Distinguished Alumni Lectures

Upcoming Distinguished Alumni Lectures

The 2025-2026 Spanish & Portuguese Distinguished Alumni Lecture will take place on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 4:00 PM at the UCLA University Club.

For more information regarding the next event, please see below and visit the 2025-2026 event page.

2025-2026: Claudia Mesa Higuera (Moravian University)

This event is RSVP only.

Past Distinguished Alumni Lectures

For Distinguished Alumni Lectures since 1999, click here.

2024-2025: Jason Rothman (Lancaster University U.K.)

2023-2024: Roberto Cantú (California State University, Los Angeles)

 

2022-2023: Eloy Urroz (Citadel College)

2021-2022: Maite Conde (University of Cambridge)

2019-2020: Sherry Velasco (University of Southern California)

2018-2019: Jean Graham-Jones (The City University of New York)

2017-2018: Arturo Madrid (Trinity University)

2016-2017: Rosa Beltrán (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico)

2015-2016: Ricardo Sternberg (University of Toronto)