20/02/2025
Friday 21 Feb is International Mother Language Day.
Here are registration links to 4 FREE language related Digital Museum online events scheduled to run throughout the day.
Please do join us 😊
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DIGITAL MUSEUM INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2025
Conversations on language:
1️⃣ LANGUAGES OF SRI LANKA
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WNh4H5gyWQSGeaQaQ8AupNQw
📅 Fri 21 Feb ⏰ 11am GMT
Prof Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya (Research Associate, Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, University of Cambridge)
Dr Anushka Kahandagamage (completed PhD, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago)
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2️⃣ MOTHER TONGUE & MUSIC, COMEDY, CREATIVITY
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WNIMhhXaNWT4qrsHm30XetrA
📅 Fri 21 Feb ⏰ 12:30pm GMT
Vasco Zeferina (Glasgow based standup comedian originally from Portugal)
Taner Kemirtlek (Glasgow based freelance artist, composer, arranger, transcriber, piano teacher and alumni of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland of Scottish and Turkish extraction)
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3️⃣ JEWISH MALAYALAM & ARABI-MALAYALAM
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WNwEBerlRHSAekpr7jd86YWA
📅 Fri 21 Feb ⏰ 2pm GMT
Dr Ophira Gamliel (Senior Lecturer in Theology & Religious Studies, University of Glasgow)
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4️⃣ ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE IN A SPANISH WORLD
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WNGD4mtySKR3yjR9a6yH9tA
📅 Fri 21 Feb ⏰ 4pm GMT
Calvin Hazen (musical director, composer and flamenco guitarist)
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Jibunnessa Abdullah