HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America

HCIAS Working Papers publishes peer-reviewed articles that present the findings of ongoing research on Ibero-America from different perspectives and disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. HCIAS Working Papers aims to bring attention to new theoretical and methodological perspectives and stimulate scientific dialog on issues of particular concern to the societies making up the Ibero-American macro-region within a global polycentric framework. Contributions to the HCIAS Working Papers are evaluated by external reviewers to guarantee their quality and, above all, potential to contribute to international academic discussion. As these are still works in progress, manuscripts published as HCIAS Working Papers may be developed further for publication in other journals. HCIAS Working Papers on Ibero-America is an open-access publication series edited by the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies and hosted by heiJOURNALS of Heidelberg University Library.

Latest issue:

Linguistic ideologies, bilingualism, and Spanish as a heritage language in Europe

Jan 2025  |    Author(s): Francisco Moreno-Fernández, Héctor Álvarez Mella, and Mariel Elizondo Romo (Universität Heidelberg)

Food for Justice Working Paper Series

Food for Justice Working Papers is a series that shares new work and knowledge on the question of how we are going to feed the world. To that end, this series publishes the first results of ongoing research projects in the field of power, politics, and food inequalities in a bioeconomy in order to encourage the exchange of ideas and stimulate debate. It is aimed at a wide audience of academics, social activists, food producers and consumers, policy-makers, and any other interested party. Food for Justice Working Paper Series is an open-access publication series hosted by heiJOURNALS of Heidelberg University Library. Food for Justice is a Junior Research Group based at the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Latest issue:

Práticas de aquisição de alimentos e do comer no Brasil em tempos de pandemia

Dec 2024  |    Author(s): Eryka Galindo (Universität Heidelberg), Marco Antonio Teixeira (Universität Heidelberg), Melissa de Araújo (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Larissa Mendes (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Milene Pessoa (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), and Renata Motta (Universität Heidelberg)

Demolingüística del español en Europa

Demolingüística del español en Europa publishes the output of the intertational research collaboration Spanish in Europe. This project analyses the linguistic and cultural geography of Spanish and its speakers with a specific focus on the dynamics of migration, demography, and education. The book series, a collaboration between HCIAS, University of Zurich, and Instituto Cervantes, will include thirteen volumes covering the demography of the Spanish language in all European regions. 

Latest issue:

Demolingüística del español en Italia. Con un anexo sobre el español en Malta, San Marino y Ciudad del Vaticano

2024  |    Author(s): Milin Bonomi, Maria Vittoria Calvi, and Marcella Uberti-Bona

Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana

RILI is an international, peer-reviewed journal, which is co-edited by Iberoamericana / Vervuert publishing house, the Ibero-American Institute of Berlin, the University of Zurich, and the HCIAS. It publishes studies on Ibero-Romance languages inside and outside the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world. It also features articles about languages in contact with them, in particular, the African, Amerindian, Asian, and Austronesian languages, and the creole languages arising from the contact with Portuguese and Spanish. 

Latest issue:

Volume XXII. No. 44. Thematic section: Textual Genres and Discursive Traditions in the History of Specialized Languages

Dec 2024  |    Coordinator(s): Jenny Brumme (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and Natalia Terrón Vinagre (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)