Stony Brook University, Hispanic Languages and Literature

Getting ready for the hooding ceremony 2024. Congratulations to our graduating PhDs and many thanks to our HLL team!! (More pictures soon!)

Our students Victor Chacon and Andrea Barona (in Prof. Vernon's SPN 415/510) wrote this excellent post on graphic novelist Quan Zhou's visit to Stony Brook this April 2024!

Quan Zhou en Stony Brook | NEWS Quan Zhou en Stony Brook May 7, 2024Art, EducationPaul Firbas Quan Zhou’s visit to Stony Brook took place in the context of the Stony Brook Humanities Institute’s “Pressing Matters” lecture series. This initiative funds speakers on topics of strong social interest whose work is being studied...

Premio Pulitzer 2024 para la escritora mexicana Cristina Rivera Garza!
https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/cultura/2024/5/6/cristina-rivera-garza-gana-el-premio-pulitzer-2024-por-el-invencible-verano-de-liliana-600544.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0WMyhcGYX_O0Zh4U54y7tJEyQ3rBRmuWnmjhyJtq_cVTSoEWwQjVRLFSo_aem_AbU4tCLlkUSi7rpX02LQjSGjMccUtNlZuFP_r0vAOFCyRb0PFkpqLAGItRg7XrolwO8KhMHdQF_BYdQfsr8GN9HG

Cristina Rivera Garza gana el Premio Pulitzer 2024 por “El invencible verano de Liliana” La escritora fue reconocida en la categoría de Memoria

Congratulations to Q**m Solias, doctoral student in HLL, for his excellent talk on the library of 17th century scholar Rafael Cervera, and his ideas and sources on Muslim Barcelona (April 19th 2024, Medieval Studies Congress at Stony Brook).

University Doctoral Consortium Medieval Graduate Student Conference on Friday, April 19 2024 at Stony Brook University. This will bring together scholars--faculty, MA and PhD students--from across the NY area, including Stony Brook University, NYU, Rutgers, Columbia, Princeton, Fordham, and CUNY, for a day of intellectual exchange and conversations. A light breakfast, lunch, and a reception will also be provided for all attendees.

Spring Poetry Reading 2024 was a huge success! Students shared their poems in Spanish and were treated to the musical stylings of Kelsey Vasquez and her guitar. Afterwards students and faculty were treated to a wonderful lunch, courtesy of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature. Excellent job to all the poets! Thank you to all those that attended.

Beatriz "Bea" Solla Vilas wins the 2024 President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching! Bea is currently a fourth-year Ph.D candidate in Hispanic Languages and Literature, specializing in contemporary Latin American trans self-narrative. Originally from the coastal region of Galicia, Spain, Bea is passionate about education, and they view teaching as a powerful tool to help others understand and engage thoughtfully with the world around them. Congratulations on this award and recognition of your superb graduate student teaching, dear Bea!

Today is Giving Day!
To make a donation to our department and support our programs and students (BA, MA, PHD), click here: https://givingday.stonybrook.edu/o/stony-brook-university/i/stony-brook-giving-day-2024/ and select "Hispanic Languages and Literature Undergraduate and Graduate Student Award Fund" under the Additional Giving Opportunities drop down menu.

Thanks to students, faculty and staff for your participation today in Admitted Seawolf Day. Congratulations to all new admitted students!! We hope to see you all on campus this Fall 24. (Prof. Daniela Flesler, our Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Wang Center today March 23, 2024).

Nota de El Mercurio (Santiago de Chile) sobre el maestro Pedro Lastra, pieza clave en la historia de la poesía chilena y latinoamericana, a propósito de su "Poesía completa", publicada por la Universidad de Valaparíso (2da ed. corregida y aumentada, 2023), preparada por el mismo autor, profesor emérito de nuestro departamento. Copio aquí uno de los mucho grandes poemas:

Pedro Lastra: "Ya hablaremos sobre nuestra juventud"

Ya hablaremos de nuestra juventud,
ya hablaremos después, mu***os o vivos
con tanto tiempo encima,
con años fantasmales que no fueron los nuestros
y días que vinieron del mar y regresaron
a su profunda permanencia.

Ya hablaremos de nuestra juventud
casi olvidándola,
confundiendo las noches y sus nombres,
lo que nos fue quitado, la presencia
de una turbia batalla con los sueños.

Hablaremos sentados en los parques
como veinte años antes, como treinta años antes,
indignados del mundo,
sin recordar palabra, quiénes fuimos,
dónde creció el amor,
en qué vagas ciudades habitamos.

Dos notas de nuestro querido profesor emérito Pedro Lastra sobre César Vallejo y la poesía chilena.

Dos notas sobre César Vallejo y la poesía chilena — Pedro Lastra Pedro Lastra, a través de una prosa reflexiva que toma cuerpo en artículos, reseñas, notas, ponencias y ensayos, practicada además con una afabilidad y entusiasmo poco frecuentes entre nosotros, ha…

Thanks so much to Prof. Céline Dauvert for her excellent talk this Tuesday Feb 27th (2024) on Paolino Bianchi and Diego Díaz and the narratives of Christian slaves in the 17th century in Tunis and Algiers. Thanks to all students, faculty and staff for your support! (Co-organized with the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University)

¡Continuamos manteniendo viva la presencia de la cultura gallega en nuestro departamento!

Aprovechando que ayer fue del cumpleaños de Rosalía de Castro, hoy recordamos el evento de la semana pasada 'Galician Encounter: Music, Lyrics and Tradition'. El evento consistió en una charla sobre la tradición musical gallega y su relación intrínseca con la poesía. Nuestra invitada, Alejandra Medín Doce, nos explicó cómo la música y la poesía se entrelazan en la tradición gallega, creando una expresión artística y estética única. Además, tuvimos la suerte de poder escuchar en vivo, al clarinete, interpretaciones de piezas musicales representativas de la tradición gallega, y lectura de los poemas originales. ¡Gracias, Alejandra!

Os dejamos unos trocitos del evento:

"Lela", letra de Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao. Versión musical de Rosendo Mato.

"María soliña" de Celso Emilio Ferreiro, con música de Amancio Prada.

Prof. Brioso on reiventing politics for a future Cuba. Talk in Spanish. Wed Feb 28th at 1 pm in HUM 2036.

Spanish Galician Music and Poetry!! This Tuesday Feb 13th (2024) at 1 pm in HUM 2036. Inmmerse in Galician culture with discussions on the fusion of traditional music and poetry. Organized by our doctoral candidate María Medín Doce.

Casa Común: Collaborative Art Exhibition Feb. 8th (2024). Opening at 6pm in Melville Library North Reading Room. A collaborative art project that confronts the atrocities of the war in Colombia and gives healing, reconciliation, and hopes for a peaceful future through the handcrafted work of victims. See more: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/ccsp/events.php

Cold first week of classes? Not with our talk and lunch: Wed Jan 24th (2024) at 1 pm Prof. Berbara (UERJ, Brazil) will give a talk on André Thevet's influential 1558 "France Antarctique" and early Brazilian imagination. Lunch will be served!
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Comparto aquí la entrevista que hicimos en nuestra clase de SPN 390 (octubre 2023) al profesor Javier Díaz Noci (Univ Pompeu Fabra) sobre el periodismo digital y su impacto social. Muchas gracias a todos los estudiantes que colaboraron con sus preguntas.

Entrevista a Javier Díaz Noci – PAPELES Noticias digitales y desigualdad social: entrevista a Javier Díaz Noci Trabajo de SPN 390, clase del Prof. Paul Firbas (Stony Brook University) El profesor Javier Díaz Noci (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) investiga sobre la historia del periodismo y la circulación de noticias en la Penínsu...

Full video in Spanish (with English subtitles) of Ezequiel Adamovzk´s virtual talk (Nov 2023) organized by our PhD student Valentina Pucci and the assistance of PhD student in History Nicolas Allen. Mil gracias!

Charla sobre elecciones en Argentina 2023 con E. Adamovsky Virtual talk by Dr. Ezequiel Adamovsky at Stony Brook University on the 2023 presidential election in Argentina, organized by Valentina Pucci.https://www.sto...

A short chronicle of our event, photo slides, video and link!

End of the Semester Event Fall 2023 | NEWS End of the Semester Event Fall 2023 December 8, 2023EducationPaul Firbas This past Wednesday December 6th (2023) in our doctoral seminar, third year PhD students Valentina Pucci, José Gabriel Alegría and Samuel Espíndola presented their dissertation projects they had worked in the Dissertation Pr...

A short fragment of Dr. Francisco Mamani´s talk on colonial architecture this Wed Dec 6th 2023 in our Department.

Francisco Mamani Fuentes sobre arquitectura colonial en Stony Brook Dec 2023 A brief fragment of guest speaker Dr. Francisco Mamani Fuentes's talk on "Historia y construcción: ¿cómo podemos estudiar la arquitectura colonial desde los...

Congratulations to Valentina Pucci, José Gabriel Alegría and Samuel Espíndola, our third year PhD students that presented their dissertation projects this Wed Dec 6, 2023 during our Fall 23 "End of the Semester Event," which included a guest talk by Dr. Francisco Mamani Fuentes (Thoma Foundation) and music by our first year PhD student and renowned artist Alessio Arena! Mil gracias y felicitaciones a todos!

Professor Felipe Pereda (Harvard Univ) giving a lecture at Stony Brook on "Goya's Laocoon: The Disasters of War Between History and Trauma" in collaboration with Professor Loffredo's class "Radical Goya." Thanks to the Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series that made this event possible! (Humanities, Dec 7th, 2023)

Guillaume Kientz, Director and CEO of the Hispanic Society of America in NYC, showing the collection of Goya's drawings to Prof. Loffredo's SPN 405/523 "Radical Goya" class and to PhD students in our department. Many thanks to the Hispanic Society of America !

Last dissertation workshop this Fall 2023 with doctoral candidate Régulo Silva, who presented his research on Hispanic anarchist texts in the context of World War I, working under the advice of Prof. Aurelie Vialette. Thanks to Prof. Javier Uriarte for the organization of these vibrant "talleres de tesis".

Red carpet for our doctoral candidate Omar Badessi, who is our HLL nominee for the 2023 "President’s Award for Nurturing a Welcoming, Inclusive Campus Culture", tomorrow Wed Nov 29th at the Stony Awards!! This award recognizes an employee nominated by faculty, staff or administration for demonstrating exceptional commitment to promoting and advancing the University’s core values of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Meet the Finalists for the Inaugural Stony Awards - SBU News Stony Brook University's inaugural Stony Awards will be presented on November 29, and the finalists for five of the six awards have been revealed. Learn more

Reportaje de Víctor Chacón Cabrera y Andrea Barona, estudiantes de SPN 390: Communication, Media and Journalism in Spanish (Prof. Firbas)

Aurora Arias y el paraíso perdido en Stony Brook | NEWS Aurora Arias y el paraíso perdido en Stony Brook November 18, 2023EducationPaul Firbas Reportaje de Víctor Chacón Cabrera y Andrea Barona, estudiantes de SPN 390: Communication, Media and Journalism in Spanish (Prof. Firbas) Aurora Arias presentó públicamente por primera vez su novela, Vida ver...