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Raquel Vega-Durán

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Research Interests: Migration and Border Studies; Transatlantic Cultural History and Literature; Peninsular Spanish Cultural Studies; Film and Media Studies; Mediterranean Crossings; Gender Studies; Digital Humanities; Narratives of Identity, Memory...

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...

Graduate Student Exchange Program (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

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The Institution The Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) is a public research university founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1499, by decree of Pope Alexander VI to provide instruction in Theology, Canon Law, and Liberal Arts. It is named after the ancient...

Open House with RLL Faculty & Students

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Drop by for hors d'oeuvres & casual conversations with professors & peer RLLers! Exploring Fields of Study Events in Romance Languages and Literatures Discover Concentrations / Joint Concentrations / Secondary Fields / Citations / Careers in Spanish...

Ice Cream Sundae Social with RLL Peers

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Enjoy J.P. Licks while current RLLers share their experiences and answer your questions! Exploring Fields of Study Events in Romance Languages and Literatures Discover Concentrations / Joint Concentrations / Secondary Fields / Citations / Careers in...

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...

SPANISH 163 - Foundational Fiction and Film

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Through novels that helped to consolidate nation-states in Latin America, explores modernity as personal and public lessons in laissez-faire. Sequels in film, telenovelas, performances show tenacity of genre. Links between creativity and citizenship...

Tutoring Center

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Students enrolled in one or more language course are invited and encouraged to use the RLL Tutoring Center. The TC offers free, 30-minute sessions with a tutor in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian. Tutors are experienced teachers of RLL courses, and...

SPANISH 070C - Tales of Two Spains: A Survey of Spanish Modern Literature and Culture (18th to 21st centuries)

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This course presents a diverse set of literary and cultural materials that will help understand Spain’s frequently contested Modernity. The guiding topic of discussion will be the conflicting definitions of Spanish national identity from the 18th to the...

SPANISH 080TS - Translating Boundaries in Modern Spain

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A follow-up course to Span 80T, Span 80TS continues our historical, social, cultural, literary, and linguistic journey through modern Spain by focusing on texts that foreground territorial and national debates. Through close readings and translations...

SPANISH 80TS - Translating Boundaries in Modern Spain

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A follow-up course to Span 80t, Span 80ts continues our historical, social, cultural, literary, and linguistic journey through modern Spain by focusing on texts that foreground territorial and national debates. Through close readings and translations...

SPANISH 109 - Displacing Spain: Translating Transatlantic Poetry on 20th- and 21st-Century Spain

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We will read, listen to, and play with poems dealing with transatlantic perspectives on and from modern Spain. Close attention paid to the relation between poetry and identity, motherland, exile, and nomadism in Spanish and Latin American poets such as...