During Summer Session A, students will now be able to learn Spanish for the medical field in a new course offering titled Spanish 28A: Spanish for Medical Professionals. In this intermediate Spanish class, students will practice listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish using appropriate vocabulary, grammar and cultural situations for the medical field. This…
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Professor Maite Zubiaurre and her alter ego Filomena Cruz were recently interviewed for her work exploring generosity and political activism in “The Wall that Gives/El muro que da” and for increasing empathy and pollution awareness through her trashcollages. Maite is a professor of Germanic Languages and Spanish & Portuguese and Filomena is a Venice, CA visual artist…
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José Luiz Passos, professor of Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures and director of the Center for Brazilian Studies, recently published a variety of works that allow readers to “viscerally relate to historical events and personages.” In the following publications “Marinheiro só [The Lonely Sailor],” the novels “O Marechal de Costas [The Iron Marshal]” and “Antologia fantástica…
Read MoreNew! Prof Chats Announcing a new opportunity for undergraduate students taking classes in Spanish & Portuguese to get to know their professors in a more informal setting than office hours. Please feel most welcome to come and chat with us on any topics of importance to you. Come chat with a Spanish & Portuguese professor…
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UCLA Newsroom Jessica Wolf | January 16, 2019 Barbara Fuchs, professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the UCLA College, has been elected second vice president of the Modern Language Association. Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in…
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Read MoreLecturer Armando Guerrero recently reviewed Spanish accents in movies and TV for the social media company Pero Like. Armando is a sociolinguist who specializes in Mexican Spanish and Spanish as a heritage language. The UCLA Humanities Division wrote an article that provides more details on Armando’s analysis of the accents and what it means for…
Read MoreProfessor Susan Plann recently published the book Coming of Age in Madrid: An Oral History of Unaccompanied Moroccan Migrant Minors. It explores the lives of twenty-seven Moroccan youth who migrated to Madrid as unaccompanied minors through a longitudinal study. The stories told within this book add to the broader global implications regarding youth migration, integration, and…
Read MoreProfessor Audrey Harris translated Mexican author Amparo Dávila’s The Houseguest and Other Stories. Read more about Professor Harris’ work in the LA Times and NPR.
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