Kemy Oyarzun: "Cuerpo y Escritura en los 80: limites y desbordes
Please join us on Feb. 24 at 3:15pm in Nau Hall 211 for lecture by Visiting Professor Kemy Oyarzun.
Italian Movie Series
On Monday, 13 Feb., at 5 in Gibson 211, we are showing Dante's Inferno, by Sandow Birk and Sean Meredith. It is based on Sandow Birk's graphic novel, which was in turn based on Dante's Inferno, and features the voices of Dermot Mulroney (Mozart in the Jungle), James Cromwell (Babe, LA Confidential), and Scott Adsit (30 Rock), among others. It is an updated version of Inferno, with an American setting.
Graduate Comprenehsive Exams
MA and Ph.D. written exams will take place the week of March 13-17 (M.A.) and March 20-24 (Ph.D.).
M.A. oral exams will take place the week following the M.A. written exams.
Ph.D. oral exams and clases magistrales will be scheduled in the week following the Ph.D. written exams.
Good luck, students!
MACLAS Annual Meeting (Charlottesville, 24-25 March)
The Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies will hold its annual meeting on March 24-5 at the University of Virginia. This year's theme, "Hemispheric Transformations," promises to bring together students and scholars from a variety of disciplines, methodological approaches, and historical moments.
Stephanie Gates Dissertation Defense: "¿Cómo queres que nos váyamos?"
The Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese announces the public defense of Stephanie Gates's dissertation, "¿Cómo queres que nos váyamos?: Geographic Space, Revolution, and Identity in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico.” Please join us in the Multipurpose room in the southwest wing of the Rotunda on Feb. 14 at 3 p.m.
María Tausiet: "Blood Libel in the Early Modern Era"
Please join us on Feb. 20 at 6:15 pm in Minor 125 for lecture by the Spanish historian María Tausiet. Sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
"When Women's Lives Began to Matter": Lecture by Irene Zanini-Cordi
Please join us for a lecture by Irene Zanini-Cordi: "When Women's Lives Began to Matter: Eighteenth-Century Italian Women's Autobiography and the Case of Angela Veronese."
Albert Laguna, "Diversión: Play and Popular Culture in Cuban America"
February 16, 2017
Please join us on Thursday, February 16 for Albert Laguna's talk on “Diversión: Play and Popular Culture in Cuban America.” Professor Laguna (American Studies, Yale) will speak at 3 pm in the English Department Faculty Lounge (Bryan Hall 299A).
Cosponsored by the Americas Center, Department of Media Studies, and Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Dissertation defenses: Nora Benedict and Stephanie Gates
February 10, 2017
Please join us for two dissertation defenses!
Nora Benedict, “The Fashioning of Jorge Luis Borges: Magazines, Books, and Print Culture in Argentina (1930-1951)” (Mount Vernon Room, Alderman library, February 10, 5 p.m).
Stephanie Gates, "¿Cómo queres que nos váyamos?: Geographic Space, Revolution, and Identity in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico” (Multipurpose room, Southwest wing of the Rotunda, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.)
Congratulations, Nora and Stephanie!
Moratorium on Declaring Spanish Major – Major Advisors Not Assigned (March 20-March 31)
The Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese welcomes the opportunity to have new Spanish majors join our department.
However, in order to serve our current Spanish majors we will not assign Spanish major advisors during the Fall 2017 Advising period (Monday, March 20 - Friday, March 31).
Note: This only applies to those who want to declare a major in Spanish. For information on the major, please see our page for majors.
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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»
Congrats to Susan Abraham!
May 8, 2024
Congratulations to Spanish PhD Candidate Susan Abraham who has been awarded a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2024!
2024 Faculty and Graduate Student Teaching Awards
May 2, 2024
Congratulations to Professor Cole Rizki and PhD student Manuel Acevedo-Reyes on being awarded all University teaching awards!
