First volume published in Peter Lang's new series Catalan Studies on Culture and Linguistics (organized and directed by the Center for Catalan Studies at UCSB (CCS-UCSB). It offers a collection of essays that combine novel approaches from the literary, linguistic and educational fields and contribute to offering a view of the Catalan- speaking lands as a dynamic place fully immersed in contemporary research trends.

The book includes contributions by 27 renowned authors, among them 4 scholars who worked previously as Catalan Lecturers at the CCS-UCSB