Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures
Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
For More Information
Campus address: Benedict Hall (BEN) 2.116, phone (512) 471-4936, fax (512) 471-8073; campus mail code: B3700
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 150 W 21st St., B3700, Austin TX 78712
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/spanish/
Facilities for Graduate Work
The Perry-Castañeda Library contains extensive holdings related to the history, languages, and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Students also have access to an array of electronic databases, journals, and books related to these areas through the University Libraries Web site, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ . In addition, the Benson Latin American Collection is the world’s foremost university research collection for Latin American studies, with more than eight hundred thousand volumes as well as extensive collections of manuscripts, maps, photographs, and broadsides.
The several language and computer laboratories furnish excellent opportunities for technical and professional preparation for teaching and research in Romance languages and linguistics. A large collection of tape recordings of dialect materials is also available.
Areas of Study
Graduate work in Iberian and Latin American languages and cultures is offered in three tracks: Iberian and Latin American literatures and cultures, literatures and cultures in Portuguese and Spanish, and Iberian and Latin American linguistics.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.
Omoniyi Afolabi Arturo Arias Jossianna Arroyo Martinez Jason R Borge Barbara Ellen Bullock Luis E Carcamo-Huechante Hector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba Michael P Harney R Roland Hinojosasmith Orlando R Kelm Dale A Koike Lorraine Leu |
Naomi E Lindstrom Kelly McDonough Chiyo Nishida Gabriela Polit Cory A Reed Jill Robbins Sergio Romero Sonia Roncador Cesar A Salgado Madelin Sutherland-Meier Almeida J Toribio Stanislav Zimic |