Chair
Dr Rémi Léger
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby (British Columbia), Canada
rleger@sfu.ca
Vice-Chair
Dr Amy Liu
University of Texas at Austin, USA
amy.liu@austin.utexas.edu
Secretary
Dr Jean-Francois Dupré
University of Ottawa, Canada
rc50ipsa@gmail.com
Officers
Dr. Ericka Albaugh, Bowdoin College, USA, ealbaugh@bowdoin.edu
Dr. Daniel Cetra, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, d.cetra@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Bartosz Hordecki, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, bartoszhordecki@interia.pl
Dr. Peter Ives, University of Winnipeg, Canada, p.ives@uwinnipeg.ca
Dr. Rudi Janssens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Rudi.janssens@vub.ac.be
Dr. Martin Normand, University of Ottawa, mnormand@uottawa.ca
Dr. Lauren Zentz, University of Houston, lrzentz@central.uh.edu
Background
Granted research committee status in 2000; committee created in January 2001.
Objectives
The purpose of the committee is to study the politics of language; more specifically to study:
- the relations of power that inflect the choice and use of language(s) in international, national, regional, and local polities, societies and communities;
- the origins, structures, implementation, effects and consequences of language regimes;
- the politics of linguistic minorities, including goals, strategies, motivations and mobilization;
by
- using the normative and empirical tools of analysis in political science;
- developing mid-level theories regarding language and democracy, citizenship, globalization and other critical issues.
