Lieberstein in Guatemala

Joshua Lieberstein — first-year MA student, second-year BA/MA student, long-time linguist — was in Guatemala over the summer to continue his investigation of K’iche’. He was awarded a FLAS Fellowship (through Vanderbilt) to attend the Mayan Language Institute (through Tulane University) for six weeks. Classes were taught by native speaker teachers and linguists and Joshua lived with two different families while enrolled in the program. He then went to Chichicastenango on his own for three weeks where the dialect of K’iche’ he focuses on is spoken. While there he conducted fieldwork and strengthened his connections for future trips, all while learning more K’iche’!