We have the pleasure to announce that REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the 5th Barcelona Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism (BSBM) held at the Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Campus Ciutadella), and organized by the CBC research group.
Date: 12-Sep-2017 – 15-Sep-2017
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Tuition price: 300- Euro
Course Website: <a href=”https://www.upf.edu/bsbm/en/”>https://www.upf.edu/bsbm/en/</a>
Registration website: <a href=”https://eventum.upf.edu/event_detail/8575/detail/5th-barcelona-summer-school-on-bilingualism-and-multilingualism.html”>https://eventum.upf.edu/event_detail/8575/detail/5th-barcelona-summer-school-on-bilingualism-and-multilingualism.html</a>
Contact Email: <a href=”mailto:bilingualism.school@upf.edu”>bilingualism.school@upf.edu</a>
MODULES AND TEACHERS
The school offers 4 modules presented by the following teachers:
Module 1. Multilingualism and Neuroprotection
Jubin Abutalebi (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan)
Module 2. Bilingual acquisition: the early stages
Fred H. Genesee (Mc Gill University, Montreal)
Module 3. The social side of multilingualism
Katherine Kinzler (Cornell University, Ithaca)
Module 4. Connecting language
Guillaume Thierry (Bangor University, Bangor)
Researchers’ session
Together with the courses, we invite attendees to present their research in two researchers’ session taking place on Wednesday and Friday. The researcher’s session will be directed by Albert Costa (UPF), Marco Calabria (UPF) and Cristina Baus (UPF) and students will have 15-20 minutes to present pre- or post-doctoral research either ‘work in progress’ or finished projects. Interested students should submit an abstract (see <a href=”https://www.upf.edu/bsbm/en/program/”>https://www.upf.edu/bsbm/en/program/</a> for further details).
School directors:
Prof. Albert Costa (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
Prof. Istvan Kecskes (State University of New York, Albany)
Prof. Carmen Pérez Vidal (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
Please send all inquires to our email address: <a href=”mailto:bilingualism.school@upf.edu”>bilingualism.school@upf.edu</a>