Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies

Observatory of Spanish in Europe

 

Observatory of Spanish in Europe | OSE

The Observatory of Spanish in Europe is a research center founded in 2023 at Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS), Heidelberg University. Its main goal is to offer data that can help tackle the emerging trends related to Spanish and its speakers in Europe.

XXIV Congress of the German Association of Hispanists in Hamburg, Germany

The Observatory of Spanish in Europe participated in the XXIV Congress of the German Association of Hispanists: dynamics of transfer and hybridation, celebrated in Hamburg between March 11-15 2025. Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda gave the conference “El español como lengua de herencia en Europa: una mirada demolingüística”. Dr. Pilar Valero gave a presentation on “¿Cómo es de fiable ChatGPT en la corrección de la puntuación?” and doctoral researcher Ana Gómez-Pavón Durán on “El estudio de las competencias lingüísticas de los hablantes de español como lengua de herencia desde una perspectiva cuantitativa”.

Visit from Johanna-Wittum Schule Pforzheim

On February 3rd, 2025, a group of students from Johanna-Wittum Schule Pforzheim visited the Observatory of Spanish in Europe (OSE). During the visit, the students, who are learning Spanish as a foreign language, had a tour of the OSE, learned about the research lines and methodologies used to get to know the Spanish-speaking population in Europe.
This activity is one of the ways that the OSE keeps in touch with and transfers knowledge to civil society.

Workshop: Policy briefs of the Observatory of Spanish in Europe

On December 2024, the workshop Policy Briefs of the Observatory of Spanish in Europe took place in Heidelberg, Germany. Resarchers from universities in Germany, Spain, England, Italy, and Romania discussed Spanish as a heritage language and available courses, new profiles of Spanish-speakers, and Spanish in the European job market. Representatives of the Berlin Cervantes Institute and the Dirección General del Español en el Mundo also took part.

Book publication: Demolingüística del español en Italia

The fifth volume in the series Demolingüística del español en Europa, a collaboration between the OSE, Instituto Cervantes, and the University of Zurich, was published in November 2024.

See the book presentation here.

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Awarded the first Prize for International Hispanism