Dr. Kara Yarrington, Director of Introductory Spanish, has been selected to receive an award in the amount of $225,000 through the IMMERSE Essentials Funding Program for the 2026–2027 academic year. This will fund 750 licenses for AY26-27 s…
Miguel Ángel Galindo (MA, ’91, Spanish; PhD, ’97, Spanish) and Nerea Muguerza (MA, ’98, Spanish), longtime resident directors of the Illinois in Granada program in Granada, Spain, recently returned to the University of Illinois for their fi…
This course examines the centrality of urban space and the leisure culture and gendered spaces of city life in Spanish high and low brow literature and silent-era cinema. In this class, we’ll apply current translation theories to the analys…
In the midst of a pandemic, reflecting about the past offers us an opportunity to travel back in time and learn how academic institutions have subsisted throughout historical challenges and unexpected crises. As a Head of the department, an…
This course will introduce students to various forms of Indigenous textualities and the connections between them. Often, Indigenous literatures are placed in binaries and in a western chronological timeline, from oral to written and from tr…
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee coordinates departmental efforts to provide a welcoming and equitable environment for all. The Committee advocates for diversity…
This course examines contemporary Indigenous literatures of Abya Yala (or Latin America) and its relationship to Indigenous autonomy. Students will explore poetry, novels, short stories, newspapers, and literary magazines published across t…
Costa Rica / Ecuador / Granada / Asturias / Barcelona / Bilbao / Other programs / Language Assessments / Contact Two programs exist specifically to help Spanish majors and minors earn SPAN credit through language and cultural immersion: Ill…
Office of the Vice Chancellor for DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diviersity, Equity and Inclusion is responsible for for issues pertaining to: There are several additional resources on campus to furthe…
Understanding Brazil as a global crossroads of cultures, languages, and powers lies at the heart of the Portuguese studies program at both the B.A. and M.A. levels. Our approach underscores Brazil as a gateway to study ties with Spanish-spe…
In the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, we are firmly committed to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We are a multilingual, interdisciplinary, and genuinely glob…
This course explores Argentine popular culture by focusing on the interplay between race and nation. We will follow a long-term chronological approach from the nineteenth century to the present, examining the formation of a plebeian culture…