Professor Jesús Torrecilla specializes in Spanish Literature of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. He studied at the Universidad Complutense (Madrid), and earned his B.A. degree at the Universidad…
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Literature/Culture
José Luiz Passos
Published: October 17, 2014José Luiz Passos is a Professor of Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Cultures. He received his Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UCLA in 1998. Prior to joining the Department of…
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Published: October 16, 2014It is with great sadness that the Department of Spanish and Portuguese announces the passing of Distinguished Professor Efraín Kristal. He died on November 14th, 2025, in Southern California, surrounded…
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Published: October 16, 2014Adriana Bergero
Published: October 16, 2014Barbara Fuchs
Published: October 14, 2014Joint Appointment, Department of English Trained as a comparatist (English, Spanish, French, Italian), Professor Fuchs works on European cultural production from the late fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, with a special…
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