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Romance languages: Codes of ethics

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • American Association of University Professors – Mission & Description
  • AAUP Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure
  • American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese – Mission
  • American Association of Teachers of French – Mission Statement

Filed Under: Codes of ethics, Romance languages

Romance languages: Professional associations and faith groups

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America
  • North American Christian Foreign Language Association

Filed Under: Professional associations and faith groups, Romance languages

Romance languages: Syllabi

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Women and religion in Latin America(.pdf). Mike Stanfield and Lois Lorentzen, University of San Francisco.
  • Latin American History. Steven Volk, Oberlin College.

Filed Under: Romance languages, Syllabi

Romance languages: Journals

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Modern Language Journal
  • Romance Notes
  • Journal of French Language Studies
  • American Journal of Philology
  • Journal of Spanish Language Media

Filed Under: Journals, Romance languages

Romance languages: Articles

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • “Latin: Don’t think it’s a dead language” by Jonathan Wells. Newbury Port News, Sept. 12, 2011.
  • “Renaissance Truth and the Latin Language Turn” by Alan R. Perreiah. Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 44, Number 2, April 2006.
  • “Making Ireland Roman: Irish neo-Latin writers and the republic of letters” by Naomi McAreavey. Irish Studies Review. Vol. 18, No. 3 (Aug. 2010): 376-8.
  • “Catholic Church Losing Followers in Droves (in Latin America)” by Diego Cevallos. IPS, Oct. 21, 2004.
  • “France bans immigrants wearing burqas in state language classes” by Jenny Barchfield. USA Today, Oct. 9, 2008.
  • “Breaking Barriers: Language, Religion Hinder Frank Talk About AIDS” by Robin Williams Adams. The Ledger, June 26, 2009.
  • “Religion and Identity: Families of Italian Origin in the Nottingham Area, UK” by Deianira Ganga. Migration Letters, 2005.
  • “Religion as a site of language contact” by Bernard Spolsky. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 23:81-94, 2003.
  • “Montreal priests say they’re in no rush to return to Latin in masses; Pope’s decree ‘not relevant,’ hasn’t even come up for discussion, one pastor says.” The Gazette (Montreal), Sept. 5, 2007.
  • “History at risk as Latin fades away” by Peter Jennings. The Times (London), Dec. 29, 2007.
  • “We’ll keep crucifix up, Charest says; Unanimous vote. Motion also reaffirms promotion of French” by Kevin Dougherty. The Gazette (Montreal), May 23, 2008.
  • “‘What has Rome to do with Bethlehem?’ Cultural Capital(s) and Religious Imperialism in Late Ancient Christianity” by Andrew S. Jacobs. Classical Receptions Journal. Vol. 3, No. 1 (2011): 29-45.

Filed Under: Articles, Romance languages

Romance languages: Books

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Language, culture, and society: key topics in linguistic anthropology. Christine Jourdan and Kevin Tuite. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  • Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross. William F. Hanks. University of California Press, 2010.
  • On the Latin Language. Marcus Terentius Varro (translated by R.G. Kent). Wm Heinemann Ltd., Harvard Univ. Press.
  • The Latin Language and Christianity. Paul Berry. Edwin Mellen Press, 2004.
  • Pray It in Latin, Louis Pizzuti. Lulu.com, 2006.
  • Reading French: A Guide for Students of Religion and Theology. K. Janet Ritch. Clements Publishing, 2006.
  • The politics of language: conflict, identity and cultural pluralism in comparative perspective. Carol L. Schmid. Oxford University Press US, 2001.
  • Remains of Arabic in the Spanish and Portugese Languages. Stephen Weston. Nabu Press, 2011.
  • Language, religion and national identity in Europe and the Middle East: a historical study. John Myhill. Jon Benjamins Publishing Company, 2006.
  • Monolingualism and bilingualism: lessons from Canada and Spain. Sue Wright. Multilingual Matters, 1996.
  • Local religion in colonial Mexico. Martin Austin Nesvig. UNM Press, 2006.
  • Rereading the Renaissance: Petrarch, Augustine and the Language of Humanism. Carol Everhart Quillen. University of Michigan Press, 1997.

Filed Under: Books, Romance languages

Romance languages: More links

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • Romance Languages – The Language of Religion and Culture (Encyclopaedia Brittanica)
  • Boston University Libraries Collection Development Policies (Religion and Romance Languages)
  • Latin phrases on religion
  • Latin Language and Literature
  • Latin – Civilization’s Foremost Language
  • The Gordon Collection and the French Wars of Religion

Filed Under: More links, Romance languages

Romance languages: Case Studies

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

  • “Tradition and change in language and discourse: three case studies.” Southwest Journal of Linguistics, June 6, 2001.
  • “Global Knowledge-based Policy in Fragmented Societies: the case of curriculum reform in French-speaking Belgium” by Eric Mangez. European Journal of Education. Vol. 45, No. 1 (March 2010): 60-73.

Filed Under: Case studies, Romance languages

Romance languages: About the discipline

January 23, 2010 by Debra Mason

Those with an understanding of Romance languages and the current social, business, political and economic climates of nations influenced by these languages are at an advantage when engaging in business or other professions in these regions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: About the discipline, Romance languages

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