2009 Summer Intensive Course in Older and Modern Nahuatl

Sat Feb 7 02:17:57 UTC 2009

Dear Listeros,
	I have a few announcements.
1. We will no longer be using the web address "www.idiez.org.mx". Both  
"Macehualli Educational Research", our US non-profit corporation, and  
"Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas", our  
Mexican non-profit corporation, will now be accessible at www.macehualli.org 
.
2. Yale Summer Programs has approved our 2009 Summer Intensive Course  
in Older and Modern Nahuatl. It will be up on their website, http://www.yale.edu/summer/ 
, next week. Meanwhile, I am copying the official announcement below.  
A pdf. may also be downloaded now at www.macehualli.org. FLAS funding  
is available, and please note that the Yale Center for Latin American  
and Iberian Studies and its parters will make every effort to ensure  
that financial constraints are not an obstacle to participation.
3. Lastly, beginning Fall 2009 we will offer academic year distance  
courses Nahuatl taught live by native speakers.
John

John Sullivan, Ph.D.
Professor of Nahua language and culture
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Zacatecas Institute of Teaching and Research in Ethnology
Tacuba 152, int. 47
Centro Histórico
Zacatecas, Zac. 98000
Mexico
Work: +52 (492) 925-3415
Home: +52 (492) 768-6048
Mobile: +52 (492) 103-0195
idiez at me.com
www.macehualli.org

2009 SUMMER INTENSIVE COURSE IN OLDER AND MODERN NAHUATL

Zacatecas and Tepecxitla, June 22 - July 31

Yale’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS), in  
collaboration with the Institute of Latin American American Studies at  
Columbia, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New  
York University, and the Instituto de Docencia e Investigación  
Etnológica de Zacatecas will offer an intensive course in Older and  
Modern Nahuatl at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. The  
course is offered through Yale Summer Sessions as NHTL 125 (See http://www.yale.edu/summer/)

The course seeks to: 1. develop students' oral comprehension,  
speaking, reading, writing and knowledge of language structure, as  
well as their cultural wisdom and sensibility, in order to facilitate  
their ability to communicate effectively, correctly and creatively in  
everyday situations; 2. provide students with instruments and  
experiences that demonstrate the continuity between past and present  
Nahua culture, through the study of colonial and modern texts,  
conversation with native speakers, and an optional residency in a  
Nahua community; 3. penetrate into the historical, economic,  
political, social and cultural aspects of Nahua civilization; 4.  
prepare students to take university level humanities courses taught in  
Nahuatl alongside native speakers.

Beginning students will have class five hours per day, Monday through  
Friday: two hours of Modern Nahuatl immersion and introductory grammar  
with native speaking instructors; two hours of Older Nahuatl taught by  
John Sullivan; and an additional hour of individual work on a research  
project of the student’s choice with a native speaking tutor.  
Intermediate students will study specific topics drawn from Older and  
Modern sources, using Nahuatl as the sole language of class  
discussion, and continue to work with individual tutors. Advanced  
students will design and implement a research project in collaboration  
with the native speaking tutors, and will write a short paper in  
Modern Nahuatl.

Six weeks of class will be held in Zacatecas from June 22 to July 31,  
2009. Full class attendance is required. Students who are absent for  
reasons other than illness will be asked to withdraw from the Institute.

Students may elect to spend an optional seventh week in the village of  
Tepecxitla, Veracruz where they will reside with an indigenous family  
and participate in the Chicomexochitl ceremony. A decision regarding  
the viability of this homestay option will be made two months prior to  
the beginning of the program after the pertinent regional security  
issues have been evaluated. This visit, however, will not be under  
CLAIS auspices, and those students who wish to participate must cover  
the additional costs (see below).

Tentative course costs

1. Tuition for three credits, $4,000

2. Room for six weeks in Zacatecas (one or two adults per room): a)  
studio with private bath and kitchenette, $600; b) studio with private  
bath and shared kitchen, $525; c) studio with shared bath and kitchen,  
$450.

3. Food for six weeks in Zacatecas: between $400 (preparing your own  
food) and $600 (eating out).
Tuition is payable to Yale; all other costs including travel between  
the United States and Mexico are paid by the student directly to the  
provider).

5. (Optional) Students who travel to the village of Tepecxitla at the  
end of the course will pay $550 for transportation, room and board,  
and financing of the Chicomexochitl ceremony.

Course materials: All students must have personal copies of the  
following texts:

·      Karttunen, Francis. 1983. An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl.  
Texas Linguistics Series. Austin: University of Texas Press. $26.95 @  
amazon.com

·      Lockhart, James. 2001. Nahuatl as Written. Lessons in Older  
Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts. Stanford: Stanford  
University Press. $25.43 @ amazon.com

·      Molina, Alonso de. 1977(1555-1571). Vocabulario en lengua  
castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana.  Colección “Biblioteca  
Porrúa” 44.  México: Porrúa. $25 (The work is out of print, so a bound  
photocopy can be purchased at the Institute).

·      Two weeks before class begins students will be sent, free of  
charge, electronic copies of the exercise manuals, grammar charts,  
vocabulary lists and manuscripts which will be studied.

Funding availability: CLAIS and its partners make every effort to  
ensure that financial constraints are not an obstacle for  
participating in the Summer Nahuatl Language program. Financial aid is  
available to graduate students in the form of FLAS fellowships through  
your own institution or CLAIS at Yale. Undergraduates may be eligible  
for partial scholarships. Once paid, tuition is non-refundable.

For more information , contact Jean Silk at jean.silk at yale.edu or by  
phone at 203/432-3420 or John Sullivan at idiez at me.com or by phone at  
+52 (492) 925-3415.

To Register for the course, go to Yale Summer Sessions online at http://www.yale.edu/summer/ 
. Please also contact Jean Silk, Assistant Chair, Council on Latin  
American and Iberian Studies, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New  
Haven, CT 06520-8206 to inform CLAIS that you are planning to enroll  
in the course.

We anticipate offering Nahuatl language courses during the academic  
year through distance learning.  Interested students should contact  
Thomas Trebat (tt2166 at columbia.edu) or Jean Silk (jean.silk at yale.edu)  
for further information.

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