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Peter Andersonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Twentieth-Century Spanish History
• Spanish Civil War
• Francoism
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Professor Peter Anderson is a British academic specializing in Twentieth-Century Spanish History at the University of Leeds , where he has worked since 2012. He served as Deputy Head of School (2021-2022) and co-directs the Centre for the History of Ibero-America . His research spans topics such as the Spanish Civil War , Francoist child removal policies , and post-war humanitarian crises . His academic journey includes a PhD in Modern History from Royal Holloway, University of London and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the London School of Economics . He has been recognized as a Royal Historical Society member and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellow . Anderson’s publications, such as The Age of Mass Child Removal in Spain (2021) and Franco’s Famine (2021), analyze state violence, child removal, and famine policies. His work often challenges dominant historical narratives by highlighting grassroots complicity and marginalized voices. Key themes include the intersection of state authority , human rights , and international responses to Francoist policies. He has co-edited volumes like Mass Killings and Violence in Spain, 1936–1952 (2017), which re-examines the scale and social dynamics of Francoist repression, and Post-Imperial Perspectives on Indigenous Education (2022), focusing on educational equity in Japan and Australia. Scientific awards: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship British Academy Mid-Career Fellow He supervises PhD students including Joshua Newmark , Sophie Turbutt , and Ali Bassam Zahid . Anderson collaborates with organizations like the Instituto Cervantes and the Basque Children of ‘37 Association UK , contributing to public history initiatives and educational resources on anti-fascist movements.

Eneko Agirreمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Natural Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics
• Language Technology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Eneko Agirre is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, where he serves as the director of the HiTZ Centre on Language Technology. He is an active member of the Ixa Research Group and has established himself as a leading figure in Natural Language Processing, particularly in multilingual and low-resource language settings. His work bridges theoretical advances with practical applications for language technology. Agirre received his PhD from the University of the Basque Country in 1999 with a thesis on conceptual relationships and ontologies, supervised by Dr. Kepa Sarasola Gabiola and Dr. Arantza Díaz de Ilarraza Sánchez. His academic journey has been marked by significant contributions to computational linguistics and language technology. His research primarily focuses on Natural Language Processing challenges, with special emphasis on Word Sense Disambiguation, cross-lingual transfer learning, dialogue systems, and Large Language Models for low-resource languages. He has pioneered work on Basque language technology and has consistently addressed the challenges of multilingual AI systems, particularly examining how language models perform across different linguistic contexts and cultural settings. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a strong trajectory toward advancing Large Language Models for low-resource languages, with particular attention to Basque. His work spans vision-language models, information extraction techniques, and rigorous evaluation methodologies for NLP systems. A recurring theme is the exploration of how language models handle low-resource languages compared to high-resource ones, with groundbreaking findings about cultural knowledge transfer between languages. Fellow of the ACL (2021), one of only 74 research leaders worldwide National Research Prize on Informatics (2021) Best resource paper award at ACL 2024 Honourable mention paper award (top 1%) at EMNLP (2020) Outstanding Paper award (top 2%) at COLING (2020) Recipient of three Google Faculty Research Awards (2017, 2018, 2019) Agirre has supervised over 25 PhD students, many of whom have received prestigious awards including the EurAI Artificial Intelligence PhD Dissertation Award. His research has been supported by numerous European projects including LIHLITH (2018-2020) on lifelong learning for dialogue systems, and he has served as principal investigator for multiple CHIST-ERA and FP7 projects. His work with Google includes collaborative projects on entity dictionaries and conversational question answering systems. As director of the HiTZ Centre on Language Technology and member of the Ixa Research Group, Agirre leads a vibrant team focused on advancing language technology for Basque and other under-resourced languages. The center has developed significant resources including Latxa, an open language model for Basque, and has established itself as a hub for multilingual NLP research. His group actively collaborates with international institutions including Stanford, NYU, and various European universities, fostering a global network for language technology research.

• Linguistic Diversity
• Language Policy and Planning
• Minority Languages
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Professor Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones is a leading academic in the field of European minority languages, based at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She serves as Director of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies (CAWCS) and holds strategic roles in cultural organizations such as Mercator Strategic Director and Wales Literature Exchange. Linguistic Diversity Language Policy and Planning Creative Sector & Cultural Industries Translation and Publishing Intercultural Exchange International Networks Citizenship Her expertise spans three decades, with a focus on media, policy, and creative industries within minority language contexts. She has supervised 10 PhD candidates to completion and currently oversees two fully funded doctorates. As a multilingual scholar, she speaks Welsh, English, Basque, Catalan, French, Galician, Spanish, and has knowledge of Italian, Portuguese, German, and Irish. Professor Jones is actively involved in international research assessment panels, doctoral thesis examinations, and serves on the Executive Committee of ELEN, the Board of the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and chairs Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch. She was appointed to the Council of Europe’s expert group on Media for the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2017.

Sergio López-Sancioمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Psycholinguistics
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Data Science
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Sergio López-Sancio is a psycholinguist specializing in human language processing and Natural Language Processing (NLP). He holds a PhD from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), an MA in Linguistics from the same institution, and a BA in English Philology from the University of Oviedo, where he earned the National Award for Excellence in Academic Performance and an Outstanding Degree Award for his honors thesis on the subjunctive mood in English and Spanish. His research focuses on real-time dependency processing, combining EEG and behavioral methods to study syntactic structures across languages. He has presented at prestigious conferences such as the Linguistic Society of America and AMLaP, addressing topics like dependency locality, island effects, and cross-linguistic variation in Basque, Spanish, and Italian. López-Sancio has contributed to research projects including OVO: Originating Variation from Order (MINECO-funded), The Bilingual Mind (Basque Government), and AThEME (EU-funded), totaling over €5M in funding. His current role at Amazon involves enhancing Alexa's Spanish language understanding through NLP tools. Key Awards: National Award for Excellence in Academic Performance, Outstanding Degree Award, Outstanding Cum Laude Dissertation Research Themes: Dependency Parsing, Locality Effects, Cognitive Modeling, Cross-Linguistic Syntax

Fernando Zúñigaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Descriptive Linguistics
• Linguistic Typology
• Amerindian Languages
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Fernando Zúñiga is a Full Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Bern (2013–2024) and previously held academic positions at the University of Zurich, including Förderungsprofessor (2012–2013) and Oberassistent (2006–2012). He has contributed to research projects focused on South American languages, inverse morphology, and morphosyntactic alignment. Education: Habilitation in General Linguistics, University of Zurich (2011) Ph.D. in General Linguistics, University of Zurich (2002) M.A. in General Linguistics, English Linguistics and English Literature, University of Zurich (1999) Business engineer and B.A. in Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (1992) Research Interests: Zúñiga specializes in descriptive and typological linguistics, with a focus on under-documented languages such as Mapudungun (Araucanian) and Basque. His work bridges morphosyntactic theory and areal/typological analysis. Scientific Awards and Grants: 2016: Sinergia Project Grant (SNSF) for "Linguistic Morphology in Time and Space" 2012–2015: SNSF Research Professorship 2009–2013: EuroBABEL collaborative research grant 2004: SNSF Individual Support / Fellowship Academic Service: He served as co-editor for Typological Studies in Language (2011–) and on editorial boards for journals including Linguistic Typology and Studies in Diversity Linguistics .

• Phonological acquisition
• Early language development
• Second-language production and perception
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Natalia Kartushina is a Professor at the University of Oslo, specializing in language acquisition and bilingualism. Her research focuses on phonological development in first and second languages, infant-directed speech, and neuroplasticity in speech production. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Geneva (2015) and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Oslo (2017–present) and the Basque Center on Brain, Cognition and Language (2016–2017). Her work explores how variability in parental speech influences early language development, particularly in multilingual environments. Key projects include investigating the role of Norwegian dialect exposure in infants’ language acquisition and the impact of pacifier use on vocabulary growth. Kartushina has secured major grants, including an FRIPRO Young Talents award (2020) and University of Oslo funding (2018). Research groups affiliations include Clinical Linguistics and Language Acquisition, Experimental Linguistics, and Second and Third Language Acquisition. Her recent studies address interdisciplinary topics like bilingualism’s effect on color perception and cross-cultural parenting attitudes toward language development. Education: PhD Psychology (University of Geneva, 2015), Master in Cognitive Psychology (University of Paris Descartes, 2010), Master in Speech Therapy (KSPU, 2005) Notable contributions include longitudinal analyses of infant-directed speech properties and collaborative multi-lab studies on vocabulary development. Her work bridges experimental linguistics with developmental psychology, emphasizing real-world applications in education and clinical contexts.

Benjamin Lucas Meisnitzerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Romance Linguistics
• Language Change
• Grammaticalization
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Lucas Meisnitzer holds the Chair of Romance Linguistics with a Focus on Hispanic and Lusitanian Studies at the University of Leipzig since 2018. He previously held academic positions at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Assistant Professor, 2014-2018) and Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (Lecturer, 2010-2014). As Vice Dean for Studies (since 2023) and President of the German Lusitanists Association (since 2021) , he bridges institutional leadership with research excellence. Education : LMU Munich (Magister Artium in Romance Philology/German Linguistics, 2006) and Universidade Nova Lisbon (2001-2006). Research Interests span multiple dimensions of Romance languages, including: Language Change & Grammaticalization (e.g., temporal semantics, modality, diachronic morphosyntax) Language Contact & Variation (e.g., Spanish/Portuguese in Latin America/Africa, Catalan/Galician/Basque) Applied Linguistics (e.g., L3 acquisition, phraseology in teaching, digital media) Pluricentricity (e.g., standardization processes, non-dominant varieties) Theoretical Syntax & Pragmatics (e.g., modal particles, clitics, tense-aspect-modality interactions) Article Trends reflect his expertise in: Comparative analysis of Ibero-Romance varieties in diachrony and contact scenarios Grammaticalization of modality and evidentiality markers Standardization challenges in African Portuguese and Lusophone contexts Digital media’s impact on language acquisition and variation Creole languages and typological hybridity Academic Leadership : Co-Director of the DFG-AHRC CrossMoGram project (with University of Central Lancashire) Chairman of the Doctoral Committee for Linguistics at Leipzig Visiting professorships in Brazil (UFRN, USP, UFFS) and Mozambique (Universidade Rovuma) Teaching emphasizes: Contrastive grammar (Spanish-Portuguese-German) Sociolinguistics and language policy Multilingualism in educational contexts Historical development of Romance languages

Juan Pablo Gil-Osleمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Early Modern Literature
• Global Studies
• Comparative Literature
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Juan Pablo Gil-Osle is a Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Arizona State University (Tempe), where he has served since 2012. Previously, he held positions at the University of Michigan and Arkansas State University, and was an invited researcher at the University of Tübingen, Germany. His research focuses on early modern Iberian literature, global studies, and cultural exchanges, particularly Sino-Iberian connections and climate change representations. Education : PhD, University of Chicago (2007); M.A., Ohio University (2001); M.B.A. and B.A., Universidad de Zaragoza (1993). He is also a certified legal translator/interpreter in French and Spanish. Research Interests : Gil-Osle explores themes such as Cervantes, globality, colonialism, climate change, and transcultural exchanges, with recent work on Manila’s Sino-Iberian literary connections (1571–1625). His books include Exchanges, Crisis, and Climate (2023) and Amistades imperfectas (2013). He has been awarded the Provost’s Humanities Fellows Academy (2016) and ACLS grants. Academic Leadership : Editor of Laberinto Journal since 2012 and co-founder of the EMIT Society . He leads initiatives like the Spanish in China Initiative (SPICI), fostering academic partnerships in Asia. Teaching : Teaches courses on Hispanic literature, global connections, and early modern drama. Supervised numerous PhD students, including Daniel Holcombe (author of Quixotic Quests ) and María José Domínguez (author of Dulcinea Plural ). Labs/Teams : Affiliated with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) and the Interplanetary Initiative, exploring extraterrestrial discovery impacts.

Brad Eppsمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Modern Literature
• Film Studies
• Art and Architecture
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Brad Epps is the Chair in Spanish at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow at King’s College. He previously served as Head of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Cambridge and as Professor and Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. His research spans modern literature, film, art, and architecture in Spain, Latin America, Hispanophone Africa, and Catalonia, alongside queer theory, immigration, and urban theory. Email: be243@cam.ac.uk Contact: (+44) (0)1223 761820 His scholarly output includes over 100 publications and books on figures like Juan Goytisolo and Pedro Almodóvar. He has held visiting positions globally and directs the AHRC-funded MEITS project strand on multilingualism. He is also Series Editor for Hispanic Studies at Routledge Press. The 15 most recent articles reflect his interdisciplinary focus on queer theory, coloniality, multilingualism, and cinematic analysis. Key themes include immigration, gender, and postcolonial memory, particularly in Spanish, Catalan, and Latin American contexts.

• Basque Cinema
• Minority Language Media
• Audiovisual Communication
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Katixa Agirre Migelez is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). With a PhD and Degree in Audiovisual Communication, she has established herself as a prominent scholar in Basque cinema, minority language media, and cultural studies. Her academic journey began with a foundational education in Audiovisual Communication, leading to her current position where she contributes significantly to the understanding of Basque cultural production within global media frameworks. Her work bridges theoretical scholarship with practical applications in cultural policy development. Dr. Agirre Migelez's research spans multiple interconnected domains with particular emphasis on how Basque language and culture navigate contemporary media landscapes. Her scholarship explores the representation of political conflict and gender in Basque cinema, examining how film functions as both reflection and shaper of cultural memory. Her innovative work on queer cinema in Basque contexts represents groundbreaking research at the intersection of language, sexuality, and cultural identity. Through publications on maternity representations, she contributes significantly to gender studies within Basque cultural frameworks. Her research on language diversity in streaming platforms has direct policy implications, as evidenced by her commissioned report for the European Parliament. Her publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output across multiple subfields, with recent work focusing on the challenges and opportunities for minority language cinema in the streaming era. Her research shows a clear trajectory from examining Basque cinema's historical development to analyzing its current position in global digital media environments. Dr. Agirre Migelez has been actively involved in academic projects with policy relevance, most notably her work on language diversity in streaming platforms commissioned by the European Parliament. While specific students are not documented in available materials, her position as Senior Lecturer indicates her involvement in teaching and mentoring within the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising. Her academic work is deeply connected to Basque cultural institutions and initiatives, contributing to the understanding and promotion of Basque language and culture in contemporary media environments. Her research bridges academic scholarship with practical applications in cultural policy development for minority language communities.

• Basque Philology
• Sociolinguistics
• Media Studies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Agurtzane Elordui Urkiza is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Basque Language and Communication within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Holding a PhD in Basque Philology, she specializes in sociolinguistics, media studies, and digital communication with a specific focus on Basque language practices in contemporary contexts. Her research interests center around Basque language in digital media, youth language practices, vernacularization processes, and the relationship between new speakers and language authenticity. She has made significant contributions to understanding how Basque language is used and transformed in social media platforms like Instagram, examining scalar approaches to language normativity and vernacularization. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on quantitative and qualitative analysis of Basque media consumption, audience measurement, and the cultural impact of digital communication on language practices. She frequently collaborates with colleagues from the University of the Basque Country on projects related to media monitoring, language policy, and sociolinguistic studies of Basque-speaking communities. Elordui Urkiza's work bridges theoretical sociolinguistics with practical applications in media monitoring and language policy, contributing to the understanding of how minority languages like Basque navigate the challenges of digital communication and media representation in contemporary society.

• Integration Policies
• National Conflicts
• Minority Rights
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Eduardo Javier Ruiz Vieytez is a Professor of Law at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. He has held leadership roles including Vicerector, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, and Director of the Human Rights Institute. His professional engagements include serving as legal adviser to the Basque Ombudsman, president of an NGO promoting immigrant rights, and member of the Spanish Council for Integration of Migrants and the Scientific Committee of Religious Pluralism. His research focuses on integration policies, national conflicts, minority rights, and the intersection of human rights with religious, linguistic, and cultural diversity. He has contributed to international missions with the Council of Europe addressing minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe. Dr. Ruiz Vieytez is actively involved in academic networks, including the IMISCOE network board and the board of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Oñati, Basque Country). His work bridges legal frameworks with sociopolitical realities, emphasizing inclusive policies and interdisciplinary approaches to diversity challenges. He maintains affiliations with institutions advancing social justice and migrant rights through both academic and advocacy roles.

Susana Blanco-Iglesiasمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Second Language Acquisition
• Language Contact
• Sociolinguistics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Susana Blanco-Iglesias serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Macalester College, teaching first and second year language classes and linguistics courses while coordinating practicum activities for lower-level Spanish instruction. Based in Humanities Building Room 200a, she maintains active engagement in language pedagogy and research. Her academic background includes a degree in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics with specialized study in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Minnesota. Her research centers on bilingual language development, particularly examining Spanish/English usage patterns among third-grade immersion students in the Twin Cities. She extends this focus to broader sociolinguistic phenomena including political linguistics, dialectology, and translation studies. Primary research domains emphasize language contact dynamics across Spanish/English contexts in Minnesota and the United States, alongside Basque/Spanish interactions in Spain's Basque Country. Her work integrates theoretical frameworks from sociolinguistics and political linguistics to analyze how power structures influence language use and preservation in bilingual communities. As Practicum Coordinator for first and second year Spanish courses, she oversees instructional training and curriculum implementation. Her professional activities bridge classroom teaching with research on real-world language acquisition processes, particularly through immersion program analysis.

Arthur G. Samuelمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Speech Perception
• Cognitive Psychology
• Auditory Processing
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Arthur G. Samuel is a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University and an Ikerbasque Research Professor at the Basque Center on Cognition Brain & Language in Donostia, Spain. His research has established him as a leading figure in cognitive psychology with a specialization in speech perception and processing. Samuel received his B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1975, where he completed his undergraduate thesis titled "Yakker II: A Speech Understanding System and its Psychological Basis." He went on to earn his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 1979 under the guidance of David E. Rumelhart, with a dissertation titled "Speech is Specialized, Not Special." His academic career includes faculty positions at Yale University (1981-1991) and Stony Brook University (1991-present), where he was promoted to full Professor in 1993. Samuel's research primarily focuses on how humans process incoming auditory information, with particular emphasis on spoken language perception. His work investigates multiple perspectives on speech processing, including both "bottom-up" approaches examining early representations in speech perception and "top-down" approaches exploring how lexical knowledge influences lower-level processing. He is particularly known for his extensive research on the phonemic restoration phenomenon, which reveals how listeners use contextual knowledge to fill in missing speech segments. Additionally, his laboratory has produced significant findings on how listeners adapt to accented or non-standard speech, and the complex relationship between speech perception and production. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a continued focus on the dynamic nature of speech perception, with increasing attention to individual differences, cross-linguistic influences, and the integration of visual information in speech processing. His work consistently bridges theoretical cognitive psychology with practical applications in understanding language processing across diverse contexts and populations. Samuel has mentored numerous doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers who have gone on to establish their own successful research programs. His laboratory has produced significant work across multiple domains of cognitive psychology, including speech perception, visual attention, and memory. Notably, he has also involved high school students in research through the Intel National Science Talent Search, demonstrating his commitment to fostering scientific talent at all levels. His laboratory has conducted influential research on inhibition of return in visual attention and change deafness in auditory perception, extending his expertise beyond speech processing to broader cognitive mechanisms. Samuel's work consistently emphasizes the importance of understanding attention, perception, and cognition as interconnected processes rather than isolated phenomena.

Esti Blanco-Elorrietaمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Neurobiology of Language
• Bilingualism
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Esti Blanco-Elorrieta is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University (NYU), where she leads the Neuroscience of Language Laboratory. Her research focuses on the neurobiology of language, particularly bilingualism, leveraging neuroimaging, computational, and behavioral methods. She completed her PhD at NYU and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University's Cognitive Neuropsychology Lab. Her work emphasizes ecologically valid approaches to understanding language processing in multilingual individuals, including sign language users. Education: PhD in Psychology (NYU, 2020), Master's in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language (BCBL, 2015), Bachelor's in Basque Philology (University of Deusto, 2013). Research interests include bilingual aphasia, neural mechanisms of language control, and the societal implications of multilingualism. She has received prestigious awards such as the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science (2019) and multiple dissertation awards. Awards: Cognitive Science Society Glushko Dissertation Award, NYU Outstanding Dissertation Award, Ben Barres Fellowship. Advocacy: Committed to transgender rights and LGBTQ+ inclusion in academia, she has been a speaker at UCL's LGBTQ+ Research Showcase and contributed to Spain's gender equality policies.