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Launch of the MOOC for an introduction to Dongba, "the world's last living pictographic script".

This original MOOC, developed by Inalco (France), the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and BLCU (China), invites you to discover Dongba writing and the culture of the Naxi people (Yunnan, China). The multilingual version (French, English, Chinese and German) is open to researchers, students and the general public. Its aim is to transmit a highly original style of writing, and to enable everyone to contribute to the preservation of a unique cultural heritage classified as "Memory of the World" by UNESCO in 2003. The course runs from April 24 to June 26, 2023. Registrations are open until June 6, 2023 on the France Université Numérique platform.

Language practices seminar

Doctoral seminar - Language practices - fields, methods, theories, led by Isabelle Léglise and Valelia Muni Toke (INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, room L0.01), Friday March 17, 2023, 2pm to 5pm.

Language practices seminar

Seminar hosted by Isabelle Léglise and Valelia Muni Toke (INALCO, 2 rue de Lille, room L0.01), Friday April 14, 2023, 2pm to 5pm.

Meet Michel Bozdémir, specialist in Turkish language, literature and history (CERMOM)

"Portraits de chercheurs(e)s en études aréales" (PEA) takes a look at the academic career and research and teaching work of researchers and teachers specializing in a given cultural area. Each month, discover a video and podcast interview with one of these specialists.

Study day "Books and the written word in the modernization of Vietnam from the mid-19th century to the 1940s", April 19

This symposium will look at the technical, material and linguistic aspects of publishing, born of the spread of Romanized writing in the process of modernization in Vietnam. The exhibition "Le Quốc-ngữ: L'écriture romanisée, vecteur d'une renaissance culturelle au Vietnam (1860-1945)" presented at BULAC will accompany this study day, which is also part of the 50th anniversary of France-Vietnam relations.

Scientific report on the field mission to Morocco (Rabat, Marrakèch and Fès) by Francesco Chiabotti (March 12-20, 2023)

Elections to the student life and training council from April 11 to 13

For the first time, an election to directly elect three student representatives to the Conseil des formations et de la vie étudiante (CFVE) will be held from April 11 to 13. The CFVE's mission is to develop, coordinate and manage the training programs offered at Inalco (national bachelor's and master's degrees and institutional diplomas). The CFVE is responsible for developing, coordinating and managing Inalco's training programs (national bachelor's and master's degrees and institutional diplomas).

Accelerating philanthropy and continuing education: Inalco wins a 4.1 million euro Programme d'Investissement d'Avenir, to be operated by the Inalco Foundation.

On April 14, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research published the list of winners of the call for projects "Accelerating the development strategies of higher education and research establishments (ASDESR)".

Workshop: Making an endangered language speak: a new didactic approach based on research

Anke al-Bataineh, INALCO doctor and international specialist in endangered language pedagogy, will talk about research-based methods in language didactics.

Death of Anna Kokko-Zalcman, Finnish teacher at Inalco from 1965 to 1998

We were deeply saddened to learn of the death in Champigny-sur-Marne, on January 5, 2023, at the age of 90, of Anna Kokko-Zalcman, who taught Finnish at Langues O' from 1965 to 1998. She was the author of a legendary Finnish textbook (On tie..., 1974) that marked several generations of students.