As part of a new initiative launched in the Office of Vice Provost for Global Affairs, UVA is welcoming six Global Mentors to collaborate with students and faculty in globally-oriented research, teaching, and community engagement. The Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese is thrilled to announce that Maya Tz'utujil scholar Ajpub' Pablo García Ixmatá will form part of the inaugural class of Global Mentors.
Crystal Chemris’s second book, The Spanish Baroque and Latin American Literary Modernity: Writing in Constellation, has just been published by Tamesis, https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781855663411/the-spanish-baroque-and-latin-american-literary-modernity/
NEW TIME 5:30 PM
Join Virtually at:
https://virginia.zoom.us/j/93593265922?pwd=Y2tPbXY0eFF1TlBQVm14N3YvYm91UT09
Students who want to declare a Spanish major should attend.
Students--Check out the new sections of SPAN 1060 and 2020 that have been opened. Go to your SIS account to enroll.
SPAN 1060 MWF 10:00-10:50, David Korfhagen [OS]
SPAN 1060 MWF 12:00-12:50, David Korfhagen [OS]
SPAN 1060 MWF 1:00-1:50, David Korfhagen [OS]
SPAN 2020 MWF 12:00-12:50, Jessica Daves [OS]
SPAN 2020 TR 12:30-1:45, Jesús Játiva [OS]
SPAN 2020 MWF 11:00-11:50, Ana Piriz Moguel [OS]
Please join us on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 pm (EST) and Friday, Feb. 12, at 4 pm (EST) for a seminar and lecture on "Cervantine Blackness." In this exciting new approach to the study of Black and African-descendant figures in the works of Miguel de Cervantes, Nick Jones argues for a more nuanced critical reckoning with the historical, literary, and cultural legacies of anti-Blackness within the Iberian peninsula and the global reaches of the Spanish empire.
Fernando Valverde has just published his book, Mentre la vita brucia, translated by Emilio Coco, with the eminent Italian publisher Raffaellieditore: https://www.raffaellieditore.com/mentre_la_vita_brucia
This is the same house that has published T.S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Vicente Huidobro, Raúl Zurita, Gioconda Belli, among others, in Italian translation.
Congratulations Fernando!
Fernando Valverde’s last poetry book America, translated by the America poet Carolyn Forché is going to be published by the very prestigious publishing company Copper Canyon in 2021, America.
Congratulations to Fernando Valverde!
This month's spotlight features Matthew Street, who is not only a lecturer of Spanish at the College, but also currently a student at the School of Education and Human Development. Watch his interview to learn more about how he has incorporated ePortfolios into his curriculum as well as how he has benefitted from utilizing ePortfolios as a student. https://uva.digication.com/november-spotlight-digication/goals
The Graduation Ceremony for the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese will follow the Lawn Ceremony on Saturday, May 18 at 1:30 p.m. The ceremony will be in the ... Read»
Congratulations to Spanish students Luis M. Ruano Campos, Aden Bilchick, and Brenna Meehan and Portuguese student William Woodford who were awarded this year’s Distinguished Undergrad Awards!
Spanish Ph.D. student Elizabeth Mirabal has been announced as the 2024 Tibor Wlassics Dante Fellowship winner.
