Note: 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 Moravian University. The 2026 Distinguished Alumni Lecture topic is “Castillo Solórzano, Rubens, and a Theater on Brushstrokes." Soon after the famous battle of Nördlingen (1634),...
Paula M. Krebs became executive director of the Modern Language Association in August 2017. She administers the programs, governance, and business affairs of the association and is general editor of the association’s publishing and research programs, as well as editor of two association publications. She serves as an ex officio member of all committees and...
El pensador sudamericano Simón Rodríguez (1769-1854), recordado como maestro de Simón Bolívar, desarrolló en su obra un proyecto pedagógico y político para fundar las nuevas repúblicas sudamericanas. Para presentarla, utilizó singulares composiciones tipográficas que configuran un modo alternativo de escritura. Esta charla explora la imbricación entre educación, republicanismo y experimentación escritural, y sus implicaciones teóricas....
“Santa Zeta is not about revenge. It is about survival. About trauma that never disappears, only mutates. About how violence replicates itself when it is ignored. And about the uncomfortable idea that, in a world addicted to images, visibility can both protect and destroy us. Santa Zeta is a film that moves fast, hits hard,...
Please join the UCLA Spanish & Portuguese department for a conversation with acclaimed author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, celebrated for her novels Las aventuras de la China Iron, La Virgen Cabeza, and Las niñas del naranjel. Please RSVP here. This event will also be hosted virtually on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92851908521