Two of our valued and respected colleagues retired from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese in May 2021. After many years of service to the department, the university, and the profession, Professors Ivy Corfis and …
Department News
Congratulations to This Year’s PhD Recipients
The following students successfully defended their PhD dissertation during the 2020-21 academic year: Andrea Sánchez Vicente Megan Bailon Karen García Escorcia Cassidy Reis Ryan Grosvold Brenda Froemming Congratulations from the Department of Spanish & Portuguese …
Congratulations to our 2021 Marsha Gray Ehrlich Scholarship Fund Recipients
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese is delighted to announce this year’s Marsha Gray Ehrlich Scholarship Fund recipients. Marsha Gray Ehrlich was a former graduate student in our Department, and an inspirational teacher during her …
Brandon Goodale receives Fulbright Award
Congratulations to Brandon Goodale, who was recently named a recipient of one of just two Fulbright Open Study/Research Awards for Uruguay for the 2021-2022 academic year. Through the support of this award, Brandon will spend …
Carolina Ferreira Wins a Fall 2021 L&S Teaching Fellow Award
This highly selective award recognizes top-notch TAs across the College of Letters & Science, who serve as instructors during the fall training for incoming TAs. Congratulations, Carolina, you have made the department very proud!
Gloria Morales and Felipe Moraga Receive L&S Continuity of Instruction Teaching Award
Congratulations to Gloria Morales and Felipe Moraga who have been awarded the L&S Continuity of Instruction Campus-Wide Teaching Award! This award recognizes L&S graduate students who have provided exceptional continuity of instruction support to their …
Living Poetry: Women in Translation 4W-WIT, UW-Madison
All are welcome to join the Women in Translation project. The program schedule can be found below. Tomorrow, Friday, February 5, 2021 from 9:00 -10:30am is our first session with Venezuelan poet Santiago Acosta, award …
Undergraduate Ella Sabin Publishes in Souvenirs
We are honored to feature Ella Sabin, an undergraduate in her third year studying journalism, Spanish, and environmental studies at UW-Madison. Souvenirs, a culture and travel magazine, is one of multiple publications produced by the …
Empeños
The suspension of classes and face-to-face activities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the spring of 2020 put to the test the determination of a group of students and their teacher in their efforts to …
Professor Guillermina De Ferrari named a Guggenheim Fellow
Professor Guillermina De Ferrari has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The Foundation receives …