During the first week of January 2025, I was invited to research at the Rafael Soriano Foundation in Miami, Florida. The daughter of Rafael Soriano, and director of the Rafael Soriano Foundation, Hortensia Soriano welcomed me to the foundation and organized my stay next-door at the original Soriano household and studio in Miami.
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April 4, 2025
During the first week of January 2025, I was invited to research at the Rafael Soriano Foundation in Miami, Florida. The daughter of Rafael Soriano, and director of the Rafael Soriano Foundation, Hortensia Soriano welcomed me to the foundation and organized my stay next-door at the original Soriano household and studio in Miami.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in the Spanish and Portuguese Library at UC Berkeley, Afro-Cuban visual artist Alexis Esquivel gave a talk on his mixed media praxis and his understanding of Cuba as a socio-political, historical and cultural space.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in the Spanish and Portuguese Library at UC Berkeley, Afro-Cuban visual artist Alexis Esquivel gave a talk on his mixed media praxis and his understanding of Cuba as a socio-political, historical and cultural space.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in the Spanish and Portuguese Library at UC Berkeley, Afro-Cuban visual artist Alexis Esquivel gave a talk on his mixed media praxis and his understanding of Cuba as a socio-political, historical and cultural space.
March 31, 2025
The Iberian Studies working group will be screening Olas de Recuerdo (Memories of Salt), a short documentary film made by an alumna of the department—Naomi García Pasmanick (UC Berkeley '15).
March 24, 2025
UC Berkeley Librarian and Curator Liladhar Pendse, in collaboration with Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Students and Faculty, put together a new exhibit: "From Cartonera to Cordel”, displaying a collection of handmade chapbooks from Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. This is a must-see exhibit, for its vibrance and variety in subject matter, format, and materials. The exhibit will be open to the public at Doe Library’s Bernice Layne Brown Gallery through August.
UC Berkeley Librarian and Curator Liladhar Pendse, in collaboration with Spanish & Portuguese Graduate Students and Faculty, put together a new exhibit: "From Cartonera to Cordel”, displaying a collection of handmade chapbooks from Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. This is a must-see exhibit, for its vibrance and variety in subject matter, format, and materials. The exhibit will be open to the public at Doe Library’s Bernice Layne Brown Gallery through August.
March 20, 2025
Yareli Lopez, a UC Berkeley student and staff writer for The Daily Californian, published a piece in which she discusses "losing" and "reconnecting with" the Spanish language spoken in her household as she embarked on her academic journey at UC Berkeley. Lopez highlights the significance of taking Spanish language classes as a heritage speaker, the exposure to a community of Spanish speakers, and the space created in the classroom for self-knowledge and affirmation as a bilingual student. Read the full piece here:
Yareli Lopez, a UC Berkeley student and staff writer for The Daily Californian, published a piece in which she discusses "losing" and "reconnecting with" the Spanish language spoken in her household as she embarked on her academic journey at UC Berkeley. Lopez highlights the significance of taking Spanish language classes as a heritage speaker, the exposure to a community of Spanish speakers, and the space created in the classroom for self-knowledge and affirmation as a bilingual student. Read the full piece here:
March 19, 2025
Please join us for a screening of the 2020 documentary Searching for Makunaíma (Por Onde Anda Makunaíma), directed by Rodrigo Séllos, this Thursday, March 20 at 7pm in 142 Dwinelle.
Please join us for a screening of the 2020 documentary Searching for Makunaíma (Por Onde Anda Makunaíma), directed by Rodrigo Séllos, this Thursday, March 20 at 7pm in 142 Dwinelle.
March 11, 2025
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese welcomes Eulàlia Miralles as part of our on going collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull. Prof. Miralles specializes on literary culture from the 15th to 19th centuries, especially non-fiction works like historiography, chronicles, diaries, and memoirs, with an emphasis on the Baroque period.
February 28, 2025
April 2, 2025
Noon - 1 p.m. at The Townsend Center for the Humanities
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
April 2, 2025
Noon - 1 p.m. at The Townsend Center for the Humanities
Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
February 21, 2025
Translating Oral Traditions
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.
Translating Oral Traditions
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.
February 19, 2025
Congratulations to Professor Justin Davidson, who has been awarded the Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity.
February 10, 2025
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.
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