Jana Weckesser
Jana Weckesser is a doctoral candidate at the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS) and the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures at Heidelberg University and a member of the interdisciplinary HCIAS Doctoral Research Group “Communication and Society in Ibero-America”.
Jana holds a polyvalent bachelor’s degree with a teaching focus in Romance Studies (Spanish) and English Studies from Heidelberg University. She later completed a Master of Education in Spanish and English, also at Heidelberg University.
In her doctoral research, Jana adopts an interdisciplinary approach, integrating theoretical and methodological frameworks from linguistics, sociology, psychology and ethnography. Her project investigates the perception of German, Romanian, Spanish, and Catalan languages among German and Romanian immigrant communities as well as the Spanish host community. The research aims to analyze the impact of these perceptions on identity and belonging dynamics in three Spanish cities: Madrid, Málaga, and Palma de Mallorca.
Jana’s dissertation, titled “Ethnolinguistic Identity and Sociolinguistic Integration in Migratory Contexts: A Comparative Study of German and Romanian Communities in Spain”, is supervised by Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández (HCIAS). The project is situated within the Observatory of Spanish in Europe (OSE), an interdisciplinary research unit at HCIAS focused on the social, cultural, and linguistic dynamics of Spanish-speaking communities in Europe. It is also linked to the International Cooperation Project “Spanish in Europe” (EEE).
Beyond her doctoral work, Jana contributes to other research projects, including the Tesoro léxico de las hablas castellanomanchegas (TLHCM) and the international project Variación del español en el mundo (VARILEX XXV).
In addition, Jana works as a research assistant at HCIAS, where she supports the area of international science management.
Congress Participation and Presentations
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“Variación y cambio en el léxico urbano de Castilla-La Mancha”, VII International Congress of Dialectology and Sociolinguistics (CIDS), University of Augsburg, in Augsburg, Germany (October 8th to 11th, 2024). |
“El Tesoro léxico de las hablas castellanomanchegas: metodología y perspectivas”, together with Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández, X Congreso Internacional de Lexicografía Hispánica: «Variación y panhispanismo en lexicografía», University of Murcia, in Murcia, Spain (May 22nd to 24th, 2024). |
“Dialectometría de la geografía hispanohablante”, together with Prof. Dr. Francisco Moreno-Fernández, XX Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina, Universidad de Concepción, Facultdad de Humanidades y Arte, and Asociación de Lingüística y Filolofía de América Latina, in Concepción, Chile, (January 22nd to 26th, 2024). |
Contact
Jana Weckesser
Heidelberg Centrum für Ibero-Amerika-Studien | HCIAS
Brunnengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg
Email: jana.weckesser(at)uni-heidelberg.de