Francisco Moreno Fernández facts for kids
Francisco Moreno-Fernández was born in Mota del Cuervo, Spain, in 1960. He is a Spanish expert who studies how people speak a language differently in various places (a dialectologist) and how language is used in society (a sociolinguist).
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Francisco Moreno-Fernández's Career
Francisco Moreno-Fernández has a high-level degree called a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, which means he is an expert in the Spanish language. He is an Honorary Professor of Spanish Language at the University of Alcalá in Spain. He is also an Alexander von Humboldt professor at Heidelberg University in Germany.
Important Roles and Research
Since 2022, he has been the Director of the Observatorio Global del Español at the Instituto Cervantes. This observatory helps study and promote the Spanish language around the world. He also leads the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS), which focuses on countries where Spanish and Portuguese are spoken.
Mr. Moreno-Fernández studies how language changes in society, how different dialects are used, and how language can be applied in real-world situations. From 2008 to 2013, he was the Academic Director of the Instituto Cervantes, an organization that promotes the Spanish language and culture globally.
He has also been a visiting researcher or professor at many universities. These include places like London, New York, Tokyo, University of Gothenburg in Sweden, Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Memberships in Language Academies
Francisco Moreno-Fernández is a respected member of several important language groups:
- He became a full member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language in 2017.
- He joined the Academia Europaea in 2022.
- He is also a corresponding member of the Cuban Academy of the Language (since 2013), the Spanish Royal Academy (since 2015), the Chilean Academy of the Language (since 2017), and the Mexican Academy of Language (since 2018). These academies are groups of experts who work to protect and promote the Spanish language.
Leadership at Cervantes Institutes
Before his current roles, Mr. Moreno-Fernández directed Cervantes institutes in other cities. He was the director in São Paulo, Brazil (from 1998 to 2001), and in Chicago, USA (from 2001 to 2005). He also led the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University from 2013 to 2018. This center focused on the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures in the United States.
Contributions to Publications
In 1998, he helped create the first Cervantes Institute Yearbook, which shares information about Spanish in the world. He has also written columns for Spanish-language newspapers in the United States, such as La Opinión and El Diario La Prensa. He has helped edit academic journals like Spanish in Context and Journal of Linguistic Geography. He also started and was the first editor of the journal Lengua y migración / Language & Migration, which studies language and how people move between places.
Awards and Recognitions
Francisco Moreno-Fernández has received many awards and honors for his work:
- He was recognized by the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in 2000.
- In 2003, he won First Place for a series of articles from the "National Association of Hispanic Publications" in the USA.
- He received the XV "Juan Martín de Nicolás" Research Award in 2006.
- He was a finalist for the National Essay Prize in Spain in 2016.
- He was given an Honorary Doctor degree by Universidad Ricardo Palma in Peru in 2017.
- In 2018, he won the XV Premio Don Quijote, a special journalism award in Spain.
- He received the Instituto Cervantes Medal in 2019.
- He was an International Award Winner from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2020.
- He received the Gold Insignia from the Universidad de Alcalá in 2022.
See also
In Spanish: Francisco Moreno Fernández para niños
