Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puget Sound

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Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puget Sound

Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Puget Sound Hispanic cultures, from their origins to the present time.

The Department of Hispanic Studies offers a sound educational experience centered on the study of the language as well as the literary and cultural production of Iberian, Latin American, and U.S. We offer language instruction to serve all proficiency levels, from beginners to students with native or near-native language skills. In our upper-division courses, students hone their research, writing,

and public speaking skills and explore key questions posed by literary and cultural studies about the Spanish-speaking world: the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Spain. We address the needs of traditional students of Spanish as a foreign language; of heritage speakers for whom Spanish is a part of their family history; and of bilingual and bicultural students whose first language is English but who enter the university as near-native speakers of Spanish. Over the years, Spanish has emerged not only as the most studied foreign language in our country, but, in fact, as the unofficial second national language. Therefore, the Department of Hispanic Studies strives to educate students to lead engaged, rich, and productive lives in the U.S. as bilingual and bicultural citizens who need to be fluent in the two unofficial national languages.

04/15/2025

Next week!

04/18/2023

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrBbvtoLrss/

12/09/2022

https://www.pugetsound.edu/stories/five-questions-university-puget-sound-assistant-professor-hispanic-studies-valeria-ochoa

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies and Latinx Studies Valeria Ochoa joined the faculty of University of Puget Sound this semester, bringing her expertise as a linguist and her passion for accessible pedagogy to the study of Spanish. We recently spoke with Ochoa about heritage language learners,...

10/10/2022

Tomorrow (10/11) in WY203 at 4:00pm, Professors Ariela Tubert and Brendan Lanctot will be hosting an information session about their spring 23 course LAS 399 - Latin American Travel Seminar, which culminates in a 2.5-week trip to Buenos Aires.

photo cred: Marcos López,

10/04/2022

Film Screening: Thursday (10/6), 6:30pm in Rausch Auditorium (McIntyre Hall)

Futuro perfecto / Future Perfect – dir. Nele Wohlatz, Argentina, 2016. This feature centers on Xiaobin, a recent Chinese immigrant, as she tries to negotiate work, learning a new language, and juggling relationships as she adjusts to life in Buenos Aires.

https://youtu.be/twoCM9jmcxI

09/29/2022

Dr. Oriel María Siu will be reading her acclaimed, decolonial children's book with us on October 10. Please join us and spread the word!!!

03/03/2022

Tomorrow in Kilworth Chapel.
Please bring proof of vaccination.

Paco Díez en concierto con el Trío Guadalevín este viernes! Taller con Paco y Tony Geist antes del concierto. Gratis!!

02/28/2022

Paco Díez en concierto con el Trío Guadalevín este viernes! Taller con Paco y Tony Geist antes del concierto. Gratis!!

01/14/2021

Our former colleague Oriel María Siu is featured in the LA Times for her amazing children's book!

"Rebeldita la Alegre en el País de los Ogros," by Oriel María Siu, was inspired by the glaring gap between her family's experiences and the children's books she saw on library shelves.

11/13/2020

The redoubtable Francisco Goldman in a wide-ranging essay that compares our current situation in the US to efforts to recover from authoritarian regimes throughout Latin America.

It was 1986, late afternoon and snowing pretty heavily in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and people were pouring out onto Eastern Parkway, charging up and down through the snow in their long winter coats…

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