Alejandro Castro is a scholar of contemporary Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latinx literature, with a focus on queer theory, visual culture and the politics of the body. Castro is also…
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HTTP://PATRICIALINO.COM/RUMOR RUMOR names a class in comics made to widely share Patrícia Lino’s infrareading of “Amor”, a well-known poem published by Oswald de Andrade in 1927. The poem is part of the equally known Brazilian…
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A community-centered approach to supporting dual language learning. Victoria Mateu (PI), and Megha Sundara (co-PI, Linguistics Dept.), and Laurel Perkins (co-PI, Linguistics Dept.) This collaboration between the Children’s Institute (CII)…
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Spanish Language Acquisition in Children: A Transnational Research Collaboration Victoria Mateu (PI), and Megha Sundara (co-PI, Linguistics Dept.) Children have the right to use their own language (UN Convention on…
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Barbara Fuchs has received a Global Research award! Clásicos Americanos: Connecting Hispanic Theater across the Hemisphere UCLA’s Diversifying the Classics (DTC), under the…
Read MoreDue to Facilities shutting off cooling in Rolfe Hall from Friday, July 25 – Wednesday, July 30,all Spanish & Portuguese Staff will work remotely. Please refer to the Staff webpage…
Read More The Department is delighted to share the news that our colleague Professor Victoria Mateu was approved for promotion to Associate Professor with tenure, effective 07/01/2025. Professor Mateu joined the Department…
Read MoreFrom June 16, 2025 – September 19, 2025, the Spanish & Portuguese Department Main Office will be closed on Fridays and all staff will work remotely. Staff will also work…
Read MoreArticle excerpt below: Two soon-to-be UCLA Humanities graduates, Bella Brannon and Dhanya Charan, have been honored for their presentations at the UCLA’s 2025 Undergraduate Research Week. Both were among the…
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We’re thrilled to announce that Profa. Jimena Rodríguez has been selected for the 2025-26 cohort of the Dialogue across Difference (DaD) Faculty Fellows Program! This highly selective program recognizes UCLA instructors…
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