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Dr. Diana Ruggiero, SPPO Graduate Program Alumna, Awarded 2019 AATSP Teacher of the Year at the College/University Level

Dr. Diana Ruggiero, an alumna of SPPO's Graduate Program, has been awarded the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Teacher of the Year Award for the College/…

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SPPO Associate Professor Dr. Pedro Pereira Featured in Portugal's Daily "Público"

On February 2nd, 2020 SPPO Associate Professor Dr. Pedro Pereira had an article published in Portugal’s daily Público. The article, "O padre António Vieira no país dos cordiais", was a…

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K'acha Willaykuna: Our Unlearning Hour Newsletter #3

K’acha Willaykuna

Our Unlearning Hour

Newsletter #3

February 10, 2020

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February 22nd Special Event: TEDxOSU Talk, Featuring SPPO Associate Professor Dr. Anna Babel

Who counts as a speaker of a language? Have you ever thought about what it means to speak a language? As it turns out, the answer to this question is complex and deeply intertwined with the…

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Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama's Article on the "American Dirt" Controversy Featured in Latinx Spaces

SPPO Faculty member, Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama, recently had a article featured in Latinx Spaces, an online publication that focuses on Latinx media. Dr. Aldama's article, "Brownface Minstrelsy;…

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Call for Papers - Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire Project

The Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire research project is engaged in digitizing ritual and festival-related texts held at the National Library of Portugal and National Library of Ajuda. The…

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Elvia Andía Grágeda Receives Bolivian Literary Prize for her Debut Novel

Congratulations to SPPO associated faculty member Elvia Andía Grágeda, who recently won the Premio Guamán Poma de Ayala en Lengua Originaria, a national literary prize in Bolivia. Ms. Andía…

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Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro Has Created The World's First Kichwa-English Dictionary

OSU Ph.D. student, Santiago Gualapuro Gualapuro, has published the very first Kichwa-English dictionary in the world. 

The goal of the dictionary is to empower Kichwa speakers and free…

Elvia Andia Grágeda

Elvia Andía Grágeda: The World’s First Certified OPI Tester for Quechua

Elvia Andía Grágeda, Quechua instructor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the Ohio State University, recently became the first American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (…