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Fundación Duques de Soria International Hispanism Prize award ceremony
The project “Nuevos espacios del español en Europa”, made up of the Observatory of Spanish in Europe (OSE) and the research project Spanish in Europe, received the Premio de Hispanismo Internacional Fundación Duques de Soria in a ceremony on September 26, 2024.
Read about the prize 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.
Media appearance: El idioma español bajo el lente de un observatorio alemán (DW)
The Deutsche Welle published an article about the Observatory of Spanish in Europe in August 2024. It includes interviews with OSE’s director and scientific coordinator.
Read the article here.
Book publication: Demolingüística del español en Rumanía, Bulgaria y Moldavia
The fourth volume in the series Demolingüística del español en Europa, a collaboration between the OSE, Instituto Cervantes, and the University of Zurich, was published in June 2024.
See the book presentation here.
The OSE has been awarded with the Fundación Duques de Soria Prize for International Hispanism
The prize recognizes “Nuevos espacios del español en Europa” as the most promising academic project related to international hispanism, comprised of two Heidelberg University and the University of Zurich initiatives: the international research network Spanish in Europe, made up of more than 70 researchers from around 50 European universities and institutions, and the recently created Observatory of Spanish in Europe.
Read the full article here.
Dr. Maria Polinsky discusses heritage languages with Heidelberg University colleagues
On April 2024 Dr. Maria Polinsky (University of Maryland) joined Heidelberg University colleagues to discuss heritage languages. The event, organized by the OSE, gathered language researchers from Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS), Institute for German as a Foreign Language (IDF), Institute for Translating and Interpreting (IÜD), and the Department of Romance Studies (RoSe).
Presentation of special publication: The Spanish in Europe
In January 2024 the special volume of Archiletras Científica: The Spanish in Europe, was presented. This volume, published in December 2023, was coordinated by the OSE and dedicated to the Spanish in Europe.
Watch the presentation here.
Media appearance: Todo es lenguaje
On January 2024, Héctor Álvarez was a guest speaker on Todo es Lenguaje, a segment of the program Gente Despierta hosted by linguist Dr. Estrella Montolío. They talked about the demography of Spanish in Europe.
Listen to the episode here.