Symposium on Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education at the University of Luxembourg

Workshop _ Thursday 9 October 2025 

16:00-18:00 Maison du Savoir, Room 3.200 

“Plurilingual practices for teaching in multilingual classrooms” 

Symposium _ Friday 10 October 2025 

09:00-16:00 Maison des Sciences Humaines, Black Box 

Program

09:00-09:30 Registration 

09:30-10:00 Philippe Hiligsmann (Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, University of Luxembourg) 

Birgit Huemer (Head of the University of Luxembourg Language Centre) 

Opening of symposium 

10:00-10:40 Pauline Degrave (Université catholique de Louvain) 

Clarifying the EMI-CLIL continuum through pedagogical practices in English- and Dutch-taught courses at a French-speaking university 

10:40-11:20 Robert Wilkinson & René Gabriëls (Maastricht University) 

Language policy contestations: Linguistic diversity and inequality 

11:40-12:20 Elisabetta Bonvino & Diego Cortés Velásquez (Università degli Studi Roma Tre) 

Plurilingualism in Higher Education: Insights from the PEP Project Survey 

12:20-13:00 Argyro-Maria Skourmalla (University of Luxembourg) 

Institutional language policies and individuals’ educational experiences at the University of Luxembourg 

14:00-16:00 Panel discussion 

Discussants: 

Philippe Hiligsmann (Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, University of Luxembourg), 

Eva Martha Eckkrammer (President of Trier University), 

Christophe Schommer (Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence, University of Luxembourg), 

Mihajlo Miladinović (Master’s Student in European Law, University of Luxembourg) 

Organisation

Head of the University of Luxembourg Language Centre Birgit Huemer & PhD candidate Argyro-Maria Skourmalla, with the support of the Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, Philippe Hiligsmann 

Registration

The symposium will be held in a hybrid format, allowing for both in-person and online participation. Those attending online will receive the access link shortly before the event.

Registration is mandatory for all participants, whether attending on site or online. Participants can register by scanning or clicking the QR code on the attached poster, or by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The registration deadline is Thursday, 2 October 2025.

 

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