Henley Gate, UC Santa Barbara

Phelps Hall, home of the Spanish & Portuguese Department

Graduate seminar on Second Language Acquisition

Humanities and Social Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara

XIV Colloquium on Mexican Literature: Las dos caras de la ficción (The Two Faces of Fiction)

Beach near Devereux Lagoon, West Campus, UCSB

Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara

Welcome to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is devoted to the research and teaching of the literatures, cultures and languages of Spain, Portugal and Latin America. We award the degrees of B.A. in Spanish or Portuguese, and PhD, with specializations in the areas of Spanish and Latin American Literature, Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, and Iberian Linguistics, with optional emphases on Translation Studies, Feminist Studies, Medieval Studies and Applied Linguistics. See More...

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News

Congratulations to Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña for launching eHumanista/IVITRA

Updated: May 8, 2012 - 9:48am

eHumanista/IVITRA is a new journal with eHumanista.

Professor Leo Cabranes-Grant awarded ATHE 2012 Award

Updated: May 8, 2012 - 9:38am

Congratulations, Professor Cabranes-Grant!

Víctor F. Fuentes, Professor Emeritus, is being inducted into the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) on April 26, 2012 at the Chanin Language Center, Hunter College.

Updated: May 8, 2012 - 9:40am

His acceptance speech is titled “Vida y cultura de los californios y californias (1876-1879)”. Congratulations, Víctor!

Events

Living the Historic Downtown Quarter in Mexico City: Achievements and Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Ramos Medina
Event Date: May 16, 2012 - 2:30pm

This lecture will give a vision of the history of Mexico City since the 16th Century. The most important moments, as well as the catastrophes, will be highlighted as a reflection of Mexico's past and present.