Tais Xavier Carvalho, who has been selected for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Thesis Award for 2020.
Congratulations to Tais Xavier Carvalho, who has been selected for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Thesis Award for 2020.
Professor Melissa Dinverno has been selected for an Individual Research Award from the Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor Melissa Dinverno has been selected for an Individual Research Award from the Institute for Advanced Study.
Professor Kimberly Geeslin has been awarded the Trustees' Teaching Award for 2020.
Professor Kimberly Geeslin has been awarded the Trustees' Teaching Award for 2020.
Professor Deborah Cohn Awarded Provost Professor Award
Congratulations to Professor Deborah Cohn who has won the Provost Professor Award. This distinctive prize is given each year by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and it is envisioned to bring significant honor to faculty who have achieved local, national, and international distinction in both teaching and research/creative activity. We are proud of her for this fantastic achievement.
Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese has elected Israel Herrera as President (2nd Term) and Paul Coats as Vice President.
AATSP Indiana Chapter elects Israel Herrera as President and Paul Coats as Vice President.
Professor Patricia Amaral Awarded 2020 New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship
Congratulations to Professor Patrícia Amaral who has won the 2020 New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship Award for her project “The Company Words Keep: Tracing Semantic Change in Ibero-Romance with Distributional Methods”.
Inaugural Elizabeth Dayton Award to Go to Indiana Linguist
Congratulations to Valentyna Filimonova on being awarded the Inaugural Elizabeth Dayton Award.
Professor Jonathan Risner Awarded 2020 New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship
Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Risner who has won the 2020 New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship Award for his project “Home Movies in Francoist Spain”.
Professor Estela Vieira Awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship
Professor Estela Vieira Awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers to work on her book “The Invisibles: Women Writers in Nineteenth-Century Portugal.”
Grupo VIDA and its cast members have won the Latino Faculty and Staff Award for Distinguished IU Group.
Grupo VIDA and its cast members have won the Latino Faculty and Staff Award for Distinguished IU Group.
Kimberly Geeslin has been awarded the David and Cheryl Morley Career Distinguished Teaching Award by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Kimberly Geeslin has been awarded the David and Cheryl Morley Career Distinguished Teaching Award by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Multilingualism: An Increasingly Marketable Skill for Business
MLA: Multilingualism: An Increasingly Marketable Skill for Business
Viriginia Hojas was selected as one of only 14 faculty members across the whole IU system, for induction into the FACET class of 2019.
Viriginia Hojas was selected as one of only 14 faculty members across the whole IU system, for induction into the FACET class of 2019.
Israel Herrera has been awarded the 2019 City of Bloomington “Be More Influential Award."
Congratulations to Israel Herrera who has been elected President of the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA).
Professor Félix-Brasdefer to present his new book at the UNAM-Chicago on March 11.
Professor Félix-Brasdefer to present his new book at the UNAM-Chicago on March 11.
Professor Melissa Dinverno Awarded Fulbright Research Grant
Congratulations to Professor Melissa Dinverno who has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Grant for her book project Deconstructing Lorca: Identity, Culture and Nation in Contemporary Spain.
Professor Melissa Dinverno Awarded Fulbright Research Grant
Congratulations to Professor Melissa Dinverno who has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Research Grant for her book project Deconstructing Lorca: Identity, Culture and Nation in Contemporary Spain.
Israel Herrera elected President of the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association
Congratulations to Israel Herrera who has been elected President of the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA).
AATSP Indiana Chapter recognizes IU senior Jaclyn Flores among 8 others during IFTLA conference
During this year’s Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFTLA) conference in Indianapolis, teachers, students, community members, school officials and representatives from education-related corporations gathered for a weekend of connecting and learning.
Professor organizes symposium
Professor Dinverno organizes International Lorca Symposium in Granada.
IU Goes to Mexico
Read about the Indiana University Mexico Gateway office in a new blog.
Dr. Marjorie Agosín to receive honorary doctorate
Spanish alumna, Dr. Marjorie Agosín (M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1982), to be awarded honorary doctorate.
Professor Steven Wagschal delivers the Phi Beta Kappa faculty address
Phi Beta Kappa Induction Banquet
2018 Palmer-Brandon Scholarship in the Humanities
Five Spanish Majors have been awarded a prestigious Palmer-Brandon Scholarship in the Humanities.
Five seniors receive state Spanish, Portuguese award
The recipients were honored at a ceremony Nov. 3 with students from University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, DePauw University, Valparaiso University and Butler University.
Inaugural Portuguese class in the Summer Language Workshop at IU offers intensive learning in a family atmosphere
The new Portuguese class offered by the School of Global and International Studies’ Summer Language Workshop felt more like a family gathering than a class.
Professor Anke Birkenmaier is incoming CLACS director
It's not just new office space that has incoming IU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies director Anke Birkenmaier excited about moving into the new Global and International Studies building, it's the increased opportunity for scholarly collaboration.
Department Mourns Passing of Prof. Sainz
It is with sadness that the Department of Spanish and Portuguese announces the loss of our colleague, Professor Gustavo Sainz, who died on June 26, 2015, two weeks shy of his 75th birthday.
New Faculty Member - Patrícia Amaral
Patrícia Amaral is a new Assistant Professor of Hispanic linguistics.
New Faculty Member - Olimpia E. Rosenthal
Olimpia E. Rosenthal is a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese who specializes in Comparative Colonial and Postcolonial Cultural Studies, Andean literature and visual culture, and Critical Race Studies.
Graduating Senior Spotlight: Sarah TeKolste
Wells Scholar Sarah TeKolste, a graduating senior with majors in Spanish and Theater, is featured in this exciting video prepared by the Provost's Office about Sarah's fascinating studies and goals.
Two Majors Win Stahr Awards
Spanish major Christine White (BA '15) and Spanish and Portuguese major Molly Zweig (BA '15) have been selected to receive two of only five 2015 Elvis J. Stahr Distinguished Senior Awards for their commitment to academic excellence combined with outstanding accomplishments in student leadership and service to Indiana University Bloomington. Christine and Molly will be presented with their awards at the Senior Awards Dinner on April 12, at the IMU.
Department Mourns Passing of Prof. Dávila
It is with sadness that the Department announces the loss of our colleague Professor Luis Dávila, who passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the Meadowood Retirement Community.
Department Mourns Passing of Prof. Sobrer
Department Mourns the Passing of Emeritus Professor Josep Sobrer (Sept 2, 1944-Jan 1, 2015) - Beloved Emeritus Professor Josep Miquel “Pep” Sobrer died peacefully, at home, from complications of metastatic colon cancer.
4 Spanish majors honored in Indy
Four IU students gathered in Indianapolis last month to be recognized as some of Indiana’s Outstanding Students of Spanish, as presented by the Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
The new volume of IU Working Papers in Linguistics is featuring the work of our graduate students in Hispanic Linguistics.
The Indiana University Linguistics Club Working Papers is currently accepting submissions on a rolling deadline.
Professor Kimberly Geeslin, selected as Routledge’s Author of the Month
Professor Kimberly Geeslin, selected as Routledge’s Author of the Month
IU Spanish major, Christine White, receives prestigious national award as 2014 Truman Scholar
Christine White, an Indiana University junior from Indianapolis, has been named a 2014 Truman Scholar. This marks the third consecutive year that an IU Bloomington student has received the prestigious award.
Shabani selected as a Future Faculty Teaching Fellow
Amina Shabani, Doctoral Student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been selected as a Future Faculty Teaching Fellow in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Butler University for 2014-15.
Israel Herrera, Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been elected President of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana Chapter, for the term 2014-2016.
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) promotes the study and teaching of the Spanish and Portuguese languages and their corresponding Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and other related literatures and cultures at all levels of education.
Edgar Illas is recipient of "2013 North American Catalan Society Prize for Outstanding Work in Catalan Studies" for his book
Edgar Illas is recipient of "2013 North American Catalan Society Prize for Outstanding Work in Catalan Studies" for his book, Thinking Barcelona: Ideologies of a Global City, published by Liverpool University Press in 2012.
Rachel Geissler awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Undergraduate Spanish major and recent IU graduate, Rachel Geissler (BA ’13, Spanish and Anthropology) was awarded a prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Mexico for 2013-2014.
Kinnally's thesis nominated for ProQuest distinguished dissertation award
Cara Kinnally's dissertation, "Writing America: Transnational Discourses of Empire, Race and Community Formation in Greater Mexico,” has been chosen as IU’s representative for the 2013 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award competition in the Humanities and Fine Arts.
Professor Herrera with the elected AEPE president
Israel Fernando Herrera has been elected Board Member of the AEPE (European Association of Teachers of Spanish) for 2013-16 and will serve as the US Representative for the organization.
Professor Darlene Sadlier is recipient of the College’s 2012 Distinguished Faculty Award
Sadlier, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, began her career at Indiana University in 1978.
Professor Kimberly Geeslin receives GSAC Faculty Mentor award.
Professor Kimberly Geeslin received the 2012 Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Advisory Committee Faculty Mentor Award in recognition of the diligent guidance and extensive support she has provided for graduate students both in and beyond the classroom.
Fafulas wins NSF dissertation enhancement award
Doctoral student Stephen Fafulas was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation grant to support his dissertation research on second language acquisition under the supervision of Professor Kimberly Geeslin.
IU's Department of Spanish and Portuguese receives $533,000 federal grant for its graduate program
In advance of its 60th anniversary celebration, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington announced that it has been awarded a $533,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, which will be used to enhance its graduate program.
The College of Arts