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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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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.