News and Events

On Friday 14, Cristina Suárez-Gómez became Full Professor of English Linguistics at the University of the Balearic Islands after a full-morning examination with the following board members: Professors Alberto Lázaro (University of Alcalá de Henares), María Juan and Pedro Guijarro (University of the Balearic Islands), Ignacio Palacios (University of Santiago de Compostela) and Elena Seoane (University of Vigo).

 Congratulations, Cristina!

Last week, Raquel P. Romasanta gave an invited talk at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, with the title "Towards Monolingualism: The Linguistic Ecology of Gibraltar". Staff and students drew parallels between the sociolinguistic  situation in Gibraltar and in Catalonia, and were intrigues about the potential creole status of Yanito, one of the vernacular languages. All feedback was exciting and very welcome!  

Our colleague Cristina Suárez-Gómez, from the University of the Balearic Islands, was invited to be a plenary speaker at the Graduate Day of IDAES, the Inter-disciplinary PhD program in Advanced English Studies, held on 19-20 May at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Her talk addressed the more relevant aspects of research on World Englishes, and had the title: "Doing research on World Englishes: theoretical and methodological considerations”.

Next 10 May, ViEW affiliated member M.G. Sanchez, an internationally acclaimed Gibraltarian writer, will deliver an online lecture entitled Marlboro Man and the History of Cross-border Smuggling. This is part of a research event organised by Cristina Suárez Gómez and Lucía Loureiro Porto at the University of the Balearic Islands. We invite all students and scholars interested in the socilinguistics of Gibraltar in the 20th and 21st century.;">

Thank you, Mark, looking forward to it!