Kongress: “El español en África: en pasado, presente y futuro”
| Lecturer(s) | See Program |
| Contact person | Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr, Sara Carreira |
| sandra.schlumpf@unibas.ch, sara.carreira@unibas.ch | |
| Date | 28th - 29th June 2024 |
| Web | https://www.sandraschlumpf.ch/research/conference-spanish-in-africa-2024 |
| Registration | Registration required |
| Location | Maiengasse 51, Sala 0105 4056 Basel Switzerland |
Content and objectives
Most Spanish speakers live in the Americas and Europe. However, the Spanish language also plays a role on the African continent that should not be underestimated, especially in the two Spanish exclaves Ceuta and Melilla, Western Sahara, Morocco and Equatorial Guinea. The aim of this conference is to examine the challenges and opportunities of the Spanish language in Africa in the past, present and future. Individual contributions will examine these various regions of Africa with a clear connection to the Spanish language from a current perspective. The focus will be on sociolinguistic and language policy aspects, but dialectological and linguistic contact phenomena will also be addressed.
Specific topics that may be addressed in individual contributions are the following: the positioning of Spain or the Spanish language vis-à-vis Africa; methodological and theoretical considerations on the positioning of Africa in the Spanish-speaking world and in Spanish linguistics; language contacts, language policy and the role of language institutions in the African areas studied (e.g., Real Academia Española, Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española, Instituto Cervantes); language ideologies and language attitudes; new theoretical approaches from postcolonial and decolonial perspectives; functions, status and characteristics of Spanish in Africa.
The conference is relevant and innovative within Spanish linguistics because it will bring together a group of international specialists who, from different theoretical and methodological approaches, are dedicated to the different African regions mentioned above. In this way, the encounter will encourage a supra-regional and international exchange on the role and significance of the Spanish language in Africa. Although each of the individual contributions will focus on one of the regions studied (Ceuta, Melilla, Western Sahara, Morocco, Equatorial Guinea), together they will offer an overview of the situation of Spanish in Africa at present, taking into account also its past, as well as an exchange on its potential and its challenges for the future.
Sections
The presentations will be organized along the following geographical areas: Ceuta, Melilla, Western Sahara, Morocco and Equatorial Guinea. Experts with different backgrounds and working in academic institutions in Spain, Equatorial Guinea, USA, Italy, Germany and Switzerland have confirmed their participation. All presentations will be held in Spanish.
Friday, June 28, 2024
| 09:00 | Reception and pickup of materials |
| 09:30 | Conference opening and welcome (Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr & Sara Carreira) |
| 09:45 – 11:15 | Session 1: Ceuta. Chair: Marta Rodríguez García Mª del Carmen Ayora Esteban: El español en Ceuta: Evolución lingüística. Estado de la cuestión y situación sociolingüística Verónica Rivera Reyes: El codeswitching español/árabe como seña de identidad de la población bilingüe ceutí |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Session 2: Melilla. Chair: Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr Mohand Tilmatine: Melilla y la Carta europea de las lenguas regionales o minoritarias: el bereber ¿lengua de Europa? |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 3: Equatorial Guinea (I). Chair: Ángel Berenguer Amador Susana Castillo Rodríguez: Política y paisaje lingüístico en Guinea Ecuatorial. Una aportación desde la lingüística decolonial Armando Zamora Segorbe: El adverbio más y sus distintos valores en el español guineoecuatoriano |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee |
| 15:30 – 16:15 | Session 4: Equatorial Guinea (II). Chair: Sara Carreira Ewurama Okine: La concordancia de género en el español de Guinea Ecuatorial |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Final exchange day 1 in charge of: Matteo De Beni & Carsten Sinner |
| 17:00 – 18:15 | Break |
| 18:15 – 19:30 | Guided tour of Basel by: Ángel Berenguer Amador (meeting point at Hotel Rochat at 18:15) |
| 19:30 | Dinner: Restaurant Löwenzorn – with short literary readings by: Joaquín Mbomío Bacheng & Bahia Mahmud Hamadi Omar |
Saturday, June 29, 2024
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Session 5: Equatorial Guinea (III). Chair: Ángel Berenguer Amador Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr: Usos y valores del español en Guinea Ecuatorial: actitudes lingüísticas de los propios hablantes Sara Carreira: Nuevos datos sobre las formas de tratamiento pronominales en el español de Guinea Ecuatorial: entre proximidad y distanciamiento |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Session 6: Morocco. Chair: Sara Carreira Lotfi Sayahi: El español en el norte de Marruecos: perspectivas históricas y datos actuales Adil Moustaoui Srhir: Las políticas de la lengua española en Marruecos: entre la ambigüedad y el laissez-faire |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Session 7: Western Sahara. Chair: Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr Bahia Mahmud Hamadi Omar: Cómo llegó la lengua de García Lorca al Sahara Occidental y a los saharauis Talk and discussion followed by the presentation of the book Mi madre, mi maestra. Memorias del Sáhara Occidental (2024) |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Final discussion in charge of: Matteo De Beni & Carsten Sinner |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | End of conference (Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr & Sara Carreira) |