Dr. Alok K Das with Nick Ostler in London

International Conferences & Seminars:

Participated and presented a paper, “Public Relations, Philosophies & Methods of Mahatma Gandhi: Relevance of Satyagraha in Today’s Context”, Satyagraha Centenary International Conference: Globalization of the Gandhian Way, 13-20 November 2007, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi & Champaran, India.

Participated and presented a paper, “Directionality of the Pre-Neolithic Linguistic Spread: Gathering Evidence through the Andamanese Languages”, III International Scientific Conference: Language and Culture, organised by the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages, the Department of Language and Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Journal of Philology, 23 – 25 September 2005, Moscow.

Participated and presented a paper, “Linguistic Practices and not just Linguistic Rights: Endangered Languages in New Europe”, at the 8th FEL Conference: “On the Margins of Nations: Endangered Languages and Linguistic Rights”, organised by UNESCO Chair on Languages and Education in cooperation with the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL), Barcelona, Spain, 01 – 03 October 2004. http://www.iecat.net/recerca/centreslabs/8FELConference/8FEL-Programme.pdf

Participated and presented a paper, “Hermeneutics of the Vedas and the Upanishads: Foundations of Relation between Language, Literature and Science”, at International Conference: GlobE 2004 “Bridges and Walls in Metalinguistic Discourse”, organised by the Institute of Applied Linguistics, Warsaw University, 18 – 20 September 2004, Warsaw, Poland. http://globe.ils.thinksoft.pl/index.php?section=4&subsection=10#Alok_Kumar_Das (to be published by Peter Lang, Berlin, by mid 2008)

Contributed a paper, “Survival and Maintenance of Regional Languages in the New Europe: Consequences of Expansion and Changing Demography”, at International Scientific Conference: “Regional Languages in the New Europe”, held at Rezekne, Latvia, 20 – 23 May 2004.

Participated and presented a paper, “Minority Language Laws in the EU: Process and Problem of Policy Implementation”, at II Mercator International Symposium: “Europa 2004: A new framework for ALL languages?”, held at Universitat Rovira I Virgili, 27 – 28 February 2004, Tarragona, Barcelona, Spain.

Participated and presented a paper, “Changing Constructs of Linguistic Imperialism: Religion, Polity and Economics”, International Conference on “Language and Nationhood: Confronting New Realities”, organised by School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 16 – 18 December 2003, Putrajaya Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Participated and presented a paper, “Language Conflict in India”, International Scientific Conference: Language and Culture, organised by the Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages, the Department of Language and Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Journal of Philology, 14 – 17 September 2001, Moscow.

Participated and presented a paper, “Language Conflict and Violence”, National Seminar on Violence and Politics in India, sponsored by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi and organised by the Post-graduate Department of Political Science, Hindu College, Moradabad, 9 – 10 November 2000, Moradabad, UP, India.

Participated and presented a paper, “Problems of Russian Language Use in Interethnic and International Communication”, at the 28th All India Conference of Linguists, organised by the Department of Linguistics, Banaras Hindu University, 2 – 4 November 2006, Varanasi, UP, India.

“Impact of Mobility on Languages in the Russian Federation: Invading isolation or importing diversity?”, 37th International Meeting of Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE 2004), Kristiansand, Norway, 29 July – 1 August 2004. http://www.filonova.no/konferanser/sle/index.html

“Survival and Maintenance of Regional Languages in the New Europe: Consequences of Expansion and Changing Demography”, III Mercator International Symposium “Linguistic Diversity and Education: Challenges and Opportunities”, Ljouwert/ Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, 25 – 27 November 2004. http://www.mercator-education.org/sjablonen/3/default.asp?objectID=791

“When English replaced Persian: Relinquishing an ‘Entangled’ Linguistic Legacy”, The Second Late Modern English International Conference (LMEC2), University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain, 25 – 27 November 2004. http://webs.uvigo.es/lmec2/abstracts.pdf