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 emphasis on literature and...
Interocepción insular (UNC Press, 2025) examines literary representations of disease and disability to reconceptualize the Hispanic Caribbean as a site of scientific, economic, and political experimentation. Exploring how individuals subjected...
Soudi Jiménez cuenta con una larga trayectoria como diplomático (Consulado de El Salvador en Los Ángeles) y como periodista en múltiples medios de comunicación (Radio World International, Canal 21 de...
Barcelona, 1927. Only a few hours remain before Margarita Xirgu is set to premiere "Mariana Pineda" written by then-unknown Federico Garcia Lorca. The authorities threaten her with prison or exile...
Yuliana Ortiz Ruano is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer, poet, and teacher, as well as a DJ of Afro-Caribbean music. She has published several books of poetry and prose, including the multi...
Ojalá Supieras is an immersive documentary that recovers the marginalized history of Islam in colonial Mexico. Using unpublished manuscripts, inquisitorial trials, and carefully reconstructed visual representations, the film reveals the...
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...
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...
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...