Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Maryland, College Park

Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Maryland, College Park Somos el Departamento de Español y Portugués más sabroso en el área de Washington DC y Maryland.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland, College Park, has been the home of Latin American and Spanish authors such as Juan Ramón Jiménez, who taught at the University between 1943 and 1951 and who, after being nominated by the Department, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956. The legacy of Juan Ramón Jiménez as well as that of cultural critic Ángel Rama,

award-winning poet José Emilio Pacheco, and Professor Emerita Graciela Palau de Nemes continues to shape the thought, vision, and mission of our Department. Following in this tradition of excellence and innovation, the Department offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs in the languages, literatures, and cultures of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.

Medical SPAP in Panama 2026.
07/27/2026

Medical SPAP in Panama 2026.

SPAN 476 Central Americans in the DMV Explores the history, migration, and cultural representation of Central Americans ...
07/22/2026

SPAN 476 Central Americans in the DMV

Explores the history, migration, and cultural representation of Central Americans in the DMV (DC, Maryland, and Virginia) in the larger context of transnational relations between Central America and the United States. We ask how and why the DMV is home to one of the largest concentrations of Central Americans, especially Salvadorans, in the nation, as well as examine the diaspora as a transnational process. We study plays, short stories, poetry, spoken word/ performances, films, music, photography, zines, social media, and other interdisciplinary re/sources, and engage one-on-one with local and international artists, activists, and community organizations. Course format consists of lectures, discussions, group work, short essays, presentations, and examinations. Students should expect to participate in a community engagement project. Taught in Spanish and discussions in Spanglish.

SPAN 434 The Usable Past: Che Guevara on a t-shirt, Eva Peron in a Broadway musical, Bolivar as trans on a postcard, Gab...
07/22/2026

SPAN 434 The Usable Past: Che Guevara on a t-shirt, Eva Peron in a Broadway musical, Bolivar as trans on a postcard, Gabriela Mistral on a peso bill, Frida Kahlo as a feminist icon, Artigas in a blues band … This list can continue. What all these contemporary appropriations have in common is that the past has been used to inscribe a narrative for our time. Rather than asking if we can know past events as they really happened, we will focus on how contemporary Latin American fictions, visual arts, and films construct genealogies and archives to imagine communities and critically read the present. By concentrating on these present-past cultural appropriations, this seminar moves away from a notion of time centered on linearity and progression.

The goal of this class is to give students an opportunity to debate and critically think about the way the past is constantly constructed and appropriated by the present to create a sense of belonging.

06/07/2026

Segovia 🇪🇸
Home to one of the best-preserved Roman aqueducts in the world, this city is a reminder of just how long beauty and engineering can last. Walking beneath these arches is like stepping straight into history. 📷 photos by Dr Eyda Merediz

06/05/2026

Students in Salamanca Education abroad 2026 - visiting the cathedral

Another great talk at 👏 This plenary talk by HAL graduate Ana Lucía Cuevas Albarrán explored how linguistic ideologies...
03/27/2026

Another great talk at 👏 This plenary talk by HAL graduate Ana Lucía Cuevas Albarrán explored how linguistic ideologies around English–Spanish bilingualism show up on TikTok, often in subtle, multimodal ways through gestures, sound, and facial expressions. While most ideologies are expressed verbally, nonverbal cues often carry more negative or counter-dominant messages. Really interesting implications for how we think about language teaching materials in a digital age.

Morning sessions at wrapped up with a fantastic student panel covering dialectal diversity, multimodal strategies, and...
03/27/2026

Morning sessions at wrapped up with a fantastic student panel covering dialectal diversity, multimodal strategies, and Spanish writing courses for Deaf students.

We’ll be back at 2 PM EST for the next plenary, looking forward to continuing the conversation.

is going strong! We kicked off the morning with a great Language in Context panel featuring student presenters from Un...
03/27/2026

is going strong! We kicked off the morning with a great Language in Context panel featuring student presenters from Universidad de Navarra, University of Maryland, and Universidad de Valencia—so many interesting ideas and perspectives in one session.

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