120 Years of Spanish Language Education Celebrated at TUFS

December 22, 2017

Over Friday the 27 ^th and Saturday the 28 ^th of October, an event was held commemorating 120 years since the beginning of Spanish language education here at TUFS.

On the first day of festivities, the 27 ^th , President Tateishi gave a speech on the history of Spanish language education at TUFS, after which the Charg�� d'affaires of the Embassy of Spain in Japan, Mr. Carlos Maldonado, and the Director of the Instituto Cervantes, V��ctor Ugarte Farrerons, gave an address. After this, writer and translator Jos�� Paz�� (the great-grandchild of third-generation Spanish language teacher Gonzalo Jim��nez de la Espada), who flew in from Spain for the event, donated documents written by Jim��nez de la Espada during his time enrolled at TUFS, and held a lecture titled 'Bridge, People, Literature.'

On the second day of the event, the 28 ^th , a keynote speech on 'The History of Spanish Language Education at TUFS' was given by TUFS emeritus professor Hideki Terasaki, which was followed by two symposiums in separate classrooms; one titled 'Let's Read a Book with a Translator,' the other on 'Reconsidering a Globalized Society through the Latin American Experience.'

The event was attended by many people, including TUFS Spanish Department alumni, and ended on a high note.

Click the link below for more information on this event (page in Japanese).
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