Digitization and linguistic diversity: kick-off event and panel discussion

The kick-off event of our WWTF-funded DIGILINGDIV project was a great success, with a large number of participants. It featured a brief overview of why we think that investigating the relationship between digitization and linguistic diversity matters and an outlook on our future research. This was followed by a lively panel discussion that engaged the audience’s participation.

Programme:

Welcome addresses by Michael Strassnig (Deputy managing director of WWTF) and Allan Hanbury (Vice Dean, Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien)
Introduction to DIGILINGDIV by the project PIs, Andreas Baumann, Hannes Fellner & Julia Neidhardt

Our guests for the panel discussion are going to be:

Martin Fritz (Secretary General of the Austrian Commission for UNESCO)
Alíz Horváth (Assistant professor of East Asian History and Digital Humanities, Central European University, and Head of the DARIAH Multilingual DH Working Group)
Erich Prem (Researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna, Philosophy of Media and Technology, and TU Wien)
Barbara Soukup (Assistant professor of the Sociolinguistics of German in Austria, Department of German Studies, University of Vienna)

There will be snacks and drinks after the discussion.

Essential information

When? Monday, January 27th, 2025, 17:00-20:00
Where? Hofburg, Batthyany-Stiege, Schreyvogelsaal (entrance in Michaelerkuppel, to the right of the Sisi-Museum)
Languages: German and English
How? Registration is closed