2021 CLLAS Symposium

Languages on the Move: Linguistic Diaspora, Indigeneity, and Politics in the Americas

April 22, 2021 – April 23, 2021

For complete information, follow this link:

https://cllas.uoregon.edu/2021-symposium/

How To Attend

All panels, presentations, and performances will be remote. To join the CLLAS email list and receive Zoom login information, please email us at cllas@uoregon.edu or subscribe here.

This symposium falls directly within our theme of inquiry with focus on linguistic diaspora, indigenous languages, other forms of language, and the politics of language in the Americas.  

Bilingualism: Myths Abound!

Powerpoint Links Now Included

Gumwood Room, EMU 245

Bilingualism (and multilingualism) are prevalent across the United States, yet myths about its development, value, and role in educational spaces continue to spread. Join faculty researchers from the College of Education and the Department of Linguistics as we share our research related to bilingualism at all stages of the lifespan, and dispel some of the common misconceptions you may have heard.

Moderated by Lillian Durán, Associate Professor of Special Education

View Powerpoints of the following presentations:

• Bilingualism: Myths Abound
• Childhood multilingualism — challenge or opportunity?
  Lauren Cycyk & Stephanie De Anda, Assistant Professors, Communication Disorders and Sciences
• “But how can kids learn English if they’re in bilingual education programs?”
  Audrey Lucero, Associate Professor, Education Studies
• Myths about bilingualism & bilingual education: Repercussions for education policy
  Ilana Umansky, Assistant Professor, Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership
• What’s in a label?: Acknowledging linguistic diversity
  Gabriela Pérez Báez, Assistant Professor, Linguistics
• Myths about understanding accented speech
  Melissa Baese-Berke, Associate Professor, Linguistics

This event is co-sponsored by CLLAS and the College of Education.

Tags: CLLAS, College of Education, multi-lingualism, UO

The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America Website Launch

Join us for undergraduate research presentations and the launching of the website “The Jewish Diaspora in Latin America.” The event showcases the work of students from the Honors College Colloquium focusing on Latin America’s Jewish diaspora, their customs and languages, led by professor Monique Balbuena.

This event is part of CLLAS’ Two-year Theme, “The Politics of Language in the Americas: Power, Culture, History, and Resistance.”
Refreshments will be served!

Tags: CLLAS, Jewish diaspora, Latin America, UO

Joseph Pierce, “Beyond Translation: Toward a Queer/Cuir Latin American Studies”

Knight Library Browsing Room, 6pm

Joseph Pierce, associate professor in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University, will give a lecture titled “Beyond Translation: Toward a Queer/Cuir Latin American Studies,” on January 30, 2020. 

Professor Pierce’s research focuses on indigenous studies, queer studies and hemispheric approaches to citizenship and belonging. He is the co-editor of a forthcoming special issue of GLQ, “Queer/Cuir Américas: Translation, Decoloniality, and the Incommensurable,” and he is the author of Argentine Intimacies: Queer Kinship in an Age of Splendor, 1890-1910 (SUNY Press, 2019). Professor Pierce’s visit to the UO is planned in conjunction with a course to be taught by  Sergio Rigoletto (associate professor, romance languages) in winter term 2020: RL407/507 Queer from the South.

* CLLAS is cosponsoring this talk as part of its two-year theme (2019-2021) 
The Politics of Language in the Americas: Power, Culture, History, and Resistance.

Tags: Joseph Pierce, Queer Latin American Studies, UO

Language, Culture, and Identity: a public talk by Daryl Baldwin

6pm, 156 Straub Hall, University of Oregon
A CLLAS-themed Event: *The Politics of Language in the Americas: Power, Culture, History, and Resistance

On the occasion of Indigenous Peoples Day during 2019 declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Indigenous Languages, the Graduate Linguists of Oregon Student Society (GLOSS) in collaboration with the Northwest Indian Language Institute, will be hosting a public talk by Daryl Baldwin, a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University. A 2016 MacArthur Fellow, Baldwin has been an intellectual leader in the revitalization of the Myaamia language, a language that was dormant for several decades after losing its native speakers. 

Today, the Myaamia language is undergoing a vibrant process of revitalization which, as Baldwin will explain, is strongly grounded on a long-standing and mutually strengthening relationship between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University. You may learn more about Daryl Baldwin at https://miamioh.edu/myaamia-center/about/staff-faculty-affiliates/baldwin/and https://www.macfound.org/fellows/955/ .

* CLLAS is cosponsoring as part of its two-year theme (2019-2021) 
The Politics of Language in the Americas: Power, Culture, History, and Resistance.