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Alba Constenla Receives Continuing Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to Alba Constenla on receiving Continuing Graduate Fellowship for 2020-2021!

Julia Brown Receives Continuing Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to Julia Brown on receiving Continuing Graduate Fellowship for 2020-2021!

New Edition by Professors Antonio Cortijo Ocaña and Sara Poot-Herrera

Professors Antonio Cortijo Ocaña and Sara Poot-Herrera have just published a carefully researched edition of "El pregonero de Dios y Patriarca de los Dioses" by Br. Francisco de Acevedo, presented on October 4, 1684 in Ciudad de México, then capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.

Programa Grandes Maestros UNAM: Las vidas de Sor Juana

Please join us from Monday, March 2 at 5:00pm to Wednesday, March 4 at 8:00pm to attend Programa Grandes Maestros.UNAM: Las vidas de Sor Juana.

New Book Edited by Professor Silvia Bermúdez

Silvia Bermúdez is co-editor of "Cartographies of Madrid: Contesting Urban Space at the Crossroads of the Global South and Global North" along with Anthony L. Geist from the University of Washington.

First Meeting of the Lusophone World Club

The Lusophone World Club would like to extend a warm welcome to our first meeting of the year in the Center for Portuguese Studies (Phelps 3206) on Thursday, October 24, from 4:30 to 6:30pm.

Documentary: "Emilia: An Untold Cuban American Story" (2017)

Join us on Tuesday, October 15 from 11:00am to 12:30pm in the McCune Room (HSSB 6020) for a special screening of "Emilia: An Untold Cuban American Story" (2017).

Colloquium 100 Years of Jorge de Sena

Join us on Friday, November 15 from 10:00am to 5:00pm in the Mosher House Library to attend a Colloquium celebrating Jorge de Sena's trajectory from Portugal to Brazil, and finally to the United States.