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.

International Conference of Observatories of Languages and Cultures in La Rioja, Spain

The International Conference of Observatories of Languages and Cultures took place from 19-21 May, organized by the Global Observatory of Spanish in La Rioja. The president of the Government of La Rioja, Gonzalo Capellán, together with the counselor of Culture, Tourism, Sport, and Youth, José Luis Pérez Pastor, intervened in the opening. The director of the OSE, Óscar Loureda, participated in the conference.

Read more about the conference here.

OSE presence at the Premio Princesa de Asturias jury

In May, 2025, director of the OSE Óscar Loureda participated as a member of the jury of the Princesa de Asturias award, in the category of Communication and Humanities 2025.
Photo credits: EFE/J.L.Cereijido

Book publication: Demolingüística del español en el sureste europeo

The sixth volume in the series Demolingüística del español en Europa, which focuses on the Southeastern Europe countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, was published in May 2025.

See the book presentation here.

Seminar: Encapsulación y correferencia en clave experimental

On March 31st, Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda, director of the OSE, gave the seminar ‘Encapsulación y correferencia en clave experimental’ at the University of Zurich. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Johannes Kabatek, titular professor of Romance Philology with a specialization in Iberian Romance Linguistics, for the invitation.

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Awarded the first Prize for International Hispanism