This is tomorrow (let me repeat: this is tomorrow, Friday), at MIT, and is certain to be interesting. Sorry for the short notice., I just got this myself. But, I'd imagine that this is a good way to kick off the study period before finals. Begin forwarded message:

From: Leonid Chindelevitch Date: December 11, 2008 2:40:19 PM EST To: leonidus@MIT.EDU Subject: Language Diversity discussion at MIT- you are invited!

Dear fellow language enthusiasts,

My name is Leonid, I am a graduate student at MIT and the main organizer of the Lecture Series on Language Diversity and Language Rights dedicated to the UN Year of Languages 2008. I would like to invite you to attend a Panel Discussion on Language Diversity, the closing event of the Lecture Series, which will take place at MIT on Friday December 12th, from 5 to 6 PM, in room 6-120 (http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=6&mapsearch=go). Our panelists will be Dr. Andrew Nevins from Harvard and Dr. Norvin Richards from MIT, both renowned experts in studying and working with endangered languages. The event will also feature the presentation of a booklet on language diversity, which will be the result of a large survey and will list many of the languages spoken at MIT.

I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! Please distribute this announcement to other students and faculty in your university who may find this interesting!

Leonid. -- Come to the Language Diversity panel discussion on December 12, 5PM, in 6-120! Take a look my environmental blog at http://groenester.livejournal.com/ . Buy awesome 2009 ASHA calendars online: https://www.ashanet.org/mit/calendar.php