Motion put forward concerning IAHR language policy
(March 14, 2002)
A motion was put forward by La Société québécoise pour l'étude de la religion/Quebec society for the study of religion (SQÉR/QSSR) concerning IAHR language policy. Prof. Louis Rousseau, President of the SQÉR, emphasized that the motion "is not to come to the rescue of the international use of French rather than any other language, but to place a high value on the wealth of linguistic diversity present in our association".
In brief, the proposal consists of four points:
- that the Tokyo Congress be organized in such a manner as to encourage the proposal of papers and workshops in a variety of languages used for international communication
- that this policy be made clear at the very beginning of the call for papers
- that the IAHR encourage the member associations to get together to organize working sessions in their common language
- that English be used in the business meetings
The Executive Committee of the IAHR encourages the affiliates to discuss this proposal and to contact the General Secretary. Responses will, by prior consent, be published at this website.
