Professor Colin H Williams
Overview
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 75657
Fax: +44(0)29 208 74604
Extension: 75657
Location: John Percival Building
Research interests
Main research interests:
- Language Policy and Language Planning
- Group Rights and Democratic Citizenship
- Ethnic and Minority Relations
- Non-violence and Pacifist Philosophies
- Human Geography and Environmental Issuesna
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'A New Research Agenda for Multilingualism: The Radein Initiative'
Teaching Profile
BA in Welsh: Year One
- CY1745 Cymru a’i Diwylliant [Wales and its Culture] (contributor)
- CY1744 O Destun i Draethawd [From Text to Essay] (contributor)
BA in Welsh: Year Two and Final Year
- CY2282 Cynllunio Ieithyddol [Language Planning]
MA in Welsh and MA in Welsh Ethnological Studies
- CYD041 Language, Identity and Society
- CYD031 Key Issues in Welsh Scholarship (co-ordinator)
- CYD043 Wales and America (contributer)
Programme for resident Colgate University students
- 'Wales and the Welsh Language' (Contributor)
Publications
Research
Research Projects
Active member of European Universities' Network on Multilingualism
'Globalisation, Modernity and Language: New Perspectives on Language in Education'
http://parlamaidalba.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/turas-gu-eireann-a-tuath-gaidhlig-gaeilge/
'Language Rich Europe' - British Council
ARUC: Les savoirs de la gouvernance communatairePlatforme[251 KB]
‘From Act to Action: Language Legislation in Finland, Ireland and Wales.’ Sponsored by the Svenska Kuturfonden, EBLUL, Foras Na Gaeilge and the Welsh Language Board.
‘Language Commissioners: A Comparative Perspective.’
‘Christian Witness and Non-Violent Resistance.’
Government of Ireland, 20 Year Strategy on the Irish Language
Postgraduate Students
Current PhD Students
William Roberts: Public Parades and Identity
Ifor Gruffydd: ‘Strategaethau Cynllunio Ieithyddol’ [Strategies for Language Planning]
Steve Eaves: ‘Cynllunio Ieithyddol: Hyfforddiant’ [Language Planning: Training]
Lucy Morrow: Language and Celtic Ethnicity in Contemporary Ireland and Wales (with Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost)
Sean Ó Connor: The Irish Language in the Justice System (with Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost)
Jenny Marshall: (KESS scholarship) 'Dulliau Dysgu a'r Economi Digidol [Learning Techniques and the Digital Economy] (with Dr Adrian Price)
