Author
Dr. Jaume Gelabert
Title
Director, Arcadia in Spain
Arcadia Spain
Remember November
November sure came fast and is a month full of events: a scavenger hunt around town to portray the linguistic landscape of Barcelona, a practice session with the Castellers (human towers) and a stroll around Girona. For the 'Rags to Riches: The Transformation… More
Catalonia has spoken. We just don’t know what it said.
On Sunday, September 27, Catalonia celebrated a very important election. Although nominally its purpose was to choose the next president of the Catalan Parliament, Catalonia and the rest of the country have seen it as a referendum on independence. Unlike… More
New Center for Arcadia in Barcelona
We are very excited to announce the brand new Arcadia Barcelona Center. After a very intense summer of designing, building, painting, moving stuff around and making all sorts of modifications, we are finally ready. The new center has given us the opportunity… More
Bidding Farewell to Summer Students
"The heat is on, the heat is on, yeah yeah, it's on the streets" sang Glen Frey in 1984. Well, that is very much how we felt this summer in Barcelona. This also shows how old the Program Director is. But now onto what really matters: it's been an intense… More
Hong Kong, Linguistics, Globalization & Football
Discussing Globalization in Barcelona with International Academics... I had the chance to attend The Sociolinguistics of Globalization: (De)centring and (de)standardization conference, organized by the University of Hong Kong. The conference looked at… More