International Conference
“Regional Languages in the New Europe”
Rēzekne, Latgalia/Latvia
20-23 May 2004

Third Circular

Dear Participants

We are happy to inform you about the recent developments in the preparation of the Conference and we are looking forward to welcome you in Latgalia.

In this 3rd Circular you will find:
- the final form
- list of participants and papers
- preliminary schedule
- information on the publication of Conference materials.

Please, copy, fill in, and send back to us (both to wicher@amu.edu.pl and ilga13@inbox.lv)
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Confirmation Form

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To be paid by 15th April, 2004 to:
	Rēzeknes Augstskola
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	address: Atbrīvošanas aleja 90, Rēzekne, Latvia
	 “Regional Languages in the New Europe”
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List of Participants and Papers

Language policy

Alfred Majewicz (Poland)
Regional Languages Outside Europe, Background and some Cases of Interest – plenary paper
Tomasz Wicherkiewicz (Poland)
Regional Languages in Typology of Lesser-Used Languages in Europe – plenary paper
Ineta Atpile-Jugane (Latvia)
The role of a museum in the preservation and popularization of language and culture – in Latvian
Zane Cekula, Otīlija Kovaļevska (Latvia)
Problems of standardization of Latgalian geographic names in Latvian cartogrpahy – in Latvian
Juris Cibuļs (Latvia)
The Latgalian Language between the Millstones of Education and Language Policy
Alok Kumar Das (Germany)
Survival and Maintenance of Regional Languages in the New Europe: Consequences of Expansion and Changing Demography
Vittorio Dell’Aquila (Finland/Italy)
Theory and Practice of Language Planning of a Small Language in a Multilingual Context: the Ladins of Dolomites
Jean-Luc Fauconnier (Belgium)
The Oïl-languages: a group of collateral languages on the way to recognition – in French
Kazimieras Garsva (Lithuania)
State languages, regional languages and minority languages in Central Europe – in Russian
Austris Grasis (Germany)
Language policy of the Societ authorities and the so-called literary language – in Latvian
Hervé Guillorel (France)
Political aspects of the naming of languages: France and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Gabriele Iannàccaro (Italy)
Scattered Minorities throughout the Western Alps: the Walser. Methodology of a large Survey after Official Recognition
Sulev Iva, Karl Pajusalu (Estonia)
The Võro Language: Historical Development and Present Situation
Aivars Mackevičs (Latvia)
Latgalian words in electronic media – in Latgalian
Renata Mistarz (Poland)
Crucial Problems of Kashubian Education
Chris Robinson (United Kingdom)
Scots Language: the Continuing Struggle
Vita Strautniece (Latvia)
Respecting local pecularities in standardization of geographical names – in Latvian
Andrejs Svilāns (Latvia)
The Latgalian language and language policy in Latvia – in Latgalian
Jurs Viļums (Latvia)
Publishing a new newspaper for the region of Latgalia – in Latvian

Sociolinguistics of regional languages

Baiba Kangare (Sweden)
Standard Language andd "Other" Languages: Identity and Society – plenary paper
Leoš Šatava (Czech Republic)
Regional Languages and Ethnicity – plenary paper
Romualdas Julius Apanavicius (Lithuania)
Three Levels of the Ethnic Determination: the Case of Lituhuanian-Belarusian Poles
Aleksey Andronov (Russia)
Some questions of a theoretical grammar of Latgalian: the system of vowels – in Latvian
Rune Bengtsson (Sweden)
Identity and Self-Picture in Latgalia (The Examples of Andrupene and Puša)
Līga Bernāne (Latvia)
Discussion on the standardization of Latgalian in the press (beginning of the 20th c.): standard language and dialects – in Latvian
Alejandro Fernandez-Cernuda Diaz (Spain)
Asturian and Mirandese, the Importance of Officiality
Laima Grumadiene (Lithuania)
Sociolinguistic Situation of Samogitian in Lithuania
Kadri Koreinik (Estonia)
The Language Attitudes Show the Lowest Prestige for the Võro Language
Augusts Kurčins (Latvia)
Latgalian vocabulary as an important part of cultural heritage – in Latvian
Antra Kļavinska (Latvia)
Typology and reception of inter-language homonymy
Sandra Laizāne (Latvia)
Influence of social background in the use of addressing forms
Andželika Lapinskiene (Lithuania)
Language’s Etiquette: Language and Communication in Samogitian Ethnographical Region in the 20th Century
Sanita Lazdiņa (Latvia)
Cultural and social context in language teaching – in Latvian
Lidija Leikuma (Latvia)
Two literary traditions of the Latvian language: common and specific features – in Latgalian
James Miller (United Kingdom)
Ulster Scots
Jadwiga Zieniukowa (Poland)
Kashubian – Forming the Literary Standard

Regional Culture & History

Virginija Apanavičiene (Lithuania)
History and culture of Lithuania Minor in the stage performances oth Lithuanian composers – in Russian
Romualdas Apanavičius (Lithuania)
Latgalians: Their Origin and Cultural Pecularities According to the Ethonomusiciological Data
Valda Čakša (Latvia)
Teaching of music terminology in the program of the National Conservatory in Rēzekne – in Latvian
Pranas Janauskas (Lithuania)
Participation of Lithuanian Poles in the self-governemnt of Kaunas in 1918-1940 – in Russian
Angelika Juško-Štekele (Latvia)
Woman in Latgalian folklore – in Latgalian
Kārlis Kangeris (Sweden)
Latgalia during the Nazi occupation: cultural and political aspects – in Latvian
Alfonsas Motuzas (Lithuania)
The Peculiarities of the Popular Piety Practices of the Latvian and Lithuanian Catholics
Vida Palubinskiene (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Southwestern Region Kankles as an Expression of Lithuanian Cultural Identity of the 19th century and early 20th century
Lina Petrošiene (Lithuania)
The "Lietuvininkai" and Lithuanians: problems of ethnic and cultural identity – in Russian
Inese Poča (Latvia)
The first Latgalian issue of Gaisma (1905-1906) on language preservation and development – in Latvian
Kārlis Počs (Latvia)
Teaching of specificities in Latgalian history: problems of historical heritage – in Latvian
Rasa Račiūnaite (Lithuania) 
Samogitian Customs of the Life Cycle in the 20th Century
Gražina Skaibeikyte-Kazlauskiene (Lithuania)
The folklore of the Dzukija region in the children's poetry by Sigitas Gada – in Russian
Arūnas Vaicekauskas (Lithuania)
Regional pecularities of calendar ceremonies: Carnival in Samogitia (1st half of 19th c.) – in Russian
Aušra Zabieliene (Lithuania)
Phenomena of Identity in Folklore Ensembles in Aukštaitija Region

Regional literature

Tom Hubbard (United Kingdom)
The Reception of Scots-Language Literature in Mainland Europe, on the Evidence of BOSLIT (The Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation)
Nikolay Kirsanov (Finland)
The Fate of Votiаn Language as Viewed by a Votian Scholar: Works of D. Tsvetkoff
Ināra Klekere (Latvia)
Sources on manuscript literature from the period of print abolishment in the collection of Latvian National Library – in Latvian
J.Derrick McClure (United Kingdom)
Scots: language  varieties in recent writing
Egidija Ramanauskaite (Lithuania)
Manifesting regional identity in modern culture: Samogitian phenomenon in cultural texts – in Russian
Iveta Ratinīka (Latvia)
Features of existentialism in the Latgalian poetry of 1990s: O. Seiksts, V. Lukaševičs, J.Ryučāns – in Latvian
Megumi Sakomoto (Japan)
Lost in Translation: Local Identity and Regional Literary Tradition in Scotland – Study of Scottish Novelist Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s Sunset Song
Ilona Salceviča (Latvia)
Unoublished and written prosaic texts in Latgalian – in Latvian
Ilze Sperga (Latvia)
Discourse on Suicide in a Story by Neaizmiеrstule – in Latvian
Anna Stafecka (Latvia)
Manuscript literature in Latgalian in the period of print abolishment – in Latvian
Ilga Šuplinska (Latvia)
Audience in the contemporary Latgalian poetry – in Latvian

Other Participants

George Jones (United Kingdom)
Kaido Kama (Estonia)
Helen Koks (Estonia)
Tamāra Lapsa (Latvia)
Ann McClure (United Kingdom)
Rita Sprudzs (Sweden)
Iva Triin (Estonia)
Preliminary Schedule

20. May
		Registration
15:00		Conference Opening
15:40		Opening Lecture: Latgalia – Country, History, Language, Culture and People
16:40		coffee break
17:10		speech by Msgr. Jānis Bulis – Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona Diocese
17:30		presentation of the first book published in Latgalian: Evangelia toto anno (1753); Dr. Anna Stafecka
18:00	presentation of the Latgalian dictionary Latgaļu volūdas vōrdu; Jānis Elksnis
20:00	Večerinka – evening of Latgalian cuisine, folklore and music

21. May
 9:30		plenary paper Regional Languages in Typology of Lesser-Used Languages in
 Europe; Dr. Tomasz Wicherkiewicz
10:00		plenary paper Standard Language and "Other" Languages: Identity and
Society; Prof. Baiba Kangare
10:30		coffee break
11:00		part I (3 x 20 min.) in 4 sections
12:00		coffee break
12:30		part II (3 x 20 min.) in 4 sections
13:30		lunch
15:00		part III (3 x 20 min.) in 4 sections
16:00		coffee break
16:30		part IV (3 x 20 min.) in 4 sections
19:00		Latgalian evening with pottery, beer and cheese

22. May
 9:30		plenary paper Regional Languages and Ethnicity; Prof. Leoš Šatava
10:00		plenary paper Regional Languages Outside Europe, Background and some Cases of Interest; Prof. Alfred Majewicz 
10:30		coffee break
11:00		exhibition of Primers in the world's languages; Prof. Juris Cibuļs
12:00		part V (4 x 20 min.) in 4 sections
13:20		lunch
15:00		2 parallel panels"
		- Mass-Media and Regional Languages
		- Regional Literature
16:00		section reports
		Closing Ceremony
20:00		Closing Banquet

The Conference will be accompanied by the exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Latin print abolishment

23.May
10:00–20:00	post-Conference study-trip by bus through Latgalia
Conference Materials

The full text of papers (by e-mail: ilga13@inbox.lv, san@ru.lv  or a post: “Regional Languages in the New Europe”, Atbrivosanas aleja 115, Rezekne, LV 4600, Latvia, with a printed copy and a floppy) should be sent by 15th April, 2004.

Structure of the paper: information about the author, title, annotation and key words are very welcome, the text itself, list of notes. 

Requirements for the papers:
The text is up to 10 pages, including the list of notes, including annotation – 2500 signs.
The text should be in A4 format, Word, in one column, with such parameters: indentation top and bottom - 2 cm, right - 2 cm, left – 2,5 cm, font style– Times New Roman, the letters size – 12 pt, line spacing - 1 interval, drawings and graphs – black and white.

Text parts parameters:
Author’s name and surname	12 pt, Bold
Organization she/he represents, country	12 pt, Normal
Title in two languages	14 pt, Bold, All Caps
Annotation	12 pt, Italic
Key words in two languages	12 pt, Italic
The text of the report	12 pt, Normal
Notes 	10 pt, Normal

Notes should be given in numbered order as the come as in given example: 
1. Greimas A.J. Tautos atminties beieškant. – Vilnius and Chicago,1996.-205.-286.
2. Krovenmaa P. Reģionālisms: imports, jaunrade, eksporta.19.-20.gs.mijas somu arhitektūras nozīme Baltijā // Jūgendstils. Laiks un telpa. Baltijas jūras valstis 19.-20.gs.mijā /sast. S.Grosa. -Rīga,1996.-14.lpp.
3. Kļaviņš E. Classical Revivals and traditionalism in Latvian Art in the First Decades of the 20th century. A Sinopsis.// The First Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe. -Riga, 16-18 June, 1995.-p.148.
4. Цивьян Т.Повесть конопли: к митологической интерпретации одного операционного текста.//Славянские чтения.-Москва,1997.-N.3,-с.205.-283.

If you are not ready to send the report for publication, there is a possibility of the annotation (up to 2500 signes) to be published in the separate edition.
Other Information

Interpreting service
will be provided from Latgalian, Latvian and Russian into English, as well as from English into Russian.

Flights to/from Riga (RIX)
Riga International Airport has direct connections to/from:
Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Helsinki, Moscow, Prague, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw (AirBaltic – well connected with SAS); Frankfurt (Lufthansa); Helsinki (Finnair); London-Heathrow (British Airways); Prague (Czech Airlines); Warsaw (LOT)

Trains/buses to Rezekne
The more detailed information, together with a current (summer) train/bus schedule Rīga-Rēzekne, will be sent to the Participants together with the Final Circular in late April. Anyway, you should plan some 4 hours for both train and bus journey.

Money in Latvia
Latvian currency is 1 lats (LVL or Ls); the current exchange rate is ca. 1 € = 0.6 LVL