Category: Department News

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 approximately 3,000 applications each year with approximately 175 Fellowships being awarded each year. Congratulations, Guillermina!

Congratulations to our 2020 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 long professional career. She received a Master of Arts, with a major in Spanish, on August 17, 1968. She carried …

Two Students Win Fall 2020 L&S Teaching Fellow Awards

Two students from our department, Isabel Martín-Sánchez and Jorge Fernández Cienfuegos, were selected for Fall 2020 L&S Teaching Fellow Awards. 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, Jorge and Isabel, you have made the department very …

2019-20 Best Paper Award

We would like to thank our colleagues for nominating students’ papers for the 2019-2020 graduate student “Best Paper Award.” There were three papers submitted for consideration, with a $500 prize up for grabs: Apresar sin hacer daño: el buen gobierno en Ingermina o la hija de Calamar -Gloria Morales Osorio El problema de la identidad: …

Former Undergraduate Enhances Perspectives on Law and Education through Global Experiences

Congratulations to the 2019 Joaquim Nabuco Essay Award Winners!

Congratulations to Logan Krishka and Carlos Andrés Rojas on their award-winning papers!  

2018-19 Best Paper Award

We would like to thank our colleagues for encouraging students to submit their work for the 2018-2019 graduate student “Best Paper Award.” There were three papers submitted for consideration, with a $500 prize up for grabs: The Future as Imperative in Ecuador -Katherine L. Ward Representaciones del amor no correspondido en la poesía cancioneril y …

Congratulations to our 2019 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 long professional career. She received a Master of Arts, with a major in Spanish, on August 17, 1968. She carried …

Mark Radomski Wins a Fall 2019 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, Mark, you have made the department very proud!

Marcelo Pellegrini’s ‘The Beautiful Game’

Through Professor Marcelo Pellegrini‘s new course, Spanish 468: Soccer? ¿Fúbol? The Beautiful Game, the UW–Madison associate professor of Spanish is transferring his childhood passion to the classroom. He’s challenging students to better understand Latin American history and culture through the lens of soccer, all while sharpening their Spanish language skills.