21st EFNIL Conference at the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics

The HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics organized this year’s 21st EFNIL conference from September 23-25. The theme of the event was linguistic diversity and language planning. In her opening speech, Merit-Ene Ilja, Acting Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation, outlined the European Union’s measures aimed at promoting linguistic diversity. Sabine Kirchmeier, President of EFNIL, drew attention to the differences in digital support for European languages and emphasized the importance of the digital presence of languages.

More than forty institutes were represented at the event, which focused on linguistic minorities and majorities. Presentations on language planning in various countries provided insights into the everyday, educational, and workplace challenges and solutions related to multiculturalism and linguistic diversity. The presenters also examined the social and technological impacts of language use and linguistic diversity.
For the fifth year, young linguists across Europe had the opportunity to compete for EFNIL’s own prize, the Master’s Thesis Award. This year, the professional jury awarded three outstanding theses. The theses and presentations will soon be available on the EFNIL website: www.efnil.org.