Congratulations. Awardees!
Congratulations to our 2026 Graduate Student Summer Research and Dissertation Write-Up awards winners!
SpanPort Spring ’26 Newsletter
Checkout the UW-Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese Spring ’26 Newsletter. Read about events, guest speakers, and faculty/student accomplishments from this semester.
Department News
dept news
Congratulations to our 2026 Graduate Student Summer Research and Dissertation Write-Up awards winners!
Events
SpanPort Events
La mesa de conversación
The Department of Spanish and Portugues organizes an informal Spanish language conversation table for all Spanish speakers, native and non-native, which will be held Tuesdays during the academic semester from 5 PM to 7PM in the Sett (second floor) of the Union South!
UW-Madison Events
July
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July 19
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July 19Family Nature Program: A Prairie SummerArboretum1:30 PM, Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
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July 19
SpanPort Calendar
Mission Statement and Learning Objectives
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is dedicated to fostering a deep and multifaceted understanding of rich and diverse cultures from Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Our faculty’s varied and cross-disciplinary scholarship and pedagogy encompass African, Caribbean, Iberian and Latin American literature, culture and linguistics, ranging from the medieval and colonial periods to the most current writing, performance cultures and film. Our curriculum is sustained by our faculty’s groundbreaking research, and the diversity of our students reflects our wide-ranging scholarly interests and specializations.
Inclusive Excellence
“Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW–Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin–Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background — people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.”