-0002-2021-0596
Josep Quer
Josep Quer is ICREA Research Professor at the Department of Translation and
Language Sciences of the Pompeu Fabra University since 2009, where he leads the
Catalan Sign Language Lab (LSCLab).
OrcID: 0000-0001-6466-2749
Philipp S. Angermeyer
Philipp S. Angermeyer is an Associate Professor in Linguistics at the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University. He is the editor of the International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law.
OrcID: 0000-0002-2506-8533
Panel: Interpreting and Indigenous Languages
Raquel de Pedro
Raquel de Pedro is the Director of the Stirling Centre for Interpreting, Translation and Intercultural Studies (SCITIS) at University of Stirling. She is now involved in the project Improving women’s lives through the role of female social interpreters in rural Peru.
Christiane Stallaert
Christiane Stallaert is a Professor at the Department of Translators and Interpreters at Universiteit Antwerpen.
Inge Sichra
Inge Sichra (Universidad de San Simón) holds a PhD in Linguistics and an MA in Sociology from the University of Vienna. She served as an advisor for multilingualism for FUNPROEIB Andes and has developed her career in multilingual education in Cochabamba, Boliia.
Panel: Translation and Interpreting as Access Enablers
Melissa Wallace
Melissa Wallace (University of Texas at San Antonio) is a certified court interpreter and has consulted for the state Supreme Court Committee to Improve Translation and Interpreting in Wisconsin Courts and the Licensed Court Interpreter Advisory Board of the Judicial Branch Certification Commission for the Supreme Court of Texas.
OrcID: 0000-0002-7522-7969
Ineke Crezee
Ineke Crezee is a Professor in Translation and Interpreting at Auckland University of Technology. She is the author of several textbooks and scientific papers in the area of healthcare interpreting.
OrcID: 0000-0001-6354-1136
Kristina Gustafsson
Kristina Gustafsson (Linnéuniversitetet) is a professor in the area of social work. Her research focuses on how social institutions rely on child language brokering and the experiences of children who have interpreted for their families.
Panel: The Legal Framework for Languages and Models of Linguistic Officiality
Manuel Meune
Manuel Meune is a German professor at the Université de Montréal. His research focuses on the representations of languages in Switzerland (particularly French, German, and Francoprovençal), on both sides of the Franco-German linguistic border.
Linda Cardinal
Linda Cardinal is a Professor at the Université de l’Ontario français in Toronto and emeritus professor in politics at the University of Ottawa.
Sophie Weerts
Sophie Weerts is an Associate Professor of Public Law at the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration at the University of Lausanne. She focuses on the structural sources and transformation of Public Law and the separation of powers, with a focus on human rights, language policies and gender policy.
OrcID: 0000-0002-8579-8124
Contact: cidl@uji.es