The 2024 George & Eleanor Woodyard Lecture is this Friday, April 5 at The Forum, Marvin Hall! Guest speaker Priscilla Meléndez will present the lecture, "Beyond Catastrophe: Teresa Hernández and the Puerto Rican Performative Body in the New Millenium". calendar.ku.edu/event/woodyard…

On Thursday April 4th from 3:00 - 5:00pm, the Portuguese Language Practice Table will host a special meeting with guest speaker Mario Pam, percussionist and Musical Director of Ilê Aiyê Brazil! spanport.ku.edu/portuguese-lan…

Looking to get ahead in your Spanish courses or complete your program's foreign language requirements? Enroll in one of our summer courses and earn credits online! spanport.ku.edu/online-span-co…

Earn 3 credits this summer through this TUITION-FREE online course! PORT 348 is an asynchronous online course that will run from June 3 - 28, 2024. Please reach out to instructor Ana Laura Marques for more info: [email protected]

The Center for Global and International Studies and the Jewish Studies Program will host the "Jews in the Americas” conference on April 18-19! Interpretation will be provided from/to Spanish and Portuguese in selected panels. Program: kujewishstudies.ku.edu/jewsamericas

Links — both real and imagined — between race and disease are far older than the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a KU Spanish & Portuguese scholar who examined a 19th century Cuban aqueduct project during a cholera outbreak. news.ku.edu/news/article/s…

And really, aren't we all contemplating eco-catastrophe? KU Spanish & Portuguese prof writes on Spanish novelist's approach. news.ku.edu/news/article/c…

#Kzoo2024 is fast approaching. La corónica is sponsoring the following sessions and event. Plan to attend.

“If you want to understand the chaos of Spain, pay more attention to how they're using their classics, because that gives you a sense of the current state of things,” says Robert Bayliss, KU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences professor and author of a new book from Liverpool University Press. news.ku.edu/news/article/s…

Happy first day of classes, Jayhawks! We hope everyone has a great start to the semester. Be sure to check out our website at spanport.ku.edu for all the latest info on our department.

Our Spanish & Portuguese conversation practice tables are back for the Fall 2024 semester! Full schedules are available on our website: spanport.ku.edu/language-pract…

Part of GRASP attended the recent leadership retreat offered by the Student Involvement and Leadership Center! GRASP supports our department by organizing on-campus conferences and talks, coordinating resources such as Hablemos, and more. spanport.ku.edu/grasp

Join KU’s study abroad program to examine how Afro-Brazilian cultural elements such as religion, education, music, & capoeira intersect with Salvador's contemporary health landscape. The deadline to apply is October 1, 2024. For more information:  studyabroad.ku.edu/race-history-h…

TONIGHT: Join us for a study abroad info session covering our winter break and summer programs! Learn about opportunities in Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and more. Tuesday 10/8 @ 7pm in Wescoe 3139: calendar.ku.edu/event/spanish-…

Join us for a Portuguese Open House + special meeting of our department's Portuguese Language Practice Table! Friday, November 8, 3:30-4:30pm at Wescoe 2600. calendar.ku.edu/event/portugue…

Call for Papers: 2nd Biennial Graduate Conference "Threads of Knowledge: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Language, Identity, and Resistance" (Hybrid Conference, University of Kansas) Graduate students are invited to submit abstracts by January 31st, 2025! spanport.ku.edu/grasp-conferen…

Our Spanish & Portuguese conversation practice tables are back for the Spring 2025 semester! Full schedules and meeting locations are available on our website: spanport.ku.edu/language-pract…

We hope everyone had a great Spring Break! The GRASP team would like to thank all who attended our graduate conference earlier this month. Your support made this event a success! youtu.be/WK4dEtOU_4A

This Friday, March 28 at 4:00pm, please join us in Marvin Hall for the 2025 Woodyard Lecture! Guest lecturer Paola S. Hernández (University of Wisconsin-Madison) will present the talk, "Performing the Archive in Latin American Theatre". calendar.ku.edu/event/woodyard…

Congratulations again to all of our graduating Jayhawks! We were thrilled to see our newest M.A. recipients at the Master's Hooding Ceremony last Saturday, and all of our latest graduates walking the hill at Sunday's Commencement ceremony: spanport.ku.edu/graduate-cerem…