Academic Meetings

Sign Language Research and Education: the Role of Deaf and Hearing People, Teachers, and Researchers

Date: August 4, 2019
Venue: Conference Room 5, 2nd Floor, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Invited Speakers:
Sherman Wilcox (The University of New Mexico, US) [website]
Lindsay Nicole Ferrara (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) [website]
Discussant: Maegawa Kazumi (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Chairman: Takashima Yufuko (JSPS)
Organizer: National Museum of Ethnology Sign Language Linguistics Research Section (SiLLR)
Co-sponsor: Kwansei Gakuin University Sign Language Research Center
Language: English/ JSL interpretation will be provided
Participation fee free

Time	Contents
13:00 - 13:35	Welcome Kikusawa Ritsuko (National Museum of Ethnology/SiLLR)
13:35 - 13:40	Introduction Takashima Yufuko (JSPS)
(1) Sign language research, education, and interpreter training: cases of the US and Norway
13:40 - 14:30	“Building a Community: Integrating an Interpreting Program, Signed Language Research, and Deaf Culture in a Linguistics Department.” Sherman Wilcox (The University of New Mexico, US)
14:40 - 15:30	“Promoting signed language communities through linguistic research” Lindsay Nicole Ferrara (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
(2) Discussion
15:40 - 15:55	“Japanese situation and discussion” Maegawa Kazumi (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
15:55 - 16:25	Panel discussion and question/answer
16:25 - 16:30	Greetings

◎ Form: The following URL will take you to the registration form:; http://urx2.nu/ZsYo; Dead line: 12:00pm, August 2, 2019
※If you pay the entrance fee of the Natural and Cultural Gardens, Expo Commemorative Park, you can attend the symposium without registration.

◎ Contact Information: National Museum of Ethnology Sign Language Linguistics Research Section (SiLLR)
sillr [at] minpaku.ac.jp
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10-1 Senri Expopark Suita-shi Osaka 565-8511 Japan
+81 6 6878 8266