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Sigma Delta Pi Initiation

On Friday November 11th, 32 new members were initiated into the Sigma Delta Pi honor society! Sigma Delta Pi is the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. Members each must have completed three years of study of college-level Spanish, including at least three semester hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization at the third-year level, must have a minimal grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0- point scale in all Spanish courses taken, and must rank in the upper 35% (3.2 GPA) of his/her class.

“The Indies of the Setting Sun: How Early Modern Spain Mapped the Far East as the Transpacific West” Mellon Book Talk Series with Professor Ricardo Padrón

“The Indies of the Setting Sun: How Early Modern Spain Mapped the Far East as the Transpacific West”

Ricardo Padrón, Professor of Spanish, UVA
2018-19 Mellon Fellow

Friday, November 4, 2022 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am ET

Shawn Austin, "From Warriors to Soldiers: Indigenous Mission Militias and Cultures of Violence in the Río de la Plata via Guaraní Worlds"

Please join us on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 4-5:30 pm in Hotel A (Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation) for a talk by Shawn Austin (History, University of Arkansas). Professor Austin's lecture, "From Warriors to Soldiers: Indigenous Mission Militias and Cultures of Violence in the Río de la Plata via Guaraní Worlds," uses Guaraní-language documents to consider how colonized Indigenous people used violence to advance their own interests under Spanish colonial rule.

The life and death of Spanish poet Antonio Machado brought to life in “Flamenco y Exilio”

Read all about the Spanish Theater Group's recent performance of "Flamenco y Exilio", written by Fernando Valverde and directed by Fernando Operé, in The Cavalier Daily. 

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/10/the-life-and-death-of-spanish-poet-antonio-machado-brought-to-life-in-flamenco-y-exilio. 

Interest meeting: Graduate certificate in Environmental Humanities

PhD students: are you interested in the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Humanities?

Please join us for a working session on the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Humanities with EH Convener Professor Charlotte Rogers on October 21st, 2022 at 3pm in the conference room in the French Department (NCH 349). 

Topics include: 

  • EH Certificate requirements

  • Funding opportunities

  • Environmental Humanities Graduate Symposium (Spring)

  • Upcoming EH events

New Graduate Certificate: Premodern Cultures

The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences will now be offering a new certificate program in “Premodern Cultures and Communities,” which is aimed at graduate students working in chronological fields prior to the Enlightenment, more or less. The core course for the certificate will be offered for the first time during the Spring of 2023. PhD students who are interested in connecting this certificate with their work in the department should contact professor Ricardo Padrón.

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News & Announcements

Graduation Announcement

May 20, 2023

Graduation

The Graduation Ceremony for the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese will follow the Lawn Ceremony on Saturday, May 20 at 1:30 p.m. The ceremony... Read»

Congrats to Professor Bigelow!

April 4, 2023

Professor Allison Bigelow was invited to join the Institute of Andean Studies, an independent, non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California, which is home to the oldest peer-reviewed... Read»

Fellowships & Undergraduate Research Mini-Series 2023

May 15, 2023

The Office of Citizen Scholar Development is offering a mini-series all about fellowships and undergraduate research. ... Read»

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