Theorizing Methods in Hispanic Linguistics
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona is proud to be hosting this years Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. The organizing committee includes some of our esteemed Spanish Linguistics professors: Dr. Ana M. Carvalho, Dr. Julieta Fernández, and Dr. Miquel Simonet. The team has also recently been awarded the CUES Spanning Boundaries Challenge Grant.
This year’s theme, “Theorizing Methods in Hispanic Linguistics,” is broad and encompasses all subfields of Hispanic Linguistics as well as all methodological and theoretical approaches to the field. We envision HLS 2025 as a venue for the critical re-examination of our collective theoretical stances, with the potential to lead to the cross-pollination of ideas among Hispanic linguistics scholars from different methodological clines. Reviewing, scrutinizing, and ultimately re-envisioning our methods with fresh perspectives on our work and the subject of study is essential to advancing our field. HLS meetings have traditionally offered an important platform for discussions about advances in linguistics based on data drawn from the Spanish-speaking world and neighboring communities (e.g., Catalan, Euskera, Guaraní, Portuguese, Quechua), and we aim to honor this tradition.
Call for papers: https://sites.arizona.edu/hispanic-linguistics-symposium/
Submission deadline for competitive colloquia: April 30, 2025
Submission deadline for individual abstracts (oral, poster, project launch): May 31, 2025
Keynote speakers:
- Dr. Antonio Fábregas
- Dr. Tania Leal
- Dr. Rena Torres Cacoullos
- Dr. Nicole Tracy Ventura
Invited colloquia include:
“Critical Approaches in Methods of Heritage Language Education” Convened by Dr. Claudia Holguín Mendoza, UC Riverside
“Study Abroad in Spanish-speaking Contexts” Convened by Dr. Julieta Fernández, University of Arizona
“Laboratory Phonology: Experiments in the Spanish syllable” Convened by Dr. Miquel Simonet, University of Arizona