Seminars and Events
EVENTS
Every
academic year the Department organizes Seminars,
Conferences, Symposia or Workshops not only to encourage
research in Linguistics, but also to take Linguistics to
wider domains of relevance to society. The activities of the
Department in past few years are as follows:
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Special Lectures Series on the area of Graph
Theory conducted by Salil Badodekar during the year
2014-2015.
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Workshop on "Phonology of Indian Languages" from the 5th
– 14th of December, 2014.
§
A
series of lectures on "Negating", "Linguistic Negations" & "
The Problem of Existential Import" by Prof. Fabian Schang on
24th & 25th February, 2014.
§
A
series of lectures on "Bhartrhari’s Philosophy of Language"
by Prof. Kapil Kapoor on 11th & 12th
March, 2013.
§
A
series of lectures on "Phonology" by Prof. K.P. Mohanan on 4th
& 5th March, 2013.
§
A
special lecture on "Indian Languages and Split Lexis" by
Prof. Probal Dasgupta on 5th February, 2013.
§
A
special lecture on "Pragmatics & the Counting of Speech-Act
Units" by Prof. Probal Dasgupta on 2nd August,
2011.
§
A
series of special lectures on "Indian Grammatical Theory"
by Prof. Malhar Kulkarni from 4th – 9th
January, 2010.
§
.A
series of special lectures on "Some Issues in Marathi
Grammar" by Dr. R. V. Dhongde from the 3rd of
December to 5th of December, 2009.
SEMINARS
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National Symposia of "Right to Education and the future
of our languages" from 9th – 11th
of March, 2015.
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National Seminar on "The Role of Language & Culture in
the makings of a nation" from 27th to 29th
January, 2011
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The
Fourth International Student’s Conference of Linguistics
in India (SCONLI-4) from the 18th-20th
of February, 2010.
Events in 2014-2015
A
National Symposium on Right to Education and the Future of
Our Languages
The
Department of Linguistics and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational
Resource and Research Centre, (The Unique Foundation), Pune
organized this Symposium in association with ICSSR-WRC,
during 9th-11th March, 2015.
The
Symposium was aimed at bringing together the academic
experts and researchers in the areas of Education and
Linguistics andthe actual practitioners such as primary
school teachers, to share their experiences in order to draw
a plan to take the progressive spirit of the RTE ahead in
the multilingual set up of Indian society. In this
Symposium, apart from around 15 experts, 25 primary school
teachers from government schools from all over Maharashtra
had actively participated.
The
Symposium is to be followed by a series of workshops for
school teachers to be conducted jointly by the Department of
Linguistics and Dr. Rakhmabai Educational Resource and
Research Centre, (The Unique Foundation), Pune across
various regions of Maharashtra.
Click here
for the Concept Note and Click here for the Schedule of the
Symposium.
Workshop in the Phonology of Indian Languages
In order
to familiarize the students of Linguistics to the current
theoretical trends in phonology, train the students to apply
their skills in analyzing the phonological patterns in
Indian languages, and encourage research in Phonology, a
ten-day intensive workshop was organized by the Department
during 5th-14th December, 2014. Some
students from outside the Department had also participated
in the Workshop. The focus of the Workshop was on
identifying some research problems in Phonology of Indian
languages and therefore, a lot of emphasis was given on
practical problem-solving sessions and a group activity.
The
Department intends to organize such intensive workshops in
various areas of Linguistics every year.
A
Beginners’ Workshop in Linguistics
Since
2012, the Department has been organizing a week-long
workshop to introduce basics of Linguistics to a wider
audience who comes with no background in Linguistics, but
has interest in languages. This Workshop is open for anyone
above the age of 13 years. This year, the Beginners’
Workshop took place during 23rd-28th
of December, 2014.
The
Beginners’ Workshop was started as an activity in support of
the Panini Linguistics Olympiad India Programme of the
Department of Linguistics, University of Mumbai (see
Outreach Programmes of the Department), to train the school
and junior college students to participate in the National
and the International Linguistics Olympiad competition.
OUTREACH PROGRAMMES
The
Department is keen to spread awareness regarding linguistic
issues in the larger sections of society. With this aim in
mind, the Department has initiated various outreach
programmes such as:
Teacher Training Programmes in Linguistics &
Language-in-Education
The
Department will be conducting a series of workshops for
school teachers in collaboration with Dr. Rakhmabai
Educational Resource and Research Centre, (The Unique
Foundation), Pune across various regions of Maharashtra. The
aim of the workshops will be to interact with school
teachers regarding the various issues concerning language in
education with special reference to multilingualism in
India.
The
Department also looks forward to conduct similar workshops
in the area of linguistics and language-in-education in
collaboration with various educational institutes across
Maharashtra.
The
Panini Linguistics Olympiad, India programme
The
Department initiated the Panini Linguistics Olympiad, India
programme to promote Linguistics among school and college
students. As part of this programme, a group of students
from various parts of the country are selected to represent
India in the International Linguistics Olympiad held every
year.
For more
details on Panini Linguistics Olympiad, India programme,
visit the following link: https://sites.google.com/site/paninilinguisticsolympiad/
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