- Dates: 18–20 May 2026
- Location: Rijeka/Fiume
- Deadline for applications: 16 January 2025
About the Training School
Training School #2 “Linguistic Plurality in Media: International and National Legal Frameworks” is arranged by Working Group 2 “Legislation and Standards”. The goal is to equip the trainees with new theoretical knowledge about minority language media and regulation, insights into policymaking and media practices, as well as access to a network of scholars.
Details on how to apply can be found in the Call for Trainees.
Programme
The programme includes lectures on the legal frameworks of minority language media, providing an overview of various international and national legal instruments, analytical insights, and discussions with media and law practitioners. Trainees will engage with academic and professional experts working in minority language media, reflecting on the importance of legal frameworks for protecting and promoting linguistic plurality in the media, as well as on the current challenges faced in this field.
Several minority language cases will be examined during the Training School, such as Italian in Croatia, Basque and Finnish in Sweden. In addition to lectures, the Training School will include workshops, discussions, group work, as well as field trips and visits to relevant local organisations. Participants will also be expected to produce content for the PLURILINGMEDIA social media channels and website. The language of instruction for the Training School is English.
Further details of the programme will be published here soon.
Date | Time | Programme |
|---|---|---|
15.09. | 09:00–10:30 | Workshop 1: Introduction and presentations (Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones, Craig Willis, Jenny Stenberg-Sirén, Orsolya Bukovinszky-Csáki & Jakob Volgger) |
10:30–11:00 | Mid-morning break | |
11:00–12:30 | Workshop 2: Overview of history and research about minority language media – and a glance into the future (Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones & Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed) | |
12:30–13:30 | Lunch at the National Library of Wales (paid separately from your daily allowance) | |
13:30–15:00 | Workshop 3: News and sports in minority languages (Iolo Cheung) | |
15:00–15:30 | Mid-afternoon break | |
15:30–17:30 | Workshop 4: Presentation of task 1 “burning issues in minority media contexts” by the participants (Chair: Jenny Stenberg-Sirén) | |
Evening | Dinner at Baravin (paid separately from your daily allowance) | |
16.09. | 09:00–10:30 | Workshop 5: In the language or for the language – professional identity of journalists in minority language media (Jenny Stenberg-Sirén & Orsolya Bukovinszky-Csáki) |
10:30–11:00 | Mid-morning break | |
11:00–12:30 | Workshop 6: Visit the Wales Broadcast Archive: exhibition and how to use archives in media work at the National Library of Wales | |
12:30–13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30–15:00 | Workshop 7: Digital transition of minority language media – case Der Nordschleswiger (Gwyn Nissen) | |
15:00–15:30 | Mid-afternoon break | |
15:30–17:00 | Workshop 8: Influencers, talent-tubes and diverse voices: online factual content for young people (Guto Rhun) | |
Evening | Drinks and buffet dinner at the Centre, in the company of Ned Thomas, long-standing advocate, author and academic in the field of minority languages | |
Film showing: Y Sŵn | ||
17.09. | 09:00–12:30 | Workshop 9: Group work (task 2) at Arad Goch Theatre Centre, Bath St Aberystwyth |
Journalist’s Guide to Aberystwyth: a walking tour of the town, focussing on political, cultural and linguistic landmarks | ||
Meeting with Emlyn Jones, Mayor of Aberystwyth | ||
12:30–13:30 | Lunch in town or at the National Broadcast Archive (paid separately from your daily allowance) | |
13:30–15:00 | Workshop 10: Panel discussion presenting current research | |
Digital Creators in Minority Language Media Services in the UK: the Institutional View (Craig Willis & Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed) | ||
Minority Public Broadcast and Digitalization (Orsolya Bukovinszky-Csáki) | ||
MIDAS and the current situation of minority language newspapers in Europe (Jakob Volgger) | ||
15:00–15:30 | Mid-afternoon break | |
15:30–16:30 | Workshop 11: Wrap up and reporting on task 2 | |
17:00–19:00 | Optional: Drinks reception at the National Library of Wales | |
20:00 | Dinner at the Glengower (paid separately from your daily allowance) |
Confirmed Trainers
Prof. dr. Vesna Crníc-Grotić
Committee of Experts, Council of Europe
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law
Dr. Miren Manias-Muñoz
Journalism Department, University of the Basque Country
Leader of the PLURILINGMEDIA Working Group 2 “Legislation and Standards”
Prof. Jarmo Lainio
Professor emeritus, Stockholm University, Sweden
Committee of Experts, Council of Europe, member on behalf of Sweden
Dr. Noémi Nagy
MSCA/ERA Research Fellow, Institute for Ethnic Studies in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Associate Professor, Department of International Law, Ludovika University of Public Service,
Budapest, Hungary
Dr. Craig Willis
European Centre for Minority Issues
Action Chair of PLURILINGMEDIA
Ms. Vesna Alaburić
Media law expert and practitioner / Attorney at Law
Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
Attendance and travel information
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