March 2008: Interesting guests for Mercator Research Centre

Michael Hance, manager of the Scots Language Centre in Perth, and professor F. Xavier Vila i Moreno, director of the research network Xarxa Cruscat (acronym for Competence, Representations and Use of Catalan) will visit several institutions dealing with the Frisian language and education. As guests of the Mercator Research Centre / Fryske Akademy Michael Hance and F. Xavier Vila i Moreno shall also give a presentation in the conference centre It Aljemint, on Tuesday March 4th 2008 at 7.30 pm. The presentations will focus on the present linguistic and political situation in their home countries; Scotland and Catalonia. After that there will be time for questions and discussion, and for the exchange of experiences and ideas.