Linguistics programs for Mexican and Panamanian nationals

[Anna Luisa Daigneault]

Thanks so much for the clarifications, Carolyn, much appreciated! :)

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On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Carolyn O'Meara <ckomeara at buffalo.edu>wrote:

> Dear Bryan, Anna Luisa and everyone else on the list,
>
> I just wanted to add a few comments as I am a professor at the UNAM. We
> don't have a Linguistics Department per se, we have a Linguistics graduate
> program, which Anna Luisa linked to. There is no undergraduate degree in
> Linguistics here. The MA program is either for Hispanic Linguistics or
> Applied Linguistics (the latter involves many researchers at the CELE, the
> center for foreign language teaching), while the PhD is more open to topics
> related to indigenous language studies. The Anthropology graduate program
> is less focused on linguistics than the Linguistics one. There is also a
> Mesoamerican Studies graduate program that involves language classes
> (Classical Nahuatl and Yucatec Maya) as well as some basic linguistics and
> philology classes.
>
> In addition to these programs, there is also the master's and PhD program
> at CIESAS in Mexico City/San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas (
> http://www.ciesas.edu.mx/) -- this is where Mario Chavez works. This
> department is geared towards training native speaker linguists.
>
> There is also the PhD program in Linguistics at the Colegio de México in
> Mexico City (http://cell.colmex.mx/). There are also various linguistics
> programs in other universities in Mexico, such as the linguistics
> department at the Universidad de Sonora in Hermosillo (
> http://www.letrasylinguistica.uson.mx/). There are other programs, but
> they are a bit smaller in terms of the number of faculty.
>
> Finally, the ENAH (the National School of Anthropology and History) has
> linguistics programs at various levels (BA, MA and PhD) (
> http://www.enah.edu.mx/) and the campus is very close to the UNAM in
> Mexico City.
>
> If you or your friends or colleagues have any other specific questions
> regarding linguistics programs in Mexico, please do not hesitate to email
> me off-list with more specific questions. I would be more than happy to
> help and could even put your friends or colleagues in touch with some of my
> friends and students, some of whom are studying their own languages. They
> could provide specific information regarding their experiences.
>
> Best,
>
> Carolyn
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Bryan James Gordon <
> linguist at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
>> A few of my colleagues from Mexico and Panama have asked me about
>> opportunities for continuing their linguistic education, with the goal of
>> acquiring skills they can use for language reclamation and maintenance in
>> their home communities. I know very little about the programs in Mexico
>> (some I know are quite prestigious, but I don't know which ones are
>> appropriate for an applied focus), and from what I understand there is no
>> linguistics major at all in Panama. I've encouraged my colleagues to look
>> into opportunities in Bolivia and Colombia for the indigenous universities,
>> and Spain because they have a lot of scholarships for Latin Americans. But
>> I don't really know where in particular to steer them even in those places,
>> or if there are any good North American programs with scholarships
>> available for Latin Americans. I'd be interested in any of y'all's
>> suggestions!
>>
>> --
>> ***********************************************************
>> Bryan James Gordon, MA
>> Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology
>> University of Arizona
>> ***********************************************************
>>
>
>
>
> --
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