Applications to Graduate Programs are Open

Hispanic Languages & Literatures application deadline is December 15, 2025. The Romance Languages & Literatures application deadline is January 8, 2026.
Background image: Vivir Sin Fronteras, acrylic mural, 50' x 18', Mi Tierra Foods Market, Berkeley, CA, Juana Alicia ©2009 Image displays local indigenous communities through latinx culture in the Bay Area
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Vivir Sin Fronteras, Mural Prismacolor Drawing, Mi Tierra Foods Market, Berkeley, CA, Juana Alicia ©2009

Explore the rich and diverse worlds of Hispanic and Lusophone literatures, cultures and linguistics at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Our department excels in interdisciplinary research and teaching across fields and periods and our faculty and students are active in many other departments and programs across the Berkeley campus.

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Up Next: Adriana Michele Campos Johnson, River Lines, April 10, 2026

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese's annual lecture series is curated to showcase the most relevant research, teaching, and learning in the field and provides the department's faculty, students, alumni, and the public with an opportunity to engage in today's most pressing issues. Learn more. 

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