Recent News
Please join us in congratulating Jonathon Reyes, winner of the National Student Writing Contest occurring in conjunction with the 12th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language, hosted by Northwestern University!
In the world of languages, literatures, and cultures, our laboratories are our classrooms, and our tools are our books.
We are delighted to announce that this past year, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies has established, through a generous endowment created in the memory of Susan B. Johnson, the Susan B. Johnson Memorial Scholarship.
We are delighted to announce that this past year, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies established the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize, the first undergraduate essay prize on campus for essays written in languages other than English! Entry into the competition is by faculty nomination of outstanding essays written during the p
From the Chair (slightly edited version of remarks first delivered at the graduation ceremony):
Congratulations to our Graduates!
Exciting news! Lexi Smith has just been awarded this year's Asociación Internacional de Galdosistas' John W.
Great news! Mikaela Peizer (Sammamish WA), who will be earning a BA in Spanish and a BA in Public Health-Global Health (expected graduation Spring 2025) has been named to the Husky 100! In her own words: "My journey at the UW has empowered me through an array of diverse lessons and experiences that have underscored my passion for social justice through the utilization of multilingua
After more than two years, students returned to the UW León Center.
This has been an extraordinary year for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies. We have welcomed three new colleagues and said goodbye to another after many decades of service to the department. We have witnessed the re-start of our study abroad programming after a two-year Covid-related suspension. We have celebrated as several members of our faculty have been recog