Conference presentations

2013:
  • “University language policies and language choice among Ph.D. graduates in Estonia: the (unbalanced) interplay between English and Estonian.” (Paper presentation). English in Europe. The English Language in Teaching in European Higher Education, University of Copenhagen, April 19-21.
  • “Language ideologies, Globalization and the value of multilingualism among Spanish-speaking college students in Southern-California.” (Paper presentation). Annual Conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland, University of Oxford, March 25-27.    
  • “The internationalization of Catalan universities from a multilayered perspective: The interplay among Catalan, Spanish and English.” (Paper presentation). 128th Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association, Boston, January 3-6.

2012
  • “Globalization and higher education. The use of English and other national languages in Catalan and Estonian Ph.D. dissertations.” (Paper presentation). Muutuva Keele Päev, University of Tartu, November 16.
  • “Diversity and vitality of the Catalan language in the 21st Century.” (Paper presentation). Diversity and Vitality of Languages, Võru Institute & University of Tartu, Võru, October 25-27.
  • “‘Medium-sized’ languages and the city: Contexts and practices, current challenges and future possibilities.” (Panel chair and presenter) Sociolinguistics Symposium 19, Freie Universität Berlin, August 22-24.
  • “The tension in the creation of a Catalan oral standard. The contrast between dubbed films and TV serials.” (Paper presentation). XV Forum for Iberian Studies. University of Oxford, June 20-22.
  • “Globalization, ‘medium-sized’ languages and language ideologies. The cases of Estonian and Catalan compared.” (Paper presentation). 11th Annual Conference of the Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics. University of Tallinn & Estonian Language Institute, Tallinn, Estonia, April 27.
  • “English as a lingua franca in Estonia: Some evidence from ethnographic research.” (Paper presentation). The English language in Europe: Debates and discourses. University of Sheffield, April 20-22.    


2011
  • “Stateless and state medium-sized nations in Europe: A comparison between Catalonia and Estonia from a sociolinguistic perspective.” (Paper presentation). National, ethnic and language minorities in the European Union. Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, September 14-16.
  • “The challenges for ‘medium-sized’ languages in the field of academic research and higher education.” (Paper presentation). National languages in academic research and higher education. Tallinn, August 29-30.    
  • “Winning the publics’ for medium-sized languages. The Catalan case as seen through the Estonian experience.” (Paper presentation). Council for European Studies. 18th International Conference of Europeanists. Barcelona, June 20-22.
  • “English and Spanish in the San Diego area. Similarities and differences in the valorization of both languages at a Community College and at UCSD campus.” (Paper presentation). Sandrizona IV – An Interdisciplinary Conference on Language Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, February 19-20.

2010
  • “Estonia vs. Catalonia: Who learns from whom? An insight from the point of view of their speakers’ language ideologies” (Paper presentation). Minority Challenges in Europe: Successes and Challenges, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 7-9.
  • “The ideologies of anonymity and authenticity in Catalonia and in Estonia. Comparison of the linguistic values and speakers’ attitudes in these contexts” (Paper presentation). 13th North American Catalan Society International Colloquium, Philadelphia, May 5-9.
  • “Linguistic ideologies in Estonia. Speakers’ evaluations of the Russian and the Estonian languages in Estonia” (Paper presentation). 22nd Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, Seattle, April 22-24.
  • “Linguistic ideologies in Estonia and in Catalonia: a comparison of speakers’ evaluations, ideas and beliefs about their languages” (Data roundtable presentation). 1st Annual Symposium on Communicative Practices in the Lifeworld, University of California, Berkeley, April 9-10.
  • ““Smart people understand it is worth speaking Russian”. Speakers’ evaluations of the Russian language in Estonia” (Online paper presentation). The Russian language outside the nation: Speakers and Identities, University of Edinburgh, April 1-2.

2009
  • “La importància d’explicar-nos sociolingüísticament” (Paper presentation). XXIII Jornades Internacionals per a Professors de Català. Estratègies per a l’aprenentatge i la innovació docent. Xarxa universitària d’estudis catalans a l’exterior, Institut Ramon Llull, Gandia, September 6-10.
  • “Local and global languages in different official status” (Paper presentation). International Conference on Minority Languages XII, University of Tartu, Tartu & Võru, May 28-30.
  • “The complexity and the tension of linguistic ideologies in Estonia in the Era of Globalization” (Paper presentation). 3rd Annual CRCEES Research Forum, University of Glasgow, May 14-15.
  • “Local and global languages in different official status” (Paper presentation). Languages of the Wider World, University of London, April 16-17.
  • “Eestis levinud keeleideoloogiate omavaheliste suhete keerulisus globaliseerumise ajastul” (Paper presentation). Eestisse, Eestis, Eestist, Estonian Institute, University of Tallinn, January 29-30.

2007
  • “The (socio)linguistic situation of Catalan language” (Paper presentation). Emakeel ja teised keeled VI, University of Tartu, November 22.
  • “Cultural Activities and the Projection of Catalan Language and Culture in the Frame of the Catalan Lectureship at the University of Tartu” (Paper presentation). XXI Jornades Internacionals per a Professors de Català, Institut Ramon Llull, Barcelona, July 25.

Invited talks in colloquia

2013:
  • “Language and Identity in Catalonia in the 21st Century.” (Invited conference). Primavera en Español, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, May 2.


2012:
  • “Katalaani keel 21. sajandil. Võimalused ja väljakutsed.” (Invited conference). Innauguration session of the photography exhibition “Kõige kõrgemast aknast”, by Merilin Kotta. Haapsalu, Estonia, November 2.
  • “Language Ideologies, Globalization and the Value of Multilingualism among Spanish-speaking College Students in Southern California.” (Public lecture). Institute of Communication, Tallinn University, Tallinn, October 15.
  • “Ethno-linguistic Boundaries in Late Modernity: Language Ideologies in Linguistic Contact Situations Compared.” (Public lecture). Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Tallinn, April 26.


2011
  • “Language, community and the nation in Catalonia.” (Invited lecture). Collaboration to the course “Language, Identity and Community”, by Prof. Kathryn Woolard, UCSD, San Diego, April 7.
  • “Catalonia: Autonomous Province or Independent State?” (Round-table participation). UC San Diego, CILAS Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, March 31.
  • “The challenges for medium-sized languages in the ‘glocal’ era: A case study of Catalan and Estonian from a comparative perspective.” (Conference). UC Santa Barbara, International Mother Language Day celebration, February 23.

2010
  • "The importance of English language in the present time as a global language: some local experiences." (Round-table participation). Institut Cirviànum de Torelló, Torelló, December 17.
  • “Without an accent? The contradictions of Catalan spoken standard in dubbing of animated movies.” (Paper presentation). Linguistic Anthropology Laboratory Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, November 8.
  • “Las ideologías lingüísticas. Un campo de trabajo para sociolingüistas y antropólogos lingüistas” (Workshop instructor). UAEM (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México), Toluca, Mexico, May 14.
  • “El doctorado, un trabajo a tiempo completo” (Conference). UAEM (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México), Toluca, Mexico, May 13.
  • “El tratamiento de la diversidad lingüística en las películas de animación. Análisis de algunos doblajes al catalán y al español peninsular desde un punto de vista sociolingüístico” (Conference). UAEM (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México), Toluca, Mexico, May 13.
  • “Linguistic ideologies in Estonia and Catalonia: A comparison of speakers’ evaluations and beliefs about their languages” (Research-in-progress presentation). Linguistic Anthropology Laboratory Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, March 29.
  • “Linguistic ideologies in Estonia. Speakers’ evaluations of the Russian and the Estonian languages in Estonia” (Research-in-progress presentation). Linguistic Anthropology Laboratory Workshop, UCSD, San Diego, January 11.

2009
  • “Multilingualism and education in Catalonia and Estonia” (Invited lecture). Collaboration to the course “Multilingualism and education” (LIGN 177) by Prof. Sharon Rose, UCSD, San Diego, November 24th.
  • “Barcelona vs. Tallinn. Comparing language environment and language policy”. (Round-table moderator). 8th Annual Conference of the Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics: Language Policy and Cultural Change. University of Tallinn and Estonian Language Institute, Tallinn, April 23-24.

2007
  • “The dubbing of animated American movies. Translation or adaptation?” (Invited lecture). Second Week of the Book, University of Tartu, April 25.

2006
  • “Catalan, a European Language.” (Conference). Day of European Languages, Erasmus Student Network, University of Tallinn, November 23.
  • “The Catalan literature in Estonia. An introduction” (Moderator). First Week of the Book, University of Tartu and University of Tallinn, Tartu and Tallinn, April 17-18.
  • “Postwar Narrative in Catalan literature” (Invited lecture). University of Tartu, March 17.

2005
  • “The Catalan Song. From Nova Cançó till nowadays” (Invited lecture). University of Tartu, November 21.