ENCUENTROS Y DESENCUENTROS: LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN 1898-2021

What have been the political and cultural relations between Spain and Latin America in recent years? From a transatlantic perspective, we will explore key issues in Hispanic culture today through the study of literature, film, art,and music. Topics to be discussed include national identity; diversity, race,andethnicity; immigration; colonialism and neocolonialism, dictatorship and democracy; feminism, modernity,and globalization. The selected materials will include texts by authors like María Fernanda Ampuero, Icíar Bollaín, Luis Cernuda, Cristina Peri Rossi, Las Tesis, Remedios Varo, among...

Ander Beristain and Eider Etxebarria win 2021-2022 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowships!

Join us in congratulating Ander Beristain and Eider Etxebarria who have been awarded 2021-2022 SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowships. This one-year very competitive fellowship offers students a 12-month...

Prof. Salvatore Callesano receives Illinois Student Government Teaching Excellence Award!

Prof. Salvatore Callesano has been awarded the Illinois Student Government Teaching Excellence Award. The faculty selected for this award are nominated by the students, and the winners are elected by the Illinois Student Government. As stated in his...

Professor Meléndez named LAS Dean’s Fellow for Faculty Development

Our Department Head, Professor Mariselle Meléndez, has been named the first LAS Dean’s Fellow for Faculty Development. The position, which will start on January 2022, has been created to develop programs that enhance diversity, equity, and...

Carolyn Fornoff awarded a highly competitive Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Fellowship!

Prof. Carolyn Fornoff has been awarded the very competitive Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Fellowship for her outstanding book project, Subjunctive Aesthetics: Mexican Culture in the Era of Climate Change. As a fellowship...

Megan Gargiulo wins HRI Graduate Student Fellowship!

Our PhD student Megan Gargiulo has received the highly competitive Humanities Research Institute Graduate Student Fellowship for her project "Gender, and Recogimiento: Discursive Representations of Space, Sexuality, and Productivity in Late Colonial Mexico." The fellowship will...
Zoom photo holiday party

2020 Department Holiday Party - Contests, Games, Fun and (Zany) Conversation!!!!

While we hope next year's party will be in person again, Profs. Meléndez and Bowles emceed a plethora of fun and festive activities, games and Maize gift card give aways. Taboo, Pictionary and Charades were accompanied by toasts, courtesy of Prof. Meléndéz's "secret" coquito recipe (yum!)....

Melanie Waters receives the LAS Academic Professional Award!

The LAS Awards Committee selected our own Melanie Waters for the prestigious and highly competitive LAS Academic Professional Award.  This award honors selected academic professionals for their outstanding contributions to the college...
Prof. Robin Ragan

Ph.D. alumna Prof. Robin Ragan (faculty at Knox College) receives ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative Award

We are proud of our alumna Dr. Robin Ragan who has been nationally recognized with  ACTFL's Global Engagement Initiative Award.  As you can see in ...
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