Colin H. Williams
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Colin H. Williams
Biography
Williams attended Ysgol Gymraeg y Barri and Ysgol Uwchradd Rhydfelen (renamed Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen and now Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg) before pursuing university studies at Swansea University. He graduated summa cum laude B.Sc. Econ in geography and politics in 1972. He then began his Ph.D. research on 'Language Decline and Nationalist Resurgence.' The Ph.D. was awarded by the University of Wales in 1978. In November 2017 he was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Wales.
In 1973, he gained an
His main scholarly interests are sociolinguistics and language policy in multicultural societies, ethnic and minority relations and political geography. He is a former
In April 2000 the
He is the author/editor of numerous books, including:
- Called Unto Liberty: On Language and Nationalism Multilingual Matters, Clevedon, Avon, 1994
- The Political Geography of the New World Order, J. Wiley, London, 1993
- A Welsh Language Board sponsored project on Community Language Planning and Policy, whose first major report was published as Williams, C.H. and Evas, J.C Y Cynllun Ymchwil Cymunedol (The Community Research Project), Welsh Language Board, Cardiff, August 1997, 3rd Edition 2000
- Language Revitalization in Wales: Policy and Planning University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2000
- Language and Governance, University of Wales Press, 2007
- Linguistic Minorities in Democratic Context, Palgrave, 2008
- Minority Language Promotion, Protection and Regulation: The Mask of Piety, Palgrave, 2013
- Co-editor with S. Pertot and T. Priestley, Rights, Promotion and Integration Issues for Minority Rights in Europe, Palgrave, 2009
- Co-editor with H.S. Thomas, Parents, Personalities and Power, University of Wales Press, 2012.
- Language Policy and the New Speaker Challenge. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
He has been involved in research projects comparing the office of Language Commissioner in Canada and Europe; and a study of Official Language Strategies in Canada and Europe. In 2022 he completed a project which focussed on the New Speaker challenge for Official Language Strategies. The New Speakers Network His current project, supported by a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship, investigates Official Language Regimes which compares European and Canadian cases.
Affiliations
He was a member of the scientific committee of Lingua Mon, Barcelona, 2007–2013 and of the Basque Academy's Social History of the Basque Language. In January 2008 he was appointed by the Government of Ireland as one of six specialists charged with preparing a 20-year strategy for the Irish language. Currently he is advising the Government of Wales on its revised language strategy. [citation needed]
Sources
- Language Revitalization in Wales: Policy and Planning, University of Wales Press, Cardiff. 2000.
- Language and Governance, University of Wales Press, 2007.
- Linguistic Minorities in Democratic Context, Palgrave, 2008.
- Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2008.
References
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Colin Williams". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
External links
- Welsh Language Board Cambridge University; https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/directory/williams