Tuesday 8 October 12:45-2:25pm (AEDT)
Minority languages are vital modes of communication and intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minorities in China. Language rights and cultural heritage protection systems concurrently protect minority languages. The seminar considers recent developments and differences in perceptions between these two systems, the interaction of policies and laws between promoting Mandarin and protecting minority languages, and the protection and promotion of cultural and linguist diversity in international law.
Presenter
Guangyu Ding is a PhD candidate in Law School, Renmin University of China, and a visiting scholar in University of Technology Sydney (2023 –2024) under the supervision of Professor Ana Filipa Vrdoljak. He is the academic assistant to the UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage Law (Renmin) and the associate in UNESCO Chair in International Law and Cultural Heritage (UTS). His research interest includes the legal and human right issues in the field of cultural heritage domestically and internationally, cultural heritage politics and legal history of China. He has published a book and numerous journal articles in the field of cultural heritage law and Chinese legal history. His recent publications include ‘Cultural Heritage Rights and Rights Related to Cultural Heritage: A Review on Cultural Heritage Rights System’ (2023) Santander Art and Culture Law Review issue 2; and ‘The Theory and Practice of Public Participation in Public Interest Litigation of Cultural Heritage’ (2023) China Cultural Heritage issue 4 (in Chinese).
Discussant
Dr Alexandra Grey is a Chancellor’s Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. She researches governance in linguistically diverse societies and of linguistic culture, with projects on minority language rights in China; choice of language as freedom of expression; the right to health in relation to public communications in languages other than English; and the role of the state in self-determined Indigenous language renewal. She is author of prize winning Language Rights in a Changing China (De Gruyter 2021). She teaches constitutional law.
Moderator
Moderator will be Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, UNESCO Chair of International Law and Cultural Heritage and Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney.
Registration
Registration is required for this event.
