Assistant Professor of Hispanic Linguistics Kim Potowski, co-director of the Language in Context Research Group, recently received a $9,000 sub-award as part of The Humanities Without Walls Consortium via Ohio State University and…
Recent Hispanic Linguistics Ph.D. graduate Mandy Faretta-Stutenberg and graduating Hispanic Linguistics Ph.D.s Bernie Issa and Lillian Gorman all recently accepted tenure-track, Assistant Professor positions in Spanish Lingusitics. Dr. Faretta-Stutenberg will be at Northern…
Kim Potowski and Rosie Hernandez have received a research awards through the 2015 LAS Faculty Research Awards competition. Rosilie Hernández, Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, “Immaculate Conceptions: The Religious Imagination in Counter-Reformation Spain”…
Congratulations to Rafael Nuñez-Cedeño, who has been named University of Minnesota Alumni of Notable Achievement. The ANA recognition program honors alumni for notable accomplishments. The University of Minnesota has only honored 1,226 individuals, of a…
Palak Patel (a student in Spanish for Health Personnel I & II) has recently won the Sustainability prize at the UIC Student Research Forum. This honor comes with a $250 prize. Sustainability Competition 1st…
PhD Candidate, Alejandra Marin Pineda, and recent PhD recipient, Melissa Huerta, have been awarded fellowships to attend the NEH Summer Seminar on Latin American Theater Today to take place in Buenos Aires.
Eugenio DiStefano, Hispanic Studies PhD alumnus and current Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature at University of Nebraska Omaha, was recently awarded an NEH Summer Grant for his project Latin American Culture…
During an interview on BBC World Service’s “Newsday,” Rosilie Hernández, UIC associate professor in the department of Hispanic and Italian studies, discussed the significance of work by Miguel de Cervantes, a leading Spanish…
The Institute for the Humanities is delighted to announce the appointment of six faculty fellows for 2015-2016, pending approval of the Board of Trustees. The 2015-2016 Fellows workshops and lectures will anchor a…