Department News

  • Northwestern University is pleased to announce the new Graduate Program in Spanish & Portuguese.
  • Farewell to Professor Vera Teixeira -- A Lifetime of Teaching Remembered
  • Department Promotions: Congratulations on the achievement of Jeannie Jacob, promoted to Senior Lecturer; Sue Pechter, promoted to Distinguished Senior Lecturer; Deborah Rosenberg, promoted to Senior Lecturer; and María Teresa Villanueva, promoted to Senior Lecturer
  • 2010-2011 Faculty and Administrator Honor Roll- Congratulations to Joel Colom-Mena and Jorge Coronado who were elected to the 2010-2011 Faculty and Administrator Honor Roll
  • 2011 Student Recognition, Prizes, and Honors: Congratulations to the four winners on their excellent work
  • Humberto E. Robles Prize for Best Honors Thesis in Spanish: Benjamin Salcetti’s "El amor, la muerte y la subjetividad en la literatura romántica española"
  • Best Essay on the Literatures and Cultures of Latin America and/or Spain Prize: John Molitor's “La construcción de la verdad en Operación Masacre y La aventura de Miguel Littín clandestino en Chile

See the Daily Northwestern’s article about the Spanish Department’s informal conversation opportunities!

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Important Notice

Course Planner

The 2011-2012 Spanish & Portuguese Yearly Course Planner is available.

Upcoming Events

2/15/2012 - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Spanish Writing Workshop

2/27/2012 - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tertulia #2

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Welcome to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Our department blends a community of scholars, whose strong research interests range across Spanish, Latin American and Brazilian literatures and cultures, and a community of instructors, who are dedicated to teaching a strong culture-based language program. Our faculty offers a rich array of courses in Spanish, Portuguese, and English in an effort to serve not only majors and minors but also a variety of students from Weinberg College and other schools who may take only one of two classes.

Our goal is to convey a liberating variety of approaches to learning, a wide sweep of content, and a broad range of texts so that students may gain a thorough understanding of the languages, the literatures, and the cultures of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. We believe that it is essential to understand contemporary novels by reading Cervantes, modern poetry by appreciating Paz, today’s film by watching Salles. And we believe that with command of Spanish and Portuguese, two of the most commonly spoken languages on Earth, our students are well prepared for the world of the 21st century. Read more