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PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics Awarded Research Grant

Eliot Westdorp has been selected as a recipient of a 2025 Sigma Delta Pi (SDP) Graduate Research Grant Award among a very competitive pool of applicants nationwide. This will be critical in funding Eliot's dissertation research project examining changes related to the loss of seseo and language contact between Spanish and Galician in Galicia. ¡Enhorabuena, Eliot!
Spanish, Romance Linguistics


Dr. Tania Leal (University of Arizona) - Presentation on Second Language Acquisition of French

Dr. Leal will present collaborative research with Elena Shimanskaya (U. Nevada-Reno) on the second language acquisition of French structures by native speakers of Spanish and English. See flyer for link to presentation abstract.

María smiles in front of Gilbert Hall
María González-Ferrer Wins UGA's Excellence in Teaching Award

María González-Ferrer, a Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics at UGA, has been awarded the prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award for graduate students. Graduating this May, María is one of up to five recipients of this annual honor, jointly presented by the Graduate School, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the UGA Teaching Academy. She was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the university’s instructional mission while…
Linguistics, Spanish


Willson Center Distinguished Artists - Dahlma Llanos Figueroa

On October 28, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa will give the lecture “Forgotten Women:  Giving Voice to the Voiceless” with a brief opening intervention by Marcela Garza, ABD and Racheal Fulford, PhD.   There will be an opportunity for Q&A and to obtain her latest novel, A Woman of Endurance.    Ms. Llanos-Figueroa is a Puerto Rican novelist and memoirist, the author of both Daughters of the Stone and her latest novel, a…


Dr. Karina Vazquez: Bridging Humanities, Professions and Communities

Karina Vazquez, PhD Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, and Director of Community-Based Learning - University of Richmond


Dr. Ania Tizziani: Gender, Labor, and Inequality in Contemporary Latin America: The National Maid Tournament in Argentina

Ania Tizziani, PhD Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento & Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)    


Dr. Kim Potowski "The Triple Bullying of U.S. Heritage Speakers and How to Counter it"

15th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA 15)  Janne Bondi Johannessen Celebration Lecture Dr. Kim Potowski (University of Illinois, Chicago) "The Triple Bullying of U.S. Heritage Speakers and How to Counter it" Young people raised in the U.S. speaking languages other than English often suffer a triple bullying. First, they are frequently subjected to discourses of “You’re in America, speak English” from some of the English…


Romance Languages Colloquium

Join us for our next Romance Languages Colloquium Event!    On the 9th of October, we will host academic presentations by Ph.D. student Flor Adams and ROML alumni Ivo Antonio de Matos Cruz in Gilbert 112, starting at 5:30PM. After a brief introduction of the event, panelists will present for around 15 minutes, and a 15-minute Q&A will follow.   Event information:   What: Romance Languages Colloquium When: …


Faculty Book Launch: Nora Benedict

UGA faculty, students, and community members are invited to join a reception and celebration of the release of The Oxford Handbook of Jorge Luis Borges (September 2024, Oxford University Press) edited by Dr. Nora Benedict(UGA, Department of Romance Languages) and Dr. Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh, Department of Spanish and Portuguese). The Oxford Handbook of Jorge Luis Borges contextualizes the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges’s…


Bilingual Poetry Reading

Join us for a poetry night! Poets will read in Portuguese or Spanish. English tranlsations will be displayed. 
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