SLCC-2019: I Symposium on Lusophone Cultures of California & V Workshop for training and improvement of Portuguese teachers of the West Coast Davis, CA, United States, November 1-2, 2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slcc2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | July 31, 2019 |
Submission deadline | July 31, 2019 |
University of California, Davis
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
I Symposium on Lusophone Cultures of California
&
VI Workshop for training and improvement of Portuguese teachers of the West Coast
November 1stand 2nd, 2019
The Portuguese language, spoken by more than 300,000 people in California, brings us together for this symposium to discuss educational, linguistic, literary and community practices that reaffirm the polycentric expansion of the Lusophone world in the state. Portuguese is today a critical language in the United States, also documented as a minority language by the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages of the United States (NCOLCTL). This event aims to contribute to Lusophone diasporic communities all over California in the effort to create an ethnolinguistic connection with their history.
Areas of interest
Topics might include, but are not limited to:
- Community leadership
- Teaching practices and community-based projects
- The role of community engagement
- Collaboration with diaspora communities
- Portuguese for heritage learners, Spanish speakers, and additional language learners
- Proficiency examinations
- Community needs
- Community organization
- Lusophone diaspora literature
- Portuguese in contact with other languages
- Art, culture and other manifestations in the Portuguese language
Call for proposals
We invite the submission of abstracts for 30-minute talks on the broad topic of Lusophone diaspora in California.
Abstracts should be anonymous and have a maximum of 300 hundred words. References must be included on a separate page. All submissions should be submitted in PDF format through Easy Chair:
https://easychair.org/cfp/SLCC2019
Feel free to contact the organizing committee, if you are unsure of whether your topic is compatible with the goals of the symposium: lusophoneculturesca@gmail.com
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Luis Gonçalves, Princeton University
President of the American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese
Vice-president of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
INVITED PRESENTERS:
Cássia Abreu, Portuguese Lecturer/Outreach Coordinator
San Diego State University
LARC Startalk Teacher Training and Language Camps
Deolinda Adão, Assistant Director of the Center for Portuguese Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Diniz Borges, Director of the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute
California State University, Fresno
José Luís da Silva, Director
Luso-American Education Foundation
Patrícia Lino, Portuguese Lecturer
University of California, Santa Barbara
Renato Alvim, Assistant Professor of Portuguese
California State University, Stanislaus
Ricardo Vasconcelos, Associate Professor of Portuguese
San Diego State University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Eugênia Fernandes, Portuguese Lecturer/Coordinator of the Celpe-Bras Examination
University of California, Davis
Tatiana Dutra e Mello, Director
Projeto Contadores de Estórias
Valeria Sasser, Communication Coordinator/Spokesperson
Council of Brazilian Citizen Abroad
Brazilian Citizen Council of San Francisco
FACULTY SUPPORT:
Leopoldo Bernucci, Distinguished Professor of Spanish, The Russell F. and Jean H. Fiddyment Chair in Latin American Studies
University of California, Davis
Robert Newcomb, Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies/Undergraduate Portuguese Adviser
University of California, Davis
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Leonardo Silva, Certified Evaluator of the Celpe-Bras Exam/Associate instructor – Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of California, Davis
Victor Cervantes, Associate instructor – Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of California, Davis
Shelley Dykstra, Provost Fellow – Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of California, Davis
Venue
Sproul Hall 912 & 104
Olson Hall 53A &18
Many thanks to our sponsors:
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UC Davis
UC Davis Language Center
American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese
General Consulate of Brazil in San Francisco
Council of Brazilian Citizen Abroad
Projeto Contadores de Estórias