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Visual Narratives of Diversity, Displacement, and Inclusion from the Mediterranean and Latin America
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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. It is part of the University of Virginia Press’s series in New World Studies: https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5316.
Charlotte Rogers, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia, is also the author of Jungle Fever: Exploring Madness and Medicine in Twentieth-Century Tropical Narratives.
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,” published in LARR Volume 53 (2).
"Decolonizing the Digital Humanities" Media Coverage
Thanks to everyone who participated in our conference on "Decolonizing the Digital Humanities: Indigenous Arts, Histories, and Knowledges from the Material to the Screen." This event was designed to recognize the place of Indigenous scholars and Indigenous studies at UVa in this, the UNESCO Year of Indigenous Languages.
From April 5-6, we hosted leading scholars and artists from Indigenous and settler communities in Australia, Latin America, and the US.
Jessica Daves Dissertation Defense
Jessica Daves will be defending her dissertation, "Embracing the Second Soul: Bilingualism in Caribbean-American Spanish-English Texts," on Wednesday April 17 at 11am in the North Oval Room of the Rotunda.
All are invited and encouraged to attend!
Loreto Romero Martínez Eiroa Dissertation Defense
Loreto Romero will defend her dissertation, "The Gaze of Celestina: Celestina’s Anamorphosis and the Sixteenth-Century Reader," on Monday, April 22, in the North Oval Room of the Rotunda starting at 8:30 am.
All are invited to attend.
Joanne Britland Dissertation Defense
Joanne Britland will be defending her doctoral dissertation, “Sufrir, salir, sobrevivir: Cultural Responses to the 2008 Social and Financial Crisis in Spain”, on Monday, April 15, starting at 10:00 am in the North Oval Room of the Rotunda. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Joanne's work.
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Please support undergraduate majors and minors who will present at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Tuesday, April 9, from 9 am to 6:30 pm.
Students who are interested in getting involved with research in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese can learn about research opportunities in their fields. Stop by the poster presentations or the 10-minute flash talks!
For more information, please visit https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/undergraduate-research-symposium.
A night in Brazil Concert: April 10th 8PM Mcleod Hall Auditorium
The Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese Presents: UMA NOITE NO BRASIL
Enjoy an evening of the sights and sounds of Brazil. Charlottesville’s ownBeleza (Berto Sales, Madeline Holly-Sales, and Matt Wyatt) will be joined byvisiting artists Rogerio Souza and Dr.Andy Connell to take you on a musicaljourney to a place where the sands, sea,and celebration inspired samba and Choro.
April 10th
8PM
Mcleod Hall Auditorium
Entrance is free
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Graduation
May 18, 2024
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»
IWL Distinguished Undergraduate Award Winners 2024
April 10, 2024
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!
Congratulations Elizabeth!
April 12, 2024
Spanish Ph.D. student Elizabeth Mirabal has been announced as the 2024 Tibor Wlassics Dante Fellowship winner.
