Global Languages and Cultures

Four Alums Win Fulbright US Student Awards

rime — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:23:14 +0000

Four Alums Win Fulbright US Student Awards rime Mon, 06/02/2025 - 14:23

Congratulations, Class of 2025!

rime — Thu, 22 May 2025 14:51:14 +0000

Congratulations, Class of 2025! rime Thu, 05/22/2025 - 10:51

New Book Examines Language, Culture, and Glottopolitics in Equatorial Guinea

patenaude — Fri, 02 May 2025 14:43:17 +0000

New Book Examines Language, Culture, and Glottopolitics in Equatorial Guinea

Friday, May 2, 2025

patenaude Fri, 05/02/2025 - 10:43

Associate Professor Susana Castillo-Rodriguez (SUNY Geneseo/Matt Burkhartt)

Susana Castillo-Rodriguez

Summary

This study analyzes the cultural history of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea.

Abstract

This study reconstructs the glottopolitical and cultural history of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea, allowing us to analyze the actions taken by social groups regarding languages within the context created during colonization and continuing into the present. On one hand, these conditions reveal the power dynamics between European and African languages; on the other hand, they enable us to examine how these relationships were institutionalized in schools, government, religion, and the media. The book concludes with an analysis of institutional discourses surrounding ethnolinguistic identity, which evolves from "Equatorial Guinean Hispanicity" to "Afro-Hispanic and Bantu."

Primary research question

Under what social, historical, political and cultural conditions did the coloniality of Spanish as a language of power in Equatorial Guinea take over?

Susana Castillo-Rodríguez (2025). Lengua, cultura y glotopolítica en Guinea Ecuatorial: una mirada histórica. Iberoamericana/Vervuert. Colección: Lengua y Sociedad en el Mundo Hispánico, 57. ISBN: 978-84-9192-511-8

Lengua, cultura y glotopolítica en Guinea Ecuatorial : una mirada histórica (2025)

Meet Students You Help When You Pay It Forward

dreessen — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:55:33 +0000

Meet Students You Help When You Pay It Forward dreessen Wed, 03/26/2025 - 09:55

Xavier Canaple '27 Receives Prestigious Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society Scholarship

adabra — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 16:42:23 +0000

Xavier Canaple '27 Receives Prestigious Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society Scholarship

Thursday, February 27, 2025

adabra Thu, 02/27/2025 - 11:42

Global Languages and Cultures News

Xavier Canaple '27, who is pursuing a BA in French and a BS in Chemistry, as well as a minor in the Edgar Fellows Program, has been selected in a nationwide competition to receive a prestigious Joseph W. Yedlicka Scholarship from Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society. A member of Geneseo's Mu Iota chapter, he will study French language and culture at IAU College in Aix-en-Provence, France, in summer 2025. The award includes tuition, travel expenses, housing, and board. In addition to his academic pursuits, Xavier is an avid singer who enjoys performing traditional French and Italian art songs. He plans on a career in pharmaceutical research. Earlier Geneseo winners of Pi Delta Phi summer scholarships were Robert Briwa '13, Lily (Wheeler) Gasiorek '14 , Yvonne Bennett '20, and Carley Salerno '23.

Photo provided by Xavier Canaple '27

The First Path May Not Be the Way

dreessen — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:50:01 +0000

The First Path May Not Be the Way dreessen Tue, 12/17/2024 - 14:50

Forty-five Years of Friendship

dreessen — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:55:30 +0000

Forty-five Years of Friendship dreessen Wed, 11/13/2024 - 15:55

Geneseo Names Presidential Scholars for 2024–25

rime — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:50:10 +0000

Geneseo Names Presidential Scholars for 2024–25 rime Fri, 11/01/2024 - 14:50

Student-Faculty Research Team Selected for CUR Advocacy Program

patenaude — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:20:17 +0000

Student-Faculty Research Team Selected for CUR Advocacy Program patenaude Fri, 10/25/2024 - 09:20

Geneseo Ushers In a New Academic Year

rime — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:30:48 +0000

Geneseo Ushers In a New Academic Year rime Fri, 08/30/2024 - 10:30