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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
Charles Faulhaber Awarded Premio Fundación Duques de Soria

Charles Faulhaber Awarded Premio Fundación Duques de Soria

Professor Emeritus Charles Faulhaber, department colleague and former director of the Bancroft Library, received the II Premio de Hispanismo Internacional Fundación Duques de Soria, in recognition of his leadership on the PhiloBiblon Project, which is the largest digital database of Medieval Iberian texts in the world. King Philip VI of Spain awarded the prize.

Lunes de Charloteo

Lunes de Charloteo

Lunes de Charloteo provides students learning Spanish a space outside the classroom to practice conversational Spanish, with snacks and coffee. Lunes de Charloteo is every Monday from 1-2 pm in the Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall, Level E

Bate-Papo

Bate-Papo

Join us for snacks & coffee every Wednesday, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in 5125 Dwinelle. Everyone is welcome to join us for informal conversations for all levels of Portuguese, from complete beginners to native speakers.

Our department features innovative classes and scholarship on the Spanish-and-Portuguese-speaking world in all its diversity. We excel in interdisciplinary research in linguistics, literature, history, new media, data science, film and the visual arts. 

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