BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2834-062579fbf0e9188945f7586a721d7c04@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260413T232529Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240216T160000 SUMMARY:Center for Language Acquisition Invited Speaker: Nelson Flores DESCRIPTION:\nSpeaker: Nelson Flores\, University of Pennsylvania\n\nTit le: \;&ldquo\;Novelas o istorias embueltas en mil mentiras i errores : Race and language in the construction of the modern/colonial order&rdq uo\;\n\nAbstract: \;1492 was a major turning point in Spain and by e xtension human history. It was not only the year that Columbus first arr ived in what would become the Americas but also the year that the Spanis h monarchy succeeded in expelling Jews and Muslims that refused to conve rt to Catholicism as part of La Reconquista and Antonio de Nebrija \ ;La Gramá\;tica de la Lengua Castellana\, the first grammar of a m odern language. At first glance\, it may seem like these three events ha ve little in common. Yet\, Nebrija saw the purification of language as k ey to the continued purification of the Spanish population necessary for further consolidating the power of the Spanish monarchy. What Nebrija c ould not have predicted was that Spain would soon begin to create a new empire in lands previously unknown to them inhabited by people they had never previously encountered. It is in encounters with these new lands a nd people where Nebrija&rsquo\;s vision of a world of linguistic homogen eity would be further developed in relation to modern notions of race th at would begin to overshadow religion as the major way of sorting the wo rld&rsquo\;s population. This presentation traces the remapping of the w orld in Nebrija&rsquo\;s vision bringing particular attention to the way s that racialization has provided the ideological foundation for contemp orary notions of competence that lie at the core of applied linguistics. It then points to alternative framings that embrace the inherent hetero geneity of language as the starting point for conceptualization language teaching and learning.\n\nBio: \;Nelson Flores \;is an associat e professor in educational linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania . His research examines the intersection of language and race in shaping U.S. educational policies and practices. He has been the recipient of m any academic awards including a 2017 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship\, t he 2019 James Alatis Prize for Research on Language Planning and Policy in Educational Contexts\, and the 2022 AERA Early Career Award.\n\nFor m ore details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/cla_nelson-flores/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker: Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania

Title:&nb sp;“Novelas o istorias embueltas en mil mentiras i errores: Rac e and language in the construction of the modern/colonial order”

Abstract: 1492 was a major turning point in Spain a nd by extension human history. It was not only the year that Columbus fi rst arrived in what would become the Americas but also the year that the Spanish monarchy succeeded in expelling Jews and Muslims that refused t o convert to Catholicism as part of La Reconquista and Antonio de Nebrij a La Gramática de la Lengua Castellana, the first gra mmar of a modern language. At first glance, it may seem like these three events have little in common. Yet, Nebrija saw the purification of lang uage as key to the continued purification of the Spanish population nece ssary for further consolidating the power of the Spanish monarchy. What Nebrija could not have predicted was that Spain would soon begin to crea te a new empire in lands previously unknown to them inhabited by people they had never previously encountered. It is in encounters with these ne w lands and people where Nebrija’s vision of a world of linguistic homogeneity would be further developed in relation to modern notions of race that would begin to overshadow religion as the major way of sortin g the world’s population. This presentation traces the remapping o f the world in Nebrija’s vision bringing particular attention to t he ways that racialization has provided the ideological foundation for c ontemporary notions of competence that lie at the core of applied lingui stics. It then points to alternative framings that embrace the inherent heterogeneity of language as the starting point for conceptualization la nguage teaching and learning.

Bio: Nelson Flores  is an associate professor in educational linguistics at the University o f Pennsylvania. His research examines the intersection of language and r ace in shaping U.S. educational policies and practices. He has been the recipient of many academic awards including a 2017 Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, the 2019 James Alatis Prize for Research on Language Plannin g and Policy in Educational Contexts, and the 2022 AERA Early Career Awa rd.

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