UMN Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies

02/27/2025

Yesterday, Chef Gustavo Romero joined Michelle Hamilton's SPAN 3506 - Traditional Ways of Knowing & the Environment to discuss the history and importance of corn and nixtamalization as part of traditional ways of knowing in the Spanish-speaking world. 🌽🔥 Students learned about the deep cultural connections between food, history, and identity—an essential part of understanding traditions that have shaped communities for centuries.

Thank you, Chef Romero, for sharing your expertise and passion with our students! 🙌

11/22/2024

Want to take your Spanish skills to the next level AND gain insights into the business world of Spain? 🇪🇸 Take SPAN 1034 this Spring 2025 and learn Spanish with a focus on Spain's agricultural, marketing, and corporate financing industries ✨
✅ No textbook purchase required!
📅 Tuesdays & Thursdays | 🕒 12:20–2:15 PM
📧 Contact Liz Lake at [email protected] for more info!
👩‍💼👨‍💼 Perfect for Business, Communications, Marketing, and more.
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11/21/2024

¿Creciste hablando español en tu casa? 🌟
Discover SPAN 3019W! A class designed for students who speak Spanish at home and want to strengthen their academic writing and communication.
📚 Schedule: Mondays & Wednesdays, 2:30 - 4:25 PM, Spring 2025
📍Instructor consent required!
🔗 Contact Profesora Eva Palma for more info: [email protected]

UMN Languages College of Liberal Arts | University of Minnesota Mi Gente Latinx Student Cultural Center Department of Chicano and Latino Studies, U of MN

11/21/2024

🌎✈️ Make Study Abroad Possible for More Students!

For students like Martha Denton, studying abroad is a transformative experience. But with the rising cost of travel and other financial pressures, this opportunity remains out of reach for many of our highest-achieving students.

That’s why we’ve set an ambitious goal to raise $5,000 to support an additional student’s study abroad journey in the coming year. With the encouragement of alumni who recognize the importance of making study abroad accessible, we’re excited to make this dream a reality.

Will you join us? Your tax-deductible donation, big or small, can make a world of difference. 🌟🌍

📲 Donate today and help change a student’s life: https://z.umn.edu/sppt-givemax

04/15/2024

Join us Thursday, Apr 25 for "Pagan Spain (1957) in Spanish: Censorship, Plagiarism and Retranslation of African American author Richard Wright" presented by Daniel Linder from the Universidad de Salamanca. z.umn.edu/sppt-events
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Wright travelled from his expatriate home in Paris to Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, and Madrid, among other destinations, and Pagan Spain (1957) is his provocative account of his travels. The novel has been translated into Spanish three times (1970, 1989 and 2022), but these texts have been largely ignored, even by scholars of translation.

04/12/2024

Next week's events are 🔥. Check out Espe Pon's "Mirrors of Oblivion" at then hear the artist and scholars Ofelia Ferrán and Lourdes Manyé discuss her work on Friday, April 19. The exhibition is on view thru April 21. z.umn.edu/sppt-events

04/09/2024

Join us Friday, April 12 at 9:15am for the XXVI THE STATE OF IBEROAMERICAN STUDIES SERIES & HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE PROJECT SYMPOSIUM - "Mujeres en Peligro." With presentations by: Eva Palma (Chile), Sara Gardner (US), Osiris Aníbal Gómez (México), Ana Forcinito (Argentina), Luís Ramos-García (Perú), Mary Soto (Perú), Sophia Beal (US) & William Viestenz (US). In person & on zoom. More info at z.umn.edu/sppt-events and https://humanrights-theatre.umn.edu/

04/08/2024

TUESDAY! LangIn surveyed and interviewed undergraduate students at UMN about their experiences with language to examine how students learn and understand inclusivity in the language classroom. More info for this and other events at z.umn.edu/sppt-events

04/08/2024

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9 at 3:30pm for "Cambiando la narrativa en torno al español diverso: ilustraciones mexicanas" a lecture in Spanish by José Antonio Flores Farfán. 🌎✨ Mexico stands up as the country with the most Spanish speakers in the world, with more than 125 million people. Within this huge population, an immense diversity is encountered and bilingual varieties are generally highly stigmatized. Learn the value of such diversity in the teaching and production of educational materials. More info for this and other events at z.umn.edu/sppt-events

02/13/2024

02/12/2024

Students currently enrolled in SPAN 1002, SPAN 1003, SPAN 1004 / SPAN 1034 / SPAN 1044, SPAN 3011W, or SPAN 3015W are needed to provide feedback on our Spanish courses. Receive a $30 gift for 60-90 minutes of your time! See pic for more info! https://z.umn.edu/span-feedback

10/17/2023

Join XXVI The State of Iberoamerican Studies Series: Art, Cultural Studies, & Theater for a book launch on Nov 4. Link in bio.