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April 5, 2024

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.

January 24, 2024

Photo exhibition:
"The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers: A History of labor and power in the Americas
Feb 15th - March 15th 
Location: Bauer Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley (Lobby)
Curated by: Laura Belik (Architecture, UC Berkeley)
Opening events [free and open to the public/ light refreshments provided]: 
Feb 15th
Photo exhibition:
"The Braceros and the Rubber Soldiers: A History of labor and power in the Americas
Feb 15th - March 15th 
Location: Bauer Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley (Lobby)
Curated by: Laura Belik (Architecture, UC Berkeley)
Opening events [free and open to the public/ light refreshments provided]: 
Feb 15th

January 18, 2024

UC Berkeley Library

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.

December 15, 2023

Berkeley News

In Berkeley Talks episode 186, a panel of UC Berkeley scholars from the College of Letters and Science discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in academia — and the questions and challenges it requires universities and other social institutions to confront. 

November 29, 2023

On Friday, December 8, 2023, from 12-1 pm, our Graduate Student Marguerite Morlan will deliver a talk entitled “'Sexual things sound weird in Catalan': Metalinguistic Evaluations of Language-Theme Patterns in 6,000 Graffiti Across 40 Towns in Catalonia." This event will be in hybrid format: both in-person at the Spanish & Portuguese Library (5125 Dwinelle) and on Zoom (room 434 755 6358). 

On Friday, December 8, 2023, from 12-1 pm, our Graduate Student Marguerite Morlan will deliver a talk entitled “'Sexual things sound weird in Catalan': Metalinguistic Evaluations of Language-Theme Patterns in 6,000 Graffiti Across 40 Towns in Catalonia." This event will be in hybrid format: both in-person at the Spanish & Portuguese Library (5125 Dwinelle) and on Zoom (room 434 755 6358). 

November 27, 2023

Prof. Saum-Pascual was one of the faculty panelists in the "L&S in the Age of AI: Research Innovations Across Disciplines", held in October 2023. 

The L&S Salon Series showcases the exceptional diversity and range of disciplines embedded across the five divisions in the College of Letters & Science. This series brings together L&S faculty from different disciplines to interrogate and explore a universal question from their disparate fields and perspectives.

Prof. Saum-Pascual was one of the faculty panelists in the "L&S in the Age of AI: Research Innovations Across Disciplines", held in October 2023. 

The L&S Salon Series showcases the exceptional diversity and range of disciplines embedded across the five divisions in the College of Letters & Science. This series brings together L&S faculty from different disciplines to interrogate and explore a universal question from their disparate fields and perspectives.

November 15, 2023

Los Angeles Times

Ana de Alba holds multiple degrees from UC Berkeley. She graduated in 2002 with a dual major in Spanish & Portuguese and Political Economy of Industrial Societies and earned her J.D. at Berkeley Law in 2007.

A first-generation Mexican American who worked in the fields with her farmworker parents has been elevated to the largest federal appeals court.