This year, for the first time, Stellenbosch University (SU) joins the EUTOPIA Alliance Languages Week from 4 to 8 March 2024 to celebrate languages, culture and diversity.
The EUTOPIA Alliance is an international gateway for exchanging knowledge and culture, and SU is one of six global partner universities EUTOPIA associates with beyond its core alliance of 10 universities in Europe.
Institutions across the world are participating in EUTOPIA Languages Week, creating an opportunity for staff and students from all EUTOPIA partners to attend online events all over the world during that week, and to interact with each other.
At SU, Languages Week takes place in person, online and in hybrid format, with a rich variety of activities across many SU departments. Events belong to one of four categories: Films, Flex, Language Learning and Talks. Films include film evenings showcasing films in Afrikaans and Mandarin, while Flex represents interactive and fun events where you get to put your multilingual abilities to work in a social setting, such as the Language Café and Multilingual Karaoke events. Language Learning does what it says: here you can get the feel of a language you might like to explore a bit, from isiXhosa to South African Sign Language. Talks give you access to experts sharing gripping phenomena in language, culture, literature, translation, multilingualism and even in the international language policy arena. Scroll through our programme to read more!
All events are free to attend to SU staff and students and to all EUTOPIA Alliance partners. Registration links are available in the programme. Please register to secure your spot, and venue info and links to join online will be sent after registration. If you change your mind after having registered, do let us know so that we can open that spot to someone else, or to avoid us preparing for you unnecessarily.
Coordinated by the SU Language Centre, Languages week at SU promises to be an exceptional event. Join the celebration of languages, culture and diversity along with like-minded people across the world!
View the full SU programme here and book your spot via links available in the programme. The EUTOPIA Languages Week page offering all events by all global partners is available here, and you can book your spot for global events there.
Enquiries or cancellations: taalsentrum@sun.ac.za
