The UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese invites applications for a full-time Lecturer for the 2026-2027 academic year to teach undergraduate courses for the Spanish language program in the Department…
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Fuente Ovejuna at the Folger
Published: January 22, 2026
Distinguished Professor Fuchs’ adaptation of Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna for young audiences will be presented at the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC on January 24, 2026. There will also…
Read More2026 Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Published: January 7, 2026Note: This event is RSVP only Please join us in honoring the 2026 UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award recipient Dr. Claudia Mesa Higuera, Professor of Spanish at…
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Kristal Recently Passed Away
Published: December 18, 2025
It 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…
Read MoreJob Opportunity: Spanish & Portuguese Operations Manager
Published: December 16, 2025Spanish & Portuguese Operations Manager The UCLA Rolfe/Campbell Humanities Group (oversees Departments of Linguistics and Spanish & Portuguese) is accepting applications for a Spanish & Portuguese Operations Manager (official title:…
Read MoreProfessor Fuchs and Professor Mateu each receive the UCLA Global Research Award
Published: December 4, 2025
Barbara Fuchs, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, and of English; and Victoria Mateu, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, and of linguistics; each received a Global Research Award, which is meant…
Read MoreSPAN 135 Students with Profa. Rodriguez Explore Oceanic Problems Through Art
Published: December 4, 2025
Students in SPAN 135: Escribir desde el océano with Profa. Rodriguez explores how the ancient cartographical concept of sea monsters illuminates modern oceanic problems—from deep-sea pollution and resource exploitation to…
Read MoreAlejandro Castro Hired as Assistant Professor
Published: September 12, 2025
Alejandro Castro is a scholar of contemporary Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latinx literature, with a focus on queer theory, visual culture and the politics of the body. Castro is also…
Read MorePatrícia Lino Publishes New Book
Published: August 29, 2025
HTTP://PATRICIALINO.COM/RUMOR RUMOR names a class in comics made to widely share Patrícia Lino’s infrareading of “Amor”, a well-known poem published by Oswald de Andrade in 1927. The poem is part of the equally known Brazilian…
Read MoreVictoria Mateu receives Social Impact Collaborative Seed Grant
Published: August 22, 2025
A community-centered approach to supporting dual language learning. Victoria Mateu (PI), and Megha Sundara (co-PI, Linguistics Dept.), and Laurel Perkins (co-PI, Linguistics Dept.) This collaboration between the Children’s Institute (CII)…
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