Conference on "Post-Empire and Multilingual Societies in Asia and Africa"
Organized by Centre for Documentation & Area-Transcultural Studies (C-DATS)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies / 21st Century Centre of Excellence Programme.

Date: 13:00 - 17:40, 25th October (Sat) 2003
9:30 - 17:30, 26th October (Sun) 2003

Place: Large / Medium Conference rooms in Administration Building
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Fuchu Campus).
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Programme
(Scripts of the presentations with Japanese and English summaries will be distributed at the Conference.)
Saturday, 25th October
13:00-13:20 Opening Session:
the General Presentation
of the Conference
Director of C-DATS: FUJII Takeshi,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
HARA Kiyoshi, Joshibi University of Art and Design
Moderator: YAMASHITA Hitoshi,
Osaka University
13:20-14:40 Keynote Address:
"Ukuzaji wa Lugha ya Kiswahili Baada ya Uhuru Tanzania"
(The Promotion of Kiswahili since the Independence of Tanzania)
Said Ahmed Mohamed KHAMIS, Department of Literatures in African Languages, Universität Beyreuth,
*presentation in Kiswahili, translated into Japanese by TAKEMURA Keiko,
Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
15:00-17:40 First Session: Post-Empire and Multilingual Societies in South-East Asia
Moderator: WATANABE Hibi, The University of Tokyo.
15:05-15:50 Many Nations-of-Intent, One National Language:
The Language Problematique and Nation Formation in Malaysia
SHAMSUL, A.B.
(Institute of the Malay World & Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
*presentation in English with Japanese translation.
15:50-16:35 Two National Language Assimilation Policies of Modern Taiwan CHEN Pei Feng,
National Cheng Kung University
*presentation in Taiwanese,
translated into Japanese by NAKAGAWA Hitoshi, Meikai University.
16:40-16:50 Comment FUJII-MIYANISHI Kumiko,
Miyazaki University
16:50-17:00 Comment BACHTIAR Alam,
University of Indonesia
17:00-17:10 Comment NAWA Katsuo,
The University of Tokyo
17:10-17:40 Discussion
18:00-20:00 Reception (University Hall, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Sunday, 26th October
9:30-11:30 Second Session: Language Politics of Empires, Historical Perspective
Moderator: TSUCHIYA Reiko, Osaka City University
9:35-10:00 German Imperialism in Africa and Language Question NAGAHARA Yoko,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
*presentation in Japanese
10:05-10:30 French Colonial Empire and Languages in Senegal SUNANO Yukitoshi,
Prefectural University of Kumamoto
*presentation in Japanese
10:30-10:40 Comment FUJII Takeshi,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
10:40-10:50 Comment YASUDA Toshiaki,
Hitotsubashi University
10:50-11:30 Discussion
13:00-15:10 Third Session: Post-Empire and Multilingual Societies in Africa
Moderator: SADAMATSU Aya, Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
13:05-13:30 Language Problems in Nomibia YONEDA Nobuko,
Osaka Jogakuin College
*presentation in Japanese
13:35-14:20 Significance of Multilingual Official Languages in South Africa KOTZÉ Ernst F.,
Department of Afrikaans, University of Port Elizabeth
*presentation in Afrikaans,
translated into Japanese by SAKURAI Takashi, Meikai University
14:25-15:10 Langues et politique linguistique au Sénégal CISSÉ Mamadou,
Faculte des Lettres et des sciences humaines, Departement de Linguistique, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD)
*presentation in French, translated into Japanese by SUNANO Yukitoshi,
Prefectural University of Kumamoto
15:30-17:30 General Discussion
Moderators: HARA Kiyoshi, Joshibi University of Art and Design
MATSUMURA Kazuto, The University of Tokyo




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