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Kim Potowski delivers keynote address

Kim Potowski, Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics, will deliver the keynote address at the 36th Annual Statewide Conference for Teachers Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students. She will be speaking on “U.S. Spanish:…

Kim Potowski gives talk at St. Olaf

On Thursday, Sept. 27, St. Olaf hosted Dr. Kim Potowski, Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies. Potowski’s talk, titled “When ‘Foreign’ Languages Aren’t Foreign: The Value of…

Andrés Aluma-Cazorla awarded scholarship for summer study

Andrés Aluma-Cazorla, Ph.D. student in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies, was awarded a scholarship by Cornell University to attend the 2012 Summer Session of The School of Criticism and Theory. The SC&T offers…

Hispanic and Italian Studies Faculty honored

Three faculty members of Hispanic and Italian Studies have been selected by the Teaching Recognition Program to received awards from the Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning this year: Chiara Fabbian, Kim…

Laura Bartlett receives Dean's Scholar Award

Laura Bartlett, PhD Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, is one of 5 students in the humanities to receive a Dean’s Scholar Award for 2012. This award is intended to provide the most accomplished advanced…

Profile of Kay González-Vilbazo in UIC News

Kay González, Assistant Professor of Hispanic Linguistics, discusses being part of UIC’s Faculty in Residence Program. He and his wife, Elena Borges (who is a lecturer for the Department of Hispanic and Italian…

Rhiannon Muncaster receives Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship

Rhiannon Muncaster a sophomore Spanish major from Plainfield, Illinois, is one of nine UIC undergraduates awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad. She will spend the Fall semester in Santiago, Chile.…

Rosie Hernández publication to receive award

Rosie Hernández, Associate Professor of Early Modern Peninsular Studies at UIC, and Anne Cruz of the University of Miami, have been honored by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women for…

Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies Grad Students in the News

Graduate Students Xabier Granja, Andres Aluma Cazorla, Yanire Marquez, Cristina Codina, Raul Gutierrez and Idoia Martinez del Mozo are featured in the online edition of AtLAS for organizing last Spring’s “Transits/Transition/Revolution” Biennial Graduate…