Fátima Holguín (University of New Mexico, Spanish and Portuguese Department) and Nicholás Chávez (University of New Mexico, Linguistics Department) are the 2026 Helmut Esau Award recipient for their paper “A Multimodal Analysis of Conflicting Discourses on New Mexican Identity”. Their work has been selected to receive the award after a review of all submissions received.… Continue reading 2026 Helmut Esau Prize: Congratulations Fátima and Nicholás!

Nicholás Chávez (The University of New Mexico) is the 2025 Helmut Esau Award recipient for his paper “Spanish Conquistadors as God’s Chosen People: Metaphor, iconographic reference, and the framing of historical interpretation in Fray Angélico Chávez”. His work has been selected to receive the award after a review of all submissions received. This award is… Continue reading 2025 Helmut Esau Prize: Congratulations Nicholás!

Jonathan Pye (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is the 2024 Helmut Esau Award recipient for his paper British Latino: Investigating discourse-stylistic variables and the construction of persona within podcasting”. His work has been selected to receive the award after a review of all high-quality submissions received. This award is named in honor of Helmut Esau,… Continue reading 2024 Helmut Esau Prize: Congratulations Jonathan!

Sarah Lease (University of New Mexico) is the 2023 Helmut Esau Award recipient for her paper “A usage-based account of paregogic /e/ in 20th century New Mexican Spanish”. Her work has been selected to receive the award after a review of all high-quality submissions received. This award is named in honor of Helmut Esau, who… Continue reading 2023 Helmut Esau Prize: Congratulations Sarah!

Irina Lifszyc (UMASS), is the 2022 Helmut Esau Award recipient for her paper “Pasado simple vs. presente perfecto en dos zonas dialectales de Argentina”. Her work has been selected to receive the award after a review of all high-quality submissions received. This award is named in honor of Helmut Esau, who was active in the… Continue reading 2022 Helmut Esau Prize: Congratulations Irina!