Roberto Ignacio Díaz is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. He researches Latin American literary and cultural history with a focus on transatlantic relations...
Chloe Ireton is a Lecturer in the History of Iberia and the Iberian World 1500-1800 at University College London and is currently also a British Academy Wolfson Fellow (2023-2026). Ireton's...
Amanda Wunder will speak about her latest book, Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV, which reconstructs the life and work of...
Note: This event is RSVP only Please join us in honoring the 2025 UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award recipient Dr. Jason Rothman, Professor at Lancaster University, U.K.....
Widlore Mérancourt is the editor in chief of Ayibopost and a Haitian journalist who has written extensively on gang violence and systemic corruption in Haiti. Laurent Dubois (Professor of the...
Talk also available by Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/chd4NGozQ7SRYZGIjGws9A Charlie Geyer (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. He specializes in...
Talk also available by Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/YIcoCq72Q6OxB6KRkDOvyA Alejandro Castro tiene un doctorado en Español y Portugués de la Universidad de Nueva York. También es Licenciado en Artes por la Universidad Central...
Glendy Agustin es una investigadora, activista y periodista comunitaria maya mam radicada en Comitancillo (San Marcos), en el occidente de Guatemala. Ha realizado múltiples investigaciones centradas en las tradiciones, la...
Born in Colombia and raised in Mexico City, Rodrigo García is a celebrated award-winning director, producer and writer. A consistent figure in independent film over the last 20 years, Rodrigo...
Talk also available via Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/t47CbdAGQSuAmAKxJUYQpQ The American Dream or the promise of “the good life” has long been portrayed as the driving force behind Latin American migration to the...
Over thirty Mayan languages are spoken in Mesoamerica and many of these exhibit considerable internal diversity. In fact, dialectal differences can be so pronounced that mutual intelligibility is affected among...
The UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Department invites you to the 2025 Lois E. Matthews Lecture, taking place on Thursday, April 10th, 2025 at 4:00 pm in the UCLA Faculty Club!...