March 17, 5 - 7 p.m.
Spanish & Portuguese Library - 5125 Dwinelle Hall
This event is a public conversation on the topic of oral traditions and translation between translator Katrina Dodson (Visiting Professor, Spanish and Portuguese) and anthropologist and fiction author Pedro Cesarino ( Spanish and Portuguese’s 2025 Brazilian Writer-in-Resident). It is moderated by Natalia Brizuela and organized by Nathaniel Wolfson.
Congratulations to Professor Justin Davidson, who has been awarded the Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity.
Emerita Prof. Francine Masiello's debut novel The Tomb of the Divers (2024) will be presented at Libreria Pino (1501 Grant Avenue, San Francisco 94133) on Wednesday, February 19, from 6-8:30 pm.
Emerita Prof. Francine Masiello's debut novel The Tomb of the Divers (2024) will be presented at Libreria Pino (1501 Grant Avenue, San Francisco 94133) on Wednesday, February 19, from 6-8:30 pm.
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.
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.
Colloquium Braudel’s La Méditerranée (1949): Paradigms and Possibilities after 75 Years
Friday & Saturday, November 15-16
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.
Anke Birkenmaier , Indiana University-Bloomington (Friday, October 25 th , 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.
5 de abril, 2024
1:30pm
Dwinelle 370 (Level F/G)
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.
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.
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.
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.
