#  Graduate Programs 

 



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Combining a broad knowledge of each literature through diverse course offerings and specialized research working one-on-one with faculty, our graduate programs nurture students' individual interests. A strong sense of community among students and faculty, within and across specialties, creates a graduate experience as unique as each chosen dissertation topic.

Harvard’s graduate programs in Romance Languages and Literatures offer outstanding opportunities to pursue research topics in the [French and Francophone](/graduate/french-francophone-studies "French & Francophone Studies"), [Italian](/graduate/italian-studies "Italian Studies"), [Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian](/graduate/portuguese-luso-brazilian "Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian"), or [Spanish and Latin American](/graduate/spanish-latin-american "Spanish & Latin American") literary traditions, alone or in combination, leading to the Ph.D.



 

  [### About our programs

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  [### Program requirements

 ](https://handbook.gsas.harvard.edu/romance-languages-and-literatures) 

  

 

 

 

##  Graduate Contacts 

 



  [### Kathy Hanley

 ](<mailto: khanley@fas.harvard.edu>)Graduate Program Coordinator

 

  

 

 

 

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