CONFERENCE: EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

How is creativity and ‘out of the box’ thinking fostered through multilingualism?On Friday 27 September, come to celebrate the European Day of Language sin Edinburgh, together with the Goethe-Institut, European consulates and cultural organisations at the Institut français d’Ecosse!

On this occasion we will host two conferences with scholars Dr Alexandra Smith and Antonella Sorace from the University of Edinburgh. One of the conferences will focus on how European writers foster creativity and ‘out of the box’ thinking style through language and the other on multilingualism and creativity.

Programme:

4.30pm: Opening conference

5pm-5.30pm: 
Conference with Dr Alexandra Smith, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh: “How do European writers foster creativity and ‘out of the box’ thinking style through language?”
The presentation will apply the ideas of several linguists who explore diversifying experiences –including multiculturalism, bicultural identities, and diversity, to several European literary works with the view to show how these works make the reader to develop “out of the box” thinking style associated with creativity and innovation.

5.30pm-6pm: 
Conference with Antonella Sorace, Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Professor at University College London: “Multilingualism, perspective-taking and creativity: what they have in common and why it matters”.

The conferences will be followed by a Q&A session.