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Afro-Hispanic literature

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“El muerto, inexplicablemente, se multiplicó”. Revolución y malungaje en César Vallejo, Nicolás Guillén y Jesús Cos Causse. By César Romero Fernández Using the concept of “malungaje”—proposed by Jerome Branche—, a trans-local and trans-historical struggle against racial discrimination, I study the … Continue reading

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SPO Research Day 2021

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By Raquel Mattson-Prieto and Adriana Merino On Friday, October 29, 2021, graduate students, lecturers, and faculty came together to present their research and academic works in progress at the day-long SPO Research Day forum. The event took place in East … Continue reading

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Real-world social issues in Spanish: SPA102 welcomes Bolivian miner Basilio Vargas

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On April 20th, the students of Spanish 102 had a rare opportunity to converse with Basilio Vargas, miner from Potosí, Bolivia and protagonist of the critically acclaimed documentary The Devil’s Miner (2005), filmed when he was just fourteen years old. The students, … Continue reading

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Iria González Becerra

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Iria González Becerra (EdD King’s College London, MPhil University of Birmingham, MA Universidade da Coruna, Spain) joined the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton in Fall 2019 after working as Spanish coordinator at Imperial College London for ten years. … Continue reading

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ConTextos

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A new platform for advanced learners Over the past years, Spanish teaching at SPO has undergone a process of curricular redesign whereby teaching materials have been adapted to integrate cultural exploration and critical analysis alongside communicative, grammatical and lexical skills. … Continue reading

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ConTextos in NEALLT

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Sharing a new way to map readings holistically with an SPO designed tool The ConTextos development team (Gorka Bilbao Terreros, Iria González-Becerra and Ben Johnston) addressed the conceptualization, design and development of this online platform for language learning currently used … Continue reading

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A conversation with chef and activist Cristina Martínez

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On January 8th 2019, Cristina Martínez came to Princeton to talk to the students of Spanish 107 and other members of the Department. Cristina Martínez is the owner of the renowned restaurant South Philly Barbacoa, mentioned in Bon Appetit as … Continue reading

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2021 Virtual Conferences

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Research on patterns of interaction between HL – L2 learners and pedagogies for accompanying learners’ linguistic and affective needs Spanish lecturer Raquel Mattson-Prieto presented at The American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference (March 2021), and the 8th National … Continue reading

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Jovana Zujevic

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Jovana Zujevic (Ph.D., Spanish Literature and Cultural Studies, Georgetown University) joined Princeton University in 2017. Her research and pedagogy reflect her commitment to interdisciplinarity and to drawing connections between everyday life, scholarly work, and classroom activities. Her current research lies … Continue reading

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Scene of a Crime. Presentation at NEMLA 2021

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Scene of a Crime. Integrating Specific Vocabulary in a Course of Legal Spanish Lecturer Anna Alsina Naudi recently presented at the 52th NeMLA Convention (2021) “Scene of a crime: integrating specific vocabulary in a course of legal Spanish” as part … Continue reading

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