Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Maryland, College Park

Somos el Departamento de Español y Portugués más sabroso en el área de Washington DC y Maryland.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland, College Park, has been the home of Latin American and Spanish authors such as Juan Ramón Jiménez, who taught at the University between 1943 and 1951 and who, after being nominated by the Department, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956. The legacy of Juan Ramón Jiménez as well as that of cultural critic Ángel Rama,

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LASA Bogotá 2024. The Southern Cone Section organized a celebration in honor of our colleague, Saúl Sosnowski, and his journal Hispamérica. A ver deserving celebration to an impressive trajectory as a critic, writer, editor, and professor. Congratulations!

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Congratulations to our own Nery González for winning the SLLC TA award!

Please join us in congratulating her!

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Last week, our department celebrated the SPAP undergraduate awards 2023-2024.

JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Brandon Kim
Finalists: Elizabeth Alspach, Kieran Varghese, and Abigail Shea

JOSÉ EMILIO PACHECO ESSAY AWARD
Daniela Cornejo

SANDY CYPESS and ROBERTA LAVINE RESEARCH AWARD
Shannon Rogers
Finalist: Neha Narayan

SPAP GRACIELA NEMES OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD
Carmen Centeno
Finalists: Roman Kassaraba, Emily Sherman, MacKenzie Strozyk, Isabelle Watriss

Best PTK Ginette Eldredge!

Congratulations to all!!!

05/09/2024

This Saturday, professor Ana Patricia Rodríguez will be in conversation with author Karla Tatiana Vasquez at the .
Join us!

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Thank you for bringing journalists to speak to our students about the climate crisis in El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras. Climate destruction is political.

05/07/2024

SPAP alumna, Arelis Hernández, is a 2024 Pulitzer winner!
Felicidades para Arelis que tomó varias clases en nuestro departamento cuando estudiaba periodismo.

05/07/2024

El premio Pulitzer para una amiga de nuestro departamento, Cristina Rivera Garza

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SPAP with poet Cynthia Guardado.

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SPAP la semana pasada durante la visita del Dr. Miguel A. Valerio.

04/25/2024

Mañana a las 3 pm

04/20/2024

Pasó el día con nosotros Miguel Valero!

04/18/2024

Please, share this information with your students!!!

04/17/2024

Next week! Join us for a poetry reading

04/10/2024

El viernes 🌸🌸🌸

04/08/2024
04/03/2024

Next week! La siguiente semana tenemos un taller de escritura creativa. ¡Acompáñanos!

04/02/2024

MHALC (Maryland Hispanic Applied Linguistics Conference) 2024 is just around the corner! We’re excited to share the many presentations we have lined up for the two-day conference. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. Check out our schedule and share with your network. We can’t wait to see you there!

Registration link in bio!

04/02/2024

¿Gansitos anyone?
We’ll be a Tawes and Jimenez today with gansitos y conchas, promoting Latine Wellness Week!

Stop by, it you can!

04/01/2024

Join us!

Link in bio!

04/01/2024

Nuestra Profesora Ana Patricia Rodríguez estará en AU esta semana. ¡Están invita@s!

03/27/2024

Join us for a full week of Latine Wellness at UMD

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03/12/2024

¡Acompaña al cluster de español de la casa de lenguas mañana para ver Madres paralelas!

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