Cutting-edge research and teaching across disciplines

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La Música y el mar, Acrylic mural on canvas, La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA, Juana Alicia and Tirso Gonzalez Araiza @2009

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.


Spanish & Portuguese Annual Lecture Series

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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Past Event Spotlight

A tradition in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Berkeley, S&P Research Day occurs in the first week of the Spring semester. This year, we gathered for the third annual S&P Research Day to hear our colleagues' presentations on anything from research topics, conference papers, dissertation chapters and other academic or creative works.

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