Approaches to Migration, Language, and Identity

Welcome

Welcome to AMLI 2023

The fourth conference on Approaches to Migration, Language, and Identity (AMLI 2023) takes place at University of Zurich, Switzerland, on September 7 to 8, 2023.

Registration will open soon, we are a bit behind schedule.

Given the current global crises and their resulting social and cultural changes and challenges in contemporary societies, issues of increasing migration, migration policies and discourses, and linguistic identity are at the forefront of political and academic debate. Therefore, the organizing committee of the AMLI23 conference at Zurich, welcomes submissions for paper and poster presentations from December 9th to March 31st. Scholars working on migration, language and identity in disciplines such as the humanities, education and social sciences, are invited to submit their proposals. Proposals for research papers could cover, but are not restricted to, the following topic areas:

1. Migration, integration and identity

2. Language and social inequality

3. Methods of social and linguistic research on language

4. Historical Cases of Migration and Language

We invite suggestions for papers until March 31, 2023. See the detailed call for papers.

Plenary Speakers

The following distinguished plenary speakers will present at AMLI 2023 (in alphabetical order):

Prof. Dr. Anita Auer, Université de Lausanne: Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to Heritage Languages
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Kristen, Universität Bamberg: The Dynamics of Language Acquisition of Newly Arrived Immigrants
Prof. Dr. François Grin, Université Genève: Language Diversity in a Context of Global Mobility: a Policy Evaluation Perspective
Prof. Dr. Wouter van Atteveldt, VU Amsterdam: Are LLMs and Transfer Learning a Game Changer for Computational Social Science?

More information on the talks is given here.

Organizing Committee

Conference Registration and Fees

The Registration is now open at: https://www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/approaches-to-migration-language-and-identity.html

Early bird (until July 16 July 30):

PhD students: 75 CHF
Regular: 125 CHF

Late bird (from July 17 July 31 to September 7th):

PhD students: 125 CHF
Regular: 200 CHF

Cancellation Fee:

50% until August 13
For later cancellations no refund is available.

Venue

AMLI 2023 takes place at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.

The sessions will be held in at Rämistrasse 59 (google maps link), which belongs to the departments of Asian and Oriental Studies of the University of Zurich.

Multiple university affiliated cafeterias are close by with a vegan cafeteria in the same building. Since the University is right in the center of Zurich there are numerous other options for food and drinks.

How to get there

The building is right next to the tram station "Kantonsschule" (lines 5 and 9).

When coming from Zurich main station take tram line 3 to "Kunsthaus" and either walk (5min) or take tram lines 5 or 9 (1 station) to "Kantonsschule".

Hotel recommendations

Here are some (not-sponsored) recommendations for affordable to mid-range hotels and hostels:

Restaurant and Café Options

Restaurants and Cafés in the Vicinity

Only a few steps from our conference venue, there are several options for snacks, light meals, coffees, University cafeterias and restaurants. Here's an overview:

Rämi 59: Cafeteria & Vegan University Café: in our building (next to tram stop "Kantonsschule", left bottom of map, see also below). Very good coffee, only open 8-14.30.
apoTHEKE: Excellent coffee, nice snacks and light meals such as pasta salad, burgers and quiches, also in the evening. Cool chill music.
Sento: nice classy Italian restaurant with excellent pizzas. Lunch and dinner.
Oberhof: classical Swiss dining, friendly staff, good meat. Lunch and dinner.
Reif Metzgerei: a butcher who also does take-away meals, salads, drinks, coffee. Closed in the evening.
University mensas (see below). Two large restaurants terraced below the main building. Reasonable food at very attractive prices. Lunch only.

Restaurants and Cafés in the Old Town

Between our conference venue on top of "Kunsthaus", the arts museum, and the lake there are dozens of nice restaurants. The above Google map only lists a selection. Some of our favourites are (from top right):

Santa Lucia Teatro (not on the map): Classical pizzeria at the Kunsthaus square
Sol Thai: for the lovers of Thai food
Weisser Wind: Very old classic restaurant with excellent cuisine.
Le Cèdre: Lebanese cuisine, nice mezze.
Williams Butchers Table: for the lovers of steaks and meat.
Napulé: real Italian pizzeria, only take-away.
Restaurant Kronenhalle: one of the most famous restaurants in Zurich, expensive, classic haute cuisine.
Sternen Grill: the classical BBQ bar and take-away with a long tradition and reasonable prices. Sausages, Burgers, Fries, superb beer, everything. Their very spicy mustard is famous and tickles your nose like no other thing!
Imbiss Riviera: just a food stall, reasonable prices (which is rare in Zurich) and excellent lake view

University Mensa

There is a vegan mensa in our building.

Menu for Thursday:

https://www.mensa.uzh.ch/de/menueplaene/raemi59/donnerstag.html (in German): Chick peas with pasta, or Thai curry with lentils

Menu for Friday:

https://www.mensa.uzh.ch/de/menueplaene/raemi59/freitag.html (in German): Wheatberries (Ebly) with spinach, or soja Cevapcici with rice

The large main mensa is also in easy walking distance – follow the map on the left.

The menu of this week is:
https://www.mensa.uzh.ch/de/menueplaene/zentrum-mercato.html (in German)

On Thursday, vegan beetroot, red Thai curry with chicken, or Minced meat Zurich style

On Friday, vegetable Paella, red Thai curry with chicken, or chicken skewers.