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CASPSLP Conference -- February 4 - 6
The second bi-annual Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology conference (CASPSLP) will be held at the University of Florida February 4th - 6th, 2010. (The first CASPSLP was held in Minnesota in 2008.) The conference aims to showcase approaches to and findings of the study of second language phonology. The presentations will include a wide range of contexts, from acquisition of Spanish phonology by English speakers to the acquisition of Portuguese phonology by Spanish speakers; from classroom-based learning to full immersion in the culture of the second language; and all other related topics. By focusing on the breadth of approaches that scholars are taking to the study of second language phonological acquisition in Spanish and Portuguese, this conference aims to represent the state-of-the-art in second language phonological acquisition. The conference has been organized by SPS professor Dr. Gillian Lord.
5th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish and Latin American Literatures, Linguistics, and Cultures -- February 25 - 27
On February 25 - 27, 2010 the graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Florida are hosting their 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish and Latin American Literatures, Linguistics, and Cultures. The colloquium will bring together graduate students and professors from a wide variety of disciplines whose work explores the concepts of "Worlds in Contact" with thematic emphasis on the following: Language contact, transmutations of art, cities and spaces, literary and film space, globalization, bilingualism and multilingualism, race and ethnic relations, the Other / the Outsider, biculturalism, second language acquisition, picturing women's voices and silences, code-switching, memory, language change and variation, syncretism / hybridism, new technologies and literary communication, language and gender, immigration, and exile and diasporas.
The colloquium will have the distinction of featuring three outstanding keynote speakers:
- Rena Torres Cacoullos, Spanish Linguistics, Penn State University
- Shifra Armon, Spanish Literature and Culture, University of Florida
- Philip Williams, Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Publication Announcement
Congratulations to Dr. Charles Perrone on the publication of his book Brazil, Lyric, and the Americas. Read the full description here.
SPS Seeks Candidates for Opening in Second-Language Acquisition
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies of the University of Florida is seeking a specialist in Spanish second-language acquisition for a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor. Qualifications: Ph.D., excellence in teaching and research, native or native-like proficiency in Spanish and English, commitment to program-building and professional service. Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, CV, and a placement file with at least three letters of recommendation to: Spanish Linguistics Search Committee, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, P.O. Box 117405, Gainesville, Florida 32611. Application deadline: December 1, 2009. Start date: August 16, 2010. Reference # 00025436. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.
(Please visit http://www.hr.ufl.edu/job/datacard.htm to complete a voluntary Applicant Data Card.
New Faculty Appointments
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies is pleased to announce two new faculty appointments for AY 2009-10.
Ana de Prada Pérez, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at Pennsylvania State University in March, will join the faculty as Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics. Her dissertation, which was directed by Prof. Jacqueline Toribio, is entitled: Subject expression in Minorcan Spanish: The syntactic and pragmatic consequences of contact with Catalan. Ana is an expert on bilingualism and language contact phenomena.
Carina González, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 2007, will be Assistant Professor of Spanish-American Literature. Her dissertation, which was directed by Prof. Saúl Sosnowski, will soon be published as a book entitled Ficciones de lo raro. Dispersion y desaparición de Juan Rodolfo Wilcock. She is currently teaching at the University of Pittsburgh.
Grant Awarded
SPS Graduate Student Healther Kaiser has been awarded a 2009 Research Grant by Sigma Delta Pi, a national honorary society that supports the study of Spanish. Heather will use the funds to conduct linguistic research in Uruguay. Congratulations, Heather!
Publication Announcement
Congratulations to Dr. Gillian Lord on the publication of her book, The Next Generation: Social Networking and Online Collaboration in Foreign Language Learning, co-edited with Lara Lomicka. You can read more about this important new contribution at Calico.org.
About SPS
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies is constituted by faculty who study and teach the languages, cultures and literatures of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of Europe and the Americas.
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