Spanish Language and Identity in the US

About This Event

This one-day event will focus on the current approaches to the study of how Spanish language plays a role in different identities in diverse populations in the United States.

There will be four guest speakers from the Heritage Spanish Identify, Bilingualism, Afro-Latino Vernaculars, and Spanish Language Use in the US:

• Diego Pascual y Cabo, University of Florida
  • Spanish as a heritage language and bilingualism
• Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • The benefits of dual immersion for Spanish development
• Sandro Sessarego, University of Texas Austin
  • “Linguistic Rights, Political Activism and Language Policy: Current Issues in Afro-Hispanic Linguistics”
• Lourdes Torres, DePaul University
  • Spanish in the US discrimination

Guest speakers will connect via Zoom to an in-person audience at Syracuse University.

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Featured Guests

• Diego Pascual y Cabo, University of Florida. • Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago. • Sandro Sessarego, University of Texas Austin. • Lourdes Torres, DePaul University.