Welcome to the first edition of the Jean Monnet undergraduate module “Cultural Diversity and Identities in the European Union.”

We are delighted to welcome you to a fresh edition of the undergraduate Jean Monnet module Cultural Diversity and Identities in the EU, a space for reflection, debate and research on the multilingual and multicultural reality of today’s European Union.

This edition will take place from 3rd October to 4th November 2022 in Room A206, Facultad de Letras (UCLM), and consists of 1 ECTS, delivered by Prof. Javier E. Díaz Vera.

As in previous years, our module explores the EU as a language hotspot: a continent where national, regional, immigrant and endangered languages coexist, overlap, compete and evolve. Throughout the programme we will move from concepts, to empirical reality, to policy, to research trends. The 2022 programme includes topics of Multilingualism in contemporary Europe, European multilingualism and the diversity debate, Trends in policies and practices in European multilingualism, Regional and immigrant languages in the European Union, Endangered languages in the European Union, and Multiculturality and multilingualism in the EU as a new field of research.

Once again, we will analyse multilingualism not only as a sociolinguistic phenomenon, but as a political, educational, economic, identity and cultural resource: and a field of research in rapid expansion.

Enrolment is available at: www.cursosweb.uclm.es