2019-04-03
- The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese AATSP’s flagship research journal Hispania has selected Pilar Martínez-Quiroga’s article, “La detective Bruna Husky de Rosa Montero: Feminismo, distopía y conciencia cyborg” (Hispania 101.2, 2018, pp. 306–17) as the winning Outstanding Article of this year’s competition....
- 2019-04-02 - Tasha Robles, who had recently been awarded the “University Advisor of the Year” award by the Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., has been recognized as Advisor of the Year award by the University of Illinois United Greek Council (UGC). This award is student originated and all campus advisors are considered for this distinction. The United Greek Council (UGC) is the umbrella...
- 2019-03-28 - Prof. Eduardo Ledesma has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer stipend for his current book project "Blind Cinema: Visually Impaired Filmmakers and Technologies of Sight".
- 2019-03-27 - Prof. Xiomara Cervantes-Gómez's doctoral dissertation, “México Necrótico: Queer Readings of the Politics of Death” was awarded the 2019 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Mexico Section Best Dissertation Award. The Latin American Studies Association is the largest professional Association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America....
- 2019-03-13 - Kristina Medina, our former alumni (P.H.D. 2012) has been awarded the very competitive American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for her project, ...
- 2019-03-08 - Prof. John Karam has been awarded the very competitive and prestigious Fulbright Scholar award to conduct research in Brazil for the next two summers. As a Fulbright recipient, John will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with international partners in educational, political, cultural, economic, and scientific fields.
2019-03-04 - The Illinois Club has recognized the contributions of two students majoring in Spanish, Emily Boehm (BAT) and Mathew Schultz. Emily was the recipient of the Isabelle Purnell Education Award, which is open to those earning a Secondary Education Certificate or College of Education majors. Applicants must demonstrate how they...- 2019-02-27 - Prof. Anna María Escobar has been awarded the very competitive campus award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring. This award is given to a selected number of university professors who have shown a sustained excellence in graduate student mentoring and who have had a major impact on graduate student scholarship and professional development throughout their years of service...
- 2019-02-02 - Prof. Eduardo Ledesma has been awarded an IPRH Faculty Fellowship for 2019-20 for his project “Blind Cinema: Visually Impaired Filmmakers and Technologies of Sight"
- 2019-01-10 - Melissa Bowles’ proposal “The Bilingual Advantage Starts at Home: Raising Awareness of the Benefits of Home Language Maintenance Among Illinois Teachers and Families” has been one of the 14 proposals awarded in the Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Impact of the Arts and the Humanities competition. President Killeen has described the initiative as “a new system-...
- 2018-12-16 - Spanish in the Community is a course at the University that integrates the Spanish speaking skills of students and connects them with service projects in the Champaign-Urbana community. The course combines a student’s passion for learning about the Spanish language and a passion for service by providing the opportunity to spend two hours a week in the classroom and two hours a week...
- 2018-12-07 - Professor William Curtis Blaylock earned his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in 1964, where he studied with Yakov Malkiel, a legendary figure in the field of Romance Philology. His dissertation was entitled “Studies in Possible Osco-Umbrian Influence on Hispano-Romance Phonology”. Kurt...
2018-12-03 - We are very proud to announce that our alumnus, Dr....- 2018-10-18 - Prof. L. Elena Delgado’s work on Spanish nationalism, the Catalan secessionist movement, the links between Spain and the US and the impact of the feminist movement on current politics has been recently showcased in the magazine CTXT. CTXT is a journal, “founded by fourteen journalists from a variety of newspapers in Europe, including ...
- 2018-09-11 - 1st prize: Juan Suárez Ontaneda ( Street musicians singing 'El Amor amor,' perhaps the oldest Vallenato song available through written records, during the inauguration of the 2018 Festival de Leyenda Vallenata at the Alfonso López Michelsen square, Valledupar, Colombia)