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The beautifully animated maps and pedagogical diagrams featured in Patricia Seed’s talk should resonate with Portuguese students. Likewise, the inclusion of rare and impactful Mesoamerican imagery in Mariana Favila’s presentation should be captivating to most Latinamericanists. The next guest will be Clementina Battcock from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH-México), who will talk…

The UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese is happy to share with you that Aguilas, Professor Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Maite Zubiaurre’s mini-doc won the Oscar-qualifying Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Mini-Doc Award 2021! See below for Award Description and Jury Statement: An Oscar-qualifying event, winners in the Best Short and Best Mini-Doc categories qualify for Academy Award…

Dear S&P Students, For your consideration – Enroll in Spanish 1, 2, and 3 for Summer 2021 Satisfy the Foreign Langauge Requirement for graduation in just 3 weeks.  Span 1 Session A3: Meets from 6/21 – 7/9: Duration 3 weeks M T W R F: 9:00 – 11:00 A.M. Span 2 Session B3: Meets from 7/12…

Dear S&P Students, For your consideration – Enroll in PORTGSE 175 this Spring Quarter! The class will be held remotely Monday & Wednesday  10:00 – 11:50 AM. See below: ***prereq of PORTGSE 25, 26, or 27 can be waived for students interested in taking this course. Academic work can be completed in English, Spanish or Portuguese….

  It is with great honor to announce that Professors’ Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Maite Zubiaurre’s mini-documentary film Aguilas is set to premiere at the 2021 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and is among the 10 finalists for the Mini-Doc Competition, an Oscar-qualifying event. Águilas tells the story of “Aguilas del Desierto,” a humanitarian search and…