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PORTUG 20 - Intermediate Portuguese I: Justice, Equity and Rights in the Lusophone world

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In this intermediate-level language course, you will explore social justice issues related to education, labor, environment and sustainability, race, gender, migration, among other topics of relevance in Lusophone countries nowadays. You will engage with...

PORTUG 30 - Upper-level Portuguese: Traditions, Culture, and Current events through Brazilian folklore

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PORTUG 30 engages students in the exploration of Brazil’s five geographic regions, while examining the role of Brazilian folklore and traditions in contemporary society. Students learn about cultural elements (as folk tales, celebrations, practices, and...

RLL Visiting Research Appointment Guidelines

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Source: https://rll.fas.harvard.edu/resource/rll-visiting-research-appointment-…

PORTUG 52 - Advanced Portuguese II: Sounds of Brazil: Writing Through Music

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Portuguese 52 explore the Brazilian music as a powerful expression of the Brazilian experience and a means of civic engagement and social change. The course presents some of the main musical styles in Brazil (as samba, baião, choro, bossa nova, rap...

PORTUG 62 - Women’s voices in Brazilian culture(s)

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In this advanced language and culture course, students learn how Brazilian women have overcome prejudice and gender bias and adopted a leading role in the Brazilian culture and society. Through a range of texts (e.g. paintings, songs, movies, short...

Claire-Marie Brisson on Rediscovering French Roots in the American Rust Belt

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Claire-Marie Brisson’s latest chapter, “The Francophonie is Here: French Language and Francophone Identity in the Rust Belt,” appears in the newly-published French All Around Us, Volume Two (TBR Books, 2025). The volume explores the dynamic presence of...

SPANSH 10 - Introduction to the Spanish-speaking World I: Histories, Cultures, and Traditions

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Spanish 10 is the first course in the Beginning Spanish sequence (SPAN 10-SPAN 11). This course is designed for students with little or no previous experience in Spanish. Through interactions with peers, instructors, and native Spanish-speakers around the...

SPANSH 11 - Introduction to the Spanish-speaking World II: Social, Cultural, and Sustainability Topics

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Spanish 11 is the second course in the Beginning Spanish sequence (SPAN 10-SPAN 11). In this course, students explore a host of social, cultural, and environmental sustainability issues that have historically impacted the lives and livelihoods of local...

SPANSH 15 - Intensive Beginning Spanish: Special Course

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This intensive beginning class is for students with no previous formal training in Spanish, but with competence in at least one language other than English. In this class, students explore a host of social, cultural, and environmental issues that have...

SPANSH 20 - Intermediate Spanish: Language and Culture in the Hispanic World

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An intermediate language and culture class that aims to consolidate and expand the skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish. Includes a comprehensive review of the grammar and reinforces linguistic acquisition through...

SPANSH 30 - Upper-Level Spanish: Arts of Resistance, Narratives of the Impossible, and Foods that Gather Us

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An advanced language class that reinforces the practice of oral and written communication in Spanish through topics in contemporary cultural materials from Spain and Latin America. Students will focus on improving proficiency, refining pronunciation and...

SPANSH 40 - Advanced Spanish Language I: Identity, History and Movement in Latin American Narrative and Film

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An advanced language and culture class that further develops linguistic competence using a region or regions of the Hispanic world as a focus for class discussion, grammar review, and an introduction to Hispanic social contexts and texts. Course materials...