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.

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.

International seminar "El español en Europa" in La Rioja, Spain

The Observatory of Spanish in Europe participated in the international seminar “El español en Europa”, celebrated in La Rioja on December 2024. 25 experts from 20 international universities debated the spaces and dynamics of Spanish in the European continent. The event was organized by the  Global Observatory of Spanish, the Fundación para la Transformación de La Rioja and the Observatory of Spanish in Europe.

Read more about the seminar here.

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