CFP Minoritized Languages in an Age of (Im)mobility

Call for book chapters: Minoritized languages in an age of (im)mobility: People, places and practices. Deadline: abstracts only due 22 April 2025.

Editors: Carla Jonsson, Annika Norlund Shaswar, Andreas Nuottaniemi

“We are pleased to invite chapters for a planned volume on minoritized languages in education and other contexts such as work life and community life. We have been in contact with the editors of the book series ‘Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism’ and we have been encouraged by them to edit a peer reviewed academic volume about this topic. We are now calling for chapters and alternative forms of publications to be included in the proposed volume which Routledge will then consider for publication and accept subject to peer-review.

The chapters can be based on empirical studies (qualitative or quantitative), literature studies or conceptual / theoretical discussions. We are also interested in alternative forms of publications (such
as for instance, but not limited to, written conversations/dialogues/interviews/thought pieces).
These could be written by representatives from organizations and civil society and/or researchers.

We have the possibility to offer two writing retreats in Sweden: one for researchers (prel. in November) and one for representatives from organizations and civil society and or researchers (prel. in September).

The volume aims to critically explore questions about minoritized languages in contexts of education
and work, investigating the possibilities and limitations of language policies in supporting their use.

By bringing together researchers from different fields the book will emphasize interdisciplinary perspectives on minoritized languages, language policy, and multilingualism in education.

This book will be aimed at academic researchers, but will also be of interest to practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders.

We want this volume to include international perspectives and therefore hope for contributions from different contexts/places.