A Minority Languages Conference: Voices of the West: Minority Languages in Broadcasting and Education is to be held at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness on 21st June 2008, 11-4.30pm.   


Conference themes include:

• The status of British minority languages in Europe

• Minority languages and programming

• Contemporary Gaelic culture

• Minority languages in education


Keynote speakers include:

Ceri Sherlock, Commissioning Executive - Arts, BBC Wales
Lesley Riddoch , BBC Scotland
J. Derrick McClure, University of Aberdeen
Sonia Parayre, Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Council of Europe
Donna Heddle, UHI Millennium Institute Centre for Nordic Studies


For further details please go to http://www.nos-ur.eu/conference.htm or contact :

Dr. Donna Heddle, Director of the Centre for Nordic Studies, UHI Millennium Institute, Orkney College, KW15 1LX,  
Tel: 01856 569247, E-mail: Donna.Heddle@orkney.uhi.ac.uk