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SAVE THE DATE 📅
The fifth and final RISE UP Networking Event, “Get Inspired! Celebrating Minoritised Language Arts”, will take place on January 20, 2026, from 2PM-5PM CET!
More information and registration here: www.eventbrite.at/e/get-inspir...

Inaugural Lecture from SOAS @soasuni.bsky.social Linguistics Professor Julia Sallabank, titled 'Language revitalisation and reclamation: theorising processes and ideologies'
Dec 11 · 5:30 pm GMT

#linguistics #language #Languagerevitalisation #Endangeredlanguages #Languagedocumentation

Real momentum was created by the synergy between deep (re-)thinking of the media and language vitality relationship by experts, and integrating new contexts and media from around the world. #RISE UP (Eva Eppler) and #HOW TIMELY (Floriane Bardini) presented #’Speak on Screen’.

Milestone for Cornish language after securing Part III status alongside Welsh and Gaelic It officially recognises the importance of Cornish as a living language and a core part of Cornwall’s cultural identity

The UK Government recommended the Cornish language for Part III status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. This places Cornish on a par with Welsh, Irish & Scottish Gaelic.
Congratulations to the Cornish people & all the actors involved in the language's promotion!

The RISE UP Travelling Exhibition is now available online!
Explore the amazing artworks by Yyhely Hälvin, Teano Kardula, Ricard Novell, Viktoria Ratasich, and Lianne Wilson, and learn more about Europe's minoritised language communities in 11 languages!
www.riseupproject.eu/exhibition/t...

Prof. Julia Sallabank, who leads RISE UP's SOAS team, will give her inaugural lecture on the pressures facing minoritised languages and what is needed to keep them in use.
Although an in-person event, it will be recorded and available to watch online afterwards.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

YouTube video by arnaud canfin De cap tà l'immortèla Nadau

With Christmas coming, it’s the right time to talk about Nadau - “Christmas” in Occitan, and one of the most iconic bands of Occitània. 🎄
They shaped the nova cançon movement and have long supported social causes + the Calendreta Occitan-language schools.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnXm...

Last week, the team of UNIVIE participated the annual FORUM Minderheitenschulwesen 2025, a forum concerned with minoritised language education. Together with Zwetelina Ortega, we briefly presented the concept of a "language village" for Burgenland Croatian, a strategy for language learning and use.

At the end of October, RISE UP presented findings from its transnational questionnaire at the conference "Aromanian on the Path to a Literary and Standard Language", hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. We presented an analysis of attitudes towards standardisation of the Aromanian language.

Umakultuuri opivara Omakultuuri õppevaramu veebiplatvorm

A joint project by Võru Institute, Seto Institute and Võrumaa Development Centre has created a web platform www.umakultuur.ee, bringing together võro- and seto language study materials for schools and kindergartens to support the teaching of local language and culture.

Setomaa was not the last stop for the RISE UP Travelling Exhibition! Thanks to Thede Kahl, it was shown again in the foyer of the #OEAW as part of the "Aromanian on the Path to a Literary and Standard Language" conference in Vienna, 30-31.10.2025.

RISE UP researcher Julia Sallabank is adapting the Cornish language course Bora Brav to teach her heritage language, Guernesiais (Guernsey, Channel Islands), together with Guernsey teacher and researcher Yan Marquis . On 1st November, Yan and Julia held a very successful pilot workshop in Guernsey!

Last Monday, RISE UP & #HOWTIMELY launched “Speak on Screen,” a workshop series exploring #dubbing/#subtitling to strengthen language learning. 13 participants joined to learn about #AVT in the framework of minority/minoritised languages 🌍🎬
Read more here:
mon.uvic.cat/how-timely/2...

Eva Eppler was invited to share the results of the transnational RISE UP survey on #Aromanian with the community at the #Symposium commemorating the arrival of the first Aromanians in Romania 100 years ago. Stakeholders praised the findings as important for the community.

Last week, our consortium met up in Vienna for its last official consortium meeting!
We spent three days with meetings and discussions on our outcomes, final steps, and sustainability and uptake of our results.
We also visited the Croatian Centre in Vienna - thank you for having us!

On October 3, our Travelling Exhibition visited Bucharest, Romania! 🎉✨
Thank you to the Aromanian Cultural Society for hosting us ♥
If you want to see more, you can have a look at this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQmB...

De cap tà l'immortèla Nadau

🍂 November 1st in Catalunya means Tots Sants — a day of sweet panellets, roasted castanyes, and songs for La Castanyera, the chestnut lady 🌰🎶

Discover this lovely Catalan tradition 👇
🎥 La Castanyera Song:

Peršmanhof-Einsatz: Nicht gegen die Minderheit gerichtet? - Novi Glas Der vorliegende Bericht des Innenministeriums versucht zu erklären – und beschwichtigt. Seine Botschaft: kein Angriff auf Minderheit oder Gedenkort. Warum diese Erklärung unzureichend ist.

Have you read Novi Glas's article about the Peršmanhof police operation yet? Although the Interior Ministry’s report attempts to play down the incident, the analysis reveals blind spots in Austria's approach to minorities, remembrance, and accountability.

Success of the Seto-language kindergarten group at Värska Municipal Kindergarten has inspired others — new Seto immersion group in Meremäe and a Võro-language group in Võru’s Tähesära Kindergarten started this fall. www.err.ee/1609823130/v...

#RISEUP has helped #YEN reach out to #Celtic regions, supporting young people working to keep their languages & cultures alive! We were so glad when #Kernewek activists Jowan and Lizzie joined the last YEN Seminar. You can read more about their experiences here: www.riseupproject.eu/celtic-inclu...

Intangible Cultural Heritage Cornish Intangible Cultural Heritage is the non-physical aspects of Cornish culture that are passed down through generations and are part of community life. It is Cornwall’s living culture and include...

#Cornwall Council’s new survey on Intangible Cultural Heritage celebrates the living traditions that shape the #Cornish identity, from music, festivals, traditions, dance, sport, skills, and community life.
You can complete this survey by 31 October: letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/intangible-c...

OPEN CALL:
“Speak on Screen: Translating Audiovisual Content in Minority Languages”🎙

🗓 2 Creation + 1 Support Session
❔Open to anyone! Minimum age is 16
💬 Working language is English

➡ How to apply:
Please email us at office@riseupproject.eu by Nov 1, 2025
#HOWTIMELY #RISEUP

On Monday, our Travelling Exhibition visited its last stop - Värska, Setomaa! 🎉

The exhibition was opened with a performance of the Seto Leelo choir Mar´atsäuk, and we celebrated with singing, dancing, and good food 🎶♥

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this great event 🥰

October livestock fairs in the Val d'Aran - Visitvaldaran.com - Valle de Arán - Estación de esquí Baqueira Beret y turismo, Pirineos From 6 to 8 October, coinciding with the arrival of autumn, take place in Val d’Aran major towns -Les, Salardú Vielha and Bossòst- a series of festivals on animals and trade, showing one of the activi...

October in Val d’Aran means Es Heires 🎉
Traditional fairs in Les, Salardú, Vielha & Bossòst bring together livestock 🐴🐑, crafts, gastronomy, concerts & competitions.

More info 👉 www.visitvaldaran.com/en/llegan-la...

In September, 5 Burgenland Croatian speakers with language expertise visited the office of the UNIVIE team to work on our Digital Toolkit. They spent the whole day translating language exercises into Burgenland Croatian and recording dialogs. Thank you so much for your expertise & valuable work! 💬✨

WHAT?! RISE UP's Travelling Exhibition is coming to Setomaa, Estonia!
📅 October 6, 2025, at 18:00
📍 Värska Cultural Center, Setomaa, Estonia
The exhibition opening will be accompanied by a performance of the Mar´atsäuk choir 🎶

Aug 18–23, the Univ. of Tartu hosted the 14th International Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies (CIFU), with close to 300 participants from 20 countries. A key outcome was an official appeal to recognize & protect South Estonian languages.

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ALAPP 2025 | ZHAW Applied Linguistics ImprintRealized with Klaro!

Experts in language teaching at the 15th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (www.zhaw.ch/en/linguisti... ) were astounded by a report by Eva Duran Eppler on the conditions some minority language teachers are working under.

ENACT Web App Prizes 2024 - Announcing the winners! | ENACT Contact us

The Cornish language submission for the 2024 ENACT Web App Prizes, titled “Destination Cornish, via Mining and Mexico!” by Katy Humberstone has won a Gold Prize!
Full details of this Award can be found here:

RISE UP will contribute to the conference #Aromanian on the Path to a Literary and Standard Language, organised by the #Autrian Academy of Science with a contribution based on our questionnaire, which is still open. Get your skates on if you want to contribute too! www.oeaw.ac.at/vlach/events...