Video of Shobhana Chelliah introducing the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability' held at the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts in New Delhi, India. At this workshop, held in conjunction with UNESCO, participants discuss their experiences of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' L. Somi Roy discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word, and the relations between insurgency and writing systems in Manipur.

Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Lalnunthangi Chhangte discusses her experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in Mizoram, India. She talks about the legacy of colonialism in the area and the stigma toward indigenous groups.

Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Pauthang Haokip discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in Manipur, India.

Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Rex Khullar discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in the hills of Manipur, India. He talks about how village life can be disrupted when children have to go to larger cities to make money for their families.

Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Ana Roeschley discusses her experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in the Balkans. She talks about the siege of Sarajevo and the destruction of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Video of a presentation from the 2020 workshop 'Language Then and Now: Language Endangerment and Political Instability.' Marjing Mayanglambam discusses his experience of how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word, specifically in relation to the scripts used to write the Manipuri language.

Video of Shobhana L. Chelliah speaking on a panel for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."

Video of Stan Dubinsky speaking on a panel for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."

Video of Sumshot Khular speaking on a panel for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."

Video of the question and answer session of the panel "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."

Poster from the 2019 meeting on "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment & Political Instability." This poster examines how environmental degradation can impact language stability.

Video of Shobhana Chelliah introducing Sumshot Khular for a presentation on "Language then and now--a personal account from Northeast India" for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."

Poster from the 2019 meeting on "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment & Political Instability." This poster describes linguistic genocide as demonstrated through education.

Presentation from the 2019 meeting on "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment & Political Instability." This presentation examines ethnolinguistic identity.

Poster from the 2019 meeting on "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment & Political Instability." This poster examines sociopolitical identity and language choice.

Photograph of Harvey Starr discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word in his talk "Paths converging and diverging: Linguistics and political science."

Photograph of Sumshot Khular presenting her poster "Environmental Degradation and Language Instability" to two researchers from Gallaudet University.

Photograph of Sumshot Khular presenting her poster "Environmental Degradation and Language Instability" which examines how environmental degradation can impact the preservation of indigenous languages.

Photograph of Sumshot Khular presenting on her experiences with language endangerment and political instability.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing political instability and language endangerment in a casual setting at dinner after the event. Also pictured are student assistants and attendees of the event.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.

Photograph of the panel of guest linguists and political scientists discussing how political instability and violence break apart communities and erode their ability to pass down their written and spoken word.