España: muchas y diversas (Spain: Many and Diverse)
DialogueGranada, Spain Barcelona, Spain Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain Summer I, 2025
Courses
This course is designed to introduce students to the past and current linguistic landscape of Spain from a social and linguistic point of view. The course focuses on the varying bilingual and multilingual situations that Spain has experienced since the arrival of Romans to the Iberian Peninsula in 218 BC. Students will explore the history and present situation of multilingual Spain (e.g., arrival of muslims, language use linked to political ideologies, immigration, etc.) through fieldwork and project-based learning.
“What is Spain? From Unity to Independence” is a five-week immersive course exploring Spain’s diverse cultural and political landscape through a blend of lectures, readings, and hands-on experiences in Granada, Barcelona, and Donostia-San Sebastián. This course investigates Spain’s identity and diversity through historical, social, and cultural lenses, offering students unique opportunities to engage with these regions directly. From Islamic influence to modern independence movements, this course addresses the cultural, linguistic, and historical complexity within Spain.
This 5 week long program in Spanish brings undergraduate students to Spain to learn about its multilingual history and current language contact situations, as well as the diverse cultures that form part of the country. By conducting fieldwork and mini-projects that are centered on local history and people of three distinct, multilingual, and multicultural areas (Granada, Barcelona, Donostia-San Sebastian), and through contact with local inhabitants, students have the opportunity to learn in situ to enhance their Spanish language skills by developing a critical linguistic and cultural awareness.
