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September 14, 2017

Congratulations to Prof. Emilie Bergmann, on the publication of her volume (co-edited with Stacy Schlau): The Routledge Research Companion to the Works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

The department is very pleased to announce that Marlena Gittleman, a graduate student in Comparative Literature and a former student of Catalan 102 in our department, has been selected to participate in the Emerging Translator Mentorship Program co-sponsored by the Catalan institution Institut Ramon Llull and the American Literary Translators Associ

September 12, 2017

26 September, 2017 | 5:00 pm-7:00 pm 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
26 September, 2017 | 1:00 pm-3:00 pm 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley

September 6, 2017

As faculty in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Berkeley, we are saddened and deeply troubled by the announcement that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, also known as the Dreamers Act, is scheduled to be suspended.

We echo UC President Janet Napolitano’s call for “Congress to immediately pass bipartisan legislation that would provide a permanent solution” for Dreamers by charting “a secure path toward citizenship,” and we applaud her commitment to maintaining structures of support for DACA students throughout the UC system.

August 7, 2017

The department is very pleased to welcome Tom McEnaney as new member of the department.  Professor McEnaney comes to us from Cornell University as an advanced Assistant Professor. His research interests include the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S.

August 4, 2017

18 August, 2017 | 9:00 am-10:00 am Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall

May 2, 2017

April 20, 2017

3 May, 2017 | 12:00 pm-2:00 pm Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall

April 14, 2017

28 April, 2017 | 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall

April 7, 2017

21 April, 2017 | 6:00 pm-7:30 pm Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

April 1, 2017

March 30, 2017

11 April, 2017 | 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall

March 29, 2017

8 April, 2017 | 12:00 pm-5:30 pm Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall

March 28, 2017

March 24, 2017

6 April, 2017 | 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Spanish & Portuguese Library, 5125 Dwinelle Hall

March 21, 2017

An interview-style conversation between Adriana Lisboa and Prof. Candace Slater on writing and thinking in English and Portuguese with an emphasis on translation in all senses of the word. Particular emphasis on the movement between multiple languages. Sponsored by the Townsend Center Art of Writing Program

March 20, 2017

4 April, 2017 | 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Center for Latin American Studies Conference Room

March 15, 2017

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is pleased to welcome distinguished writer, translator and teacher Achy Obejas as our Writer-in-Residence for Spring 2017. She will be teaching a beginning workshop for translators, which will include critical readings, in-class exercises, peer critique and discussion. Language fluency is not necessary. No prior translation experience necessary.