News
Congratulations to the Class of 2020!!!
The Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese extends its sincere congratulations to the Class of 2020. At the BA,MA, and PhD levels, you have faced and overcome challenges inside and outside of the classroom.
Giulliano Prize in Spanish and Virginia Louise Garth Scholarship
The Department is proud to announce that the Giulliano Prize in Spanish was awarded to Javaria Abbasi and Katerina Silis was awarded the Virginia Louise Garth Scholarship
Jessie Marroquín (PhD, 2020) publishes podcast with Race, Religion, and Democracy Lab
Congratulations to Jessica Marroquín for the publication of her podcast, "la Santa Muerte." The podcast, part of the Sacred and Profane series, was produced as part of the Race, Religion, and Democracy Lab at UVA.
Will Norton (CLAS 2020) featured in UVA Today
Undergraduate student Will Norton, a 2020 graduate of the interdisciplinary program in linguistics and a collaborator of the UVA Multepal Project is part of the Class of 2020 profiles in UVA Today.
Professor Mahler Named 2020 ACLS Fellow
Summer Session Registration starts March 30th
Summer session registration starts March 30th, for registartion dates and information, please visit Summer Sesson
Proficiency and Mastery Language Exams -- April 8th
Proficiency and Mastery Language exams will be given electrical on April 8th. The deadline to register is April 2, 2020.
Coronavirus updates for students and faculty
There is a lot of information and misinformation about COVID-19 (Coronavirus), a virus that was delcared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 12, 2020.
Zeta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi
UVa's Zeta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi is now accepting applications for new members. If you are interested in promoting Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, and have met the requirements for membership, then Sigma Delta Pi is for you.
Congratulations, Jack Brake! (CLAS 2018)
Please join us in congratulating Spanish major Jack Brake (CLAS 2018) on receiving the Marshall Scholarship to study politics and international relations at the University of Cambridge next year.
Casa Bolívar Fall Events
Please Save the dates for the Casa Bolívar Fall Events
Film Series:
9/18 (Una mujer fantástica)
10/16 (Fresa y chocolate
11/13 (Desde allá)
All Screenings are at 8pm in the basement of the Casa.
Uva in Italy: Take Women, Gender & Sexuality Courses in Siena
UVA in Italy: Take Women, Gender & Sexuality Courses in Siena
Last Day to Add SPAN and ITAL 1000-2000 Courses
Course enrollment in ITAL 1010-2020 closes earlier than the College of Arts & Sciences ADD Deadline
ADD Deadline for ITAL 1010 and 2010 Classes: Noon (12:00PM) on Friday, September 6, 2019
A la luna de Valencia
Written by the the students in Valencia Program A la luna de Valencia
Congratulations are in order for Professor Eli Carter for LARR-Pitt Best Article Award
Congratulations to Eli Carter, who has been named the recipient of the 2019 Latin American Research Review (LARR) Best Article Award for his article “Representing Blackness in Brazil’s Changing Television Landscape: The Cases of Mister Brau and O Grande Gonzalez,” publi
Congratulations Professor Charlotte Rogers
The department is very happy to announce that Charlotte Rogers’s second book, Mourning El Dorado: Literature and Extractivism in the Contemporary American Tropics, has just appeared in print.
"Decolonizing the Digital Humanities" Media Coverage
Congratulations Andrea Pauw!
Andrea Pauw has been awarded a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellowship (DCF) for her dissertation, Verses to Live By: Aljamiado Poetry in Mudéjar and Morisco Communities.
Apply to Sigma Delta Pi
If you are interested in promoting Hispanic Literatures and Cultures then Sigma Delta Pi is for you. Some of the most notable benefits are the opportunity for national awards, grants, and scholarships, which can facilitate study abroad programs and provide money for graduate research grants.
The European Studies Program at the University of Virginia is now accepting applications for its MA degree Program in European Studies
Rolling admissions will be considered until May 1, 2019 for matriculation in the Fall.
UVa Spanish Theatre Group Presents "Cifras"
From February 15th to 17th at Helms Theatre, the University of Virginia Spanish Theatre Group will be presenting the worldwide premiere in the original language of Spanish playwright Mar Gómez Glez’s Cifras.
IWL Speaker Series on Languages for Specfic Purpose Presents a talk with Dr. Lourdes Sánchez-López, January 30 at 1:30pm NCH 162
We are happy to announce that the IWL Language for Specific Purposes Group (of which Alicia López-Operé, Paula Sprague and myself are members) in conjunction with the IWL Speaker Series