The Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese has a long history of inviting distinguished scholars and artists to campus. During their residences in Charlottesville, these artists and renowned academics have taught graduate seminars, undergraduate courses, creative writing workshops, delivered public lectures, and offered readings of their work, all free and open to the public.
The Spanish major declaration workshop for the Spring 2020 term will be held on Tuesday, February 6 at 5:00pm in GIB 211. Students who want to declare a major should attend and bring a Declaration of Major form, available in the College Registrar’s Office located in Monroe Hall 101.
In order to declare a major in Spanish, a student must have completed SPAN 3010 (Grammar & Composition I) or the equivalent, with a grade of C or better. A C- is insufficient.
Natasha Trethewey is also a former Poet Laureate of Mississippi.
Tricontinental Acts of Solidarity Film Screening of De cierta manera (One Way or Another) (1977), the last film and celebrated masterpiece of Afro-Cuban filmmaker Sara Gómez. The film takes place in revolutionary Cuba of the 1960s. Intercutting documentary-style footage with a fictional love story, Gómez creates an intimate portrait of a couple amid a transforming society.
Spanish Graduate Courses – Taught in Spanish
M/W 2:00-3:15PM in New Cabell Hall 407
SPAN 7850 – Themes and Genres with Trevor Dadson, Visiting Distinguish Professor and Samuel Amago
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.
