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An Evening of Poetry in Spanish with Professor Omar Pimienta

Join Professor Omar Pimienta, along with acclaimed writers Viggo Mortensen and Margarita Pintado Burgos, for an evening of poetry in Spanish at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, Los Angeles. The event begins at 7:00 PM and will be followed by a reception and book signing. Come experience an unforgettable night of literature and community.

HFA Speaks: For the Love of Language

Join us on Thursday, May 23 from 2:30 to 3:30pm in the SRB Multipurpose Room to attend a panel with HFA speaks, "For the love of language," celebrating UCSB’s foreign language courses as a gateway to global culture, allowing students to engage with the world.

Guest Lecture by Dr. Ester Suassuna Simões

As part of the PORT 130B course on Brazilian Cinema taught by Dr. Pedro Craveiro, the Center for Portuguese Studies is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Dr. Ester Suassuna Simões from the Department of French and Italian at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, April 17 from 2:00 to 3:15pm in Webb Hall 1100.

XXII Hispanic and Lusophone Graduate Conference

Our XXII Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Graduate Conference will take place on Thursday, April 11 from 9am to 5pm in the Flying A Room at the UCen.

Talk by Professor Kelly Arispe

Please join us on Thursday, March 7th from 3:30-4:30pm in Girvetz 2112 for our Winter 2024 Applied Linguistics colloquium featuring Professor Kelly Arispe (Boise State University).

Um Machado de Assis para o Século XX

Join us on October 30th and 31st in the Henley Board Room at Mosher Alumni House for an exclusive conference dedicated to the life and works of Machado de Assis.

New Book by Professor Laura Marqués-Pascual

Congratulations to Professor Laura Marqués-Pascual on her latest publication, co-edited with Irene Checa-García: Current Perspectives in Spanish Lexical Development, published by DeGruyter as part of the Studies on Language Acquisition (SOLA) series.

The UC Iberian Studies Consortium Has Been Launched

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is delighted to announce that thanks to a generous gift from Roberta Lee Johnson (B.A. and M.A., UC Davis; Professor Emerita, University of Kansas), the UC Iberian Studies Consortium has been formed, and will be headquartered at UC Davis.