CLAS is in Session

March 21, 2022

Sign up for IPAST!

New details about the Intensive Portuguese Abroad for Spanish Teachers program are now available on the IPAST website.

IPAST will take place July 3-24, 2022 at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil and will provide Portuguese language and linguistics training to K-12 teachers.

IPAST features homestays, cultural activities, and excursions in addition to the intensive language coursework and a linguistics seminar contrasting Spanish and Portuguese led by CLAS Director Dr. Scott Schwenter.

The program cost is $3,790. Find more details about the schedule and fees here.
Learn about the application process here.

Contact Professor Schwenter (schwenter.1@osu.edu) with questions.

The Columbus-Copapayo Sister City Project

Join us on Thursday, April 7th from 4-6pm via Zoom for a conversation with OSU alum Karen Kieffer about the Columbus-Copapayo Sister City Project, an ongoing project of the Center for Folklore Studies.

In 1984, the small village of Copapayo, El Salvador was targeted by a military operation. Survivors of this massacre fled to Honduras. During this time, movements and organizations developed in Columbus that stood in solidarity with the war-torn village. When residents repatriated Copapayo during the last years of the Salvadoran Civil War, delegations of Columbus volunteers traveled to El Salvador to provide protection from the military and sponsored the sanctuary of Copapayo residents in the U.S.

Former OSU student activist Karen Kieffer was one of the first members of the Columbus delegations to travel to El Salvador to establish a relationship with the residents of Copapayo. In this colloquium, Karen will discuss her experiences building solidarity networks as a student, and subsequently as a human rights worker living in El Salvador.

Learn more and register here.

OSUCHiLL

The graduate student linguists in OSU's Department of Spanish & Portuguese invite you to attend their annual symposium, the OSU Congress on Hispanic & Lusophone Linguistics (OSUCHiLL), which will take place virtually on March 25th and 26th, 2022.

The conference will feature keynote presentations by Drs. Sandro Sessarego and Naomi Lapidus Shin. Attendance at both symposia is free and open to the public. Register here.

Send questions to osuchill@osu.edu.

Fruits of Labor film screening

Join us on Wed, March 30 from 4-6pm for a film screening and discussion of Fruits of Labor. The screening will be held in Saxbe Auditorium in Drinko Hall.

Synopsis: A Mexican-American teenager dreams of graduating high school, when increased ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become the breadwinner for her family. She works long days in the strawberry fields and the night shift at a food processing factory. Set in an agricultural town on the central coast of California, Fruits of Labor is a coming of age story about an American teenager traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in poverty. The film asks, what does it mean to come into one’s power as a working young woman of color in the wealthiest nation in the world?

Watch the trailer, then RSVP to attend here.

SACNAS Conference Prep Workshop

The OSU chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) will hold a 2-part workshop on Tues, March 22 and Thurs, March 24 (5pm both days) in Mendenhall Laboratory Room 291 in preparation for the SACNAS National Diversity in Stem Conference, to be held October 27-28 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The March 22 meeting will provide background on the conference and focus on resume writing. The March 24 session will cover getting involved in research and abstract writing.

Send questions to sacnaschapterosu@gmail.com.

Portuguese for Spanish Speakers

OSU's Department of Spanish and Portuguese regularly offers PORT 5501 and 5502, a course sequence specifically designed for Spanish speakers interested in learning Portuguese.

Watch a new promotional video that describes how knowledge of Spanish vocabulary and grammar can be leveraged to quickly achieve impressive gains in Portuguese proficiency!

Learn more about the department's Portuguese programs and exciting course offerings here.

Refuge & hospitality in contemporary migration narratives

On Friday, March 25th from 12:45-1:55pm, PhD student Lara Bourdin will lead a conversation on refuge and hospitality in contemporary Latin American and African migration narratives.

This free, public event is part of the seminar course PORT 5650: The Re-mix Culture of Brazilian Multimedia Artistic Expressions, taught by Professor Isis Barra Costa.

Contact Dr. Barra Costa (barracosta.1@osu.edu) to receive the Zoom link.