RLL offers vibrant programs in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Our language classes have long been popular with undergraduates, including those interested in international travel and those who anticipate a global dimension to their future careers. All of our classes focus on culture writ large: we study great texts, and we do so with an eye to gender roles, traditions, communities, individual freedom, social obligations, and many other topics of critical importance today. We offer concentrations in French, Italian, and Spanish, and Applied Linguistics, and introductory Portuguese. Our Ph.D. programs in French and Spanish are comprehensive and designed to prepare careers in academia, with a focus on research and teaching...Read More
The department is the home to the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, an internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original manuscripts in all areas of Hispanic literatures, cultures, and film, including essays on theoretical and interdisciplinary topics. See all publications...
The department congratulates Professor William Acree on the 2011 publication of his book, Everyday Reading: Print Culture and Collective Identity in the Rio de la Plata, 1780-1910, with Vanderbilt University Press...[Read More]
Terry Ballman, Professor of Spanish at California State University, Channel Islands, will present talk for Foreign Language Learning Colloquium Series