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Damrosch: Language Wars: Scriptworlds in Collision - Tanner Lecture on Human Values Symposium

Tanner Lecture on Human Values Symposium / April 10, 2025 / University of Utah / Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library Keynote address: David Damrosch “Language Wars: Scriptworlds in Collision” The displacement of runes in medieval Iceland was a gradual and largely peaceful process, but changes can be imposed, either by an imperial power or, conversely, by a nation seeking to free itself from an imperial scriptworld. This lecture will begin with biblical writers’ resistance to Babylonian culture, and then turn to modern examples, focusing on the changing scripts in colonial and revolutionary Vietnam and “the catastrophic language reform” in Turkey during the 1920s. Closing with the role of scripts in civil and regional conflicts in the Balkans and in Israel/Palestine, the lecture will lead into a symposium featuring young scholars exploring “language wars” in the contexts of East Asia and the Middle East. Introduction by Scott Black (Director, Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah)