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Rewriting the Chicano Movement: New Histories of Mexican American Activism in the Civil Rights Era

"Rewriting the Chicano Movement" is a collection of powerful new essays on the Chicano Movement that expand and revise our understanding of the movement.

Interview with Professor Sara Poot-Herrera about hispanic literature in the United States

Sara Poot-Herrera was recently interviewed by Alberto Aranda with Canal 22 de México about hispanic literature in the United States.

"Inspiring Women": a conversation with Gina Vieira Ponte

Join us on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 11:00am over zoom for "Inspiring Women": a conversation with Gina Vieira Ponte.

Online Workshop with Professor Michelle Wood

Join us on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 4:00pm for "Why Study Translation?", an online zoom workshop with guest speaker Professor Michelle Wood, Department of English at SUNY New Paltz.

Applied Linguistics Winter Colloquium

Join us on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 3:30pm over zoom for the Applied Linguistics Winter Colloquium, directed by Professor Julio Torres from the University of California-Irvine.

Pleibéricos 7: editoriales y revistas académicas

Join us on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 10:00am for an event presenting Pleibéricos 7: editoriales y revistas académicas.

Nobel Prize Author Mario Vargas Llosa Recommends Book by Professor Emerita Suzanne Jill Levine

Nobel Prize author Mario Vargas Llosa recommends we all read "Manuel Puig and the Spiderwoman: His Life and Fictions" by our multi-award winning Professor Emerita Suzanne Jill Levine!

Professor Sara Poot-Herrera Awarded the Prize Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese enthusiastically congratulates Professor Sara Poot-Herrera on being awarded the prestigious Prize Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.