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Multilingual Baseball: Language and Identity across Borders with Brendan O’Connor

October 21 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

FREE

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

Transnational baseball is a microcosm of globalizing societies around the world, inviting audiences to consider what we can learn from the bilingual understandings and misunderstandings that arise in everyday interactions. This presentation shares the voices of players, coaches, front office personnel, international scouts, language teachers, and interpreters, with experience in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States.

This program is cohosted by Maricopa County Library District – Southeast Regional Branch. This is an in-person event.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Brendan H. O’Connor is a linguist and anthropologist who works on issues of language, identity, schooling, and immigration. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona and is an associate professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. His book Multilingual Baseball was published by Bloomsbury in May 2023.

Details

Date:
October 21
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost:
FREE

Organizer

Maricopa County Library District – Southeast Regional Branch
Phone
602-652-3000
Email
jennifergallagher@mcldaz.org

Venue

Southeast Regional Library
775 N Greenfield Rd
Gilbert, AZ 85234 United States
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Phone
602-652-3000

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