The department of Spanish and Portuguese is thrilled to welcome anthropologist and fiction author Pedro Cesarino as part of its long-standing writer-in-residence program. Over the past two decades, the department has hosted acclaimed Brazilian writers and artists, among them, Milton Hatoum, Nuno Ramos, Cidinha da Silva, Ricardo Aleixo and Itamar Vieira Jr. Professor Cesarino will join our department from March 7 to 21, during which he'll give a public talk, visit classes, hold office hours, and work on his own writing.
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February 2, 2025
The department of Spanish and Portuguese is thrilled to welcome anthropologist and fiction author Pedro Cesarino as part of its long-standing writer-in-residence program. Over the past two decades, the department has hosted acclaimed Brazilian writers and artists, among them, Milton Hatoum, Nuno Ramos, Cidinha da Silva, Ricardo Aleixo and Itamar Vieira Jr. Professor Cesarino will join our department from March 7 to 21, during which he'll give a public talk, visit classes, hold office hours, and work on his own writing.
January 31, 2025
Join us on Friday, February 7th, 1:00-2:45 pm for the 2025 S&P Research Day *, a celebration of works-in-progress (and some poetry!) from graduate students and faculty in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. This event is open to all, and light refreshments will be served.
The schedule and presentations are as follows:
- 1:10-1:30: Prof. Estelle Tarica— Holocaust Memory in Guatemala
Join us on Friday, February 7th, 1:00-2:45 pm for the 2025 S&P Research Day *, a celebration of works-in-progress (and some poetry!) from graduate students and faculty in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. This event is open to all, and light refreshments will be served.
The schedule and presentations are as follows:
- 1:10-1:30: Prof. Estelle Tarica— Holocaust Memory in Guatemala
November 12, 2024
Colloquium Braudel’s La Méditerranée (1949): Paradigms and Possibilities after 75 Years
Friday & Saturday, November 15-16
October 24, 2024
Graduate Student Coral Murphy Marcos (and Isabel Peñaranda Currie) interviewed the Puerto Rican cronista Rafael Pabón Ortega for Sur-urbano, a podcast where students in the Latin American talk to leading scholars, planners and activists on Latin American cities about their work, the cities they love and how to make them better.
October 7, 2024
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Berkeley announces their Annual Lecture Series
Alejo Carpentier’s Radio Broadcasts: From Surrealism to the Cuban Revolution
Anke Birkenmaier , Indiana University-Bloomington (Friday, October 25 th , 2024 )
May 3, 2024
During the first two weeks of March, the department of Spanish and Portuguese welcomed author Itamar Vieira Jr. as part of its long-standing writer-in-residence programs. Over the past two decades, the department has hosted acclaimed Brazilian writers and artists, among them, Milton Hatoum, Nuno Ramos and Ricardo Aleixo. In 2024, it was the Bahian author Itamar Vieira Jr. who graced our halls.
April 5, 2024
In a special three-part series on Berkeley Voices, Anne Brice interviews Spanish and Portuguese Professor Justin Davidson about his research projects and his quest to legitimize US Spanish, among other efforts. Below you can find all three episodes.
Un enfoque multifacético para mejorar el acceso lingüístico en comunidades latines e indígenas en EE.UU
5 de abril, 2024
1:30pm
Dwinelle 370 (Level F/G)
March 19, 2024
Arts Research Center
On January 29, 2024, the Arts Research Center welcomed writer Deborah Miranda for a reading followed by a conversation with Estelle Tarica, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese (event info here). The full recording of the event is available for viewing on ARC’s YouTube channel, here.
March 11, 2024
On Wednesday, Mar 20, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm at Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall
Widely acknowledged as a major turning point in the history of visual depictions of war, Francisco de Goya's renowned print series The Disasters of War remains a touchstone for serious engagement with the violence of war and the questions raised by its artistic representation.
February 22, 2024
Emerita Prof. Emilie Bergmann has a new essay published in the book "Maternal Materialities - Objects, Rituals and Material Evidence of Medieval and Early Modern Childbirth", edited by Costanza Gislon Dopfel. This volume explores the material advantages and disadvantages of motherhood, the food and objects present in the birthing room, the evidence and memorialization of death in childbirth, attitudes towards the pregnant body, the material culture of healing and the ritual items used during childbirth. Prof.
Emerita Prof. Emilie Bergmann has a new essay published in the book "Maternal Materialities - Objects, Rituals and Material Evidence of Medieval and Early Modern Childbirth", edited by Costanza Gislon Dopfel. This volume explores the material advantages and disadvantages of motherhood, the food and objects present in the birthing room, the evidence and memorialization of death in childbirth, attitudes towards the pregnant body, the material culture of healing and the ritual items used during childbirth. Prof.
February 13, 2024
Brazilian author Itamar Vieira Jr will be in residence in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for the first two weeks of March, 2024, as part of the Spanish and Portuguese department’s yearly Brazilian Writer-in-Residence program. He will be giving readings, attending classes and holding office hours as well as working on his own writing. For inquiries please contact Prof. Nathaniel Wolfson (nwolfson@berkeley.edu).
Brazilian author Itamar Vieira Jr will be in residence in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese for the first two weeks of March, 2024, as part of the Spanish and Portuguese department’s yearly Brazilian Writer-in-Residence program. He will be giving readings, attending classes and holding office hours as well as working on his own writing. For inquiries please contact Prof. Nathaniel Wolfson (nwolfson@berkeley.edu).
January 26, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
12:00pm, 5125 Dwinelle
The Spanish & Portuguese Library
Monday, January 29, 2024
12:00pm, 5125 Dwinelle
The Spanish & Portuguese Library
Monday, January 29, 2024
2:00 - 3:15pm
Maude Fife Room 315, Wheeler Hall
The Arts Research Center welcomes writer Deborah Miranda to Berkeley for a reading and conversation, free and open to the public. Her reading will be followed by a short conversation with Estelle Tarica, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Dept of Spanish & Portuguese.
Monday, January 29, 2024
2:00 - 3:15pm
Maude Fife Room 315, Wheeler Hall
The Arts Research Center welcomes writer Deborah Miranda to Berkeley for a reading and conversation, free and open to the public. Her reading will be followed by a short conversation with Estelle Tarica, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture and Chair of the Dept of Spanish & Portuguese.
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