The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is located in Dartmouth Hall, the historic architectural center of Dartmouth College and the campus focal point for the study of foreign languages, literatures, and cultures. Our faculty represents a broad range of interests and specializations and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and scholarship.
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese offers courses ranging from beginning language through advanced seminars, individual studies and honors programs, and a uniquely varied array of overseas programs. In all its activities, the Department seeks to affirm, within the liberal arts tradition, the importance of Iberian and Latin American culture for a nation increasingly aware of the wealth of its own rich Hispanic heritage.
The areas of concentration developed in our Department focus on the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world and the Hispanic and Lusophone communities in the United States. Our new curriculum encourages students to explore the cultural, social, political, and economic specificities of these regions and communities. To that end, courses cover a variety of historical periods, regional traditions, modes of artistic expression, and forms of cultural critique. Our majors and minors provide students with interpretive and writing skills that are key for careers in the arts and humanities, education, government, international relations, international business, law, and social services. It also directly prepares students to succeed in graduate school in such fields as Hispanic and Lusophone Studies, Cultural Studies, History, and Comparative Literature, among others.
Chair:José Manuel del Pino Acting Chair for Fall 2008:Annabel Martín Administrator:Anne Weatherman Academic Assistant:Jocelyn Colena |
Departmental Office:6072 Dartmouth Hall, Room 218 Telephone: FAX: |
