Please join us on Monday, February 25 at 2:00pm in the McCune Room (HSSB) to celebrate UNESCO's International Mother Language Day with fascinating lectures by Armin Schwegler and Covadonga Lamar Prieto.
Please join us in celebrating UNESCO's International Mother Language Day with fascinating lectures by Armin Schwegler and Covadonga Lamar Prieto.
LANGUAGE AND SURVIVAL IN THE AMERICAS
2:00-2:20 - Introduction - Roberto Strongman (Acting Director, Center for Black Studies, UCSB): Mother Tongue, Escrava Anastácia
2:20-3:30 - Armin Schwegler (University of California, Irvine): How to save a Language: The extraordinary case of Spanish-based Palenquero (Colombia)
3:30-4:30 - Covadonga Lamar Prieto (University of California, Riverside): Tracing the roots of historical Spanish in California