UNESCO International Mother Language Day 2013

Event Date: 

Monday, February 25, 2013 - 2:00pm

Event Location: 

  • McCune Room
  • HSSB
  • 6th Floor

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
 
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