Faculty

In May 2021, Professor Pedro Meira Monteiro was interviewed by Luiz Eduardo Garcia da Silva for the Brazilian Research and Studies Center from Würzburg, Germany, on the topic of the future of democracy in Brazil.

In the ever-changing world of popular culture, current events, and rapidly evolving socio-political issues, it is imperative that the materials used to teach language and culture reflect these shifting dynamics.

In answer to this challenge, the department’s Portuguese faculty have created Língua Viva, an engaging online platform custom made for Princeton students studying Portuguese and features real-life content generated by native Portuguese speakers.

The 3rd Annual NYU Conference on Second Language Pedagogy: Teaching Literacy and the Multiliteracies Framework was held virtually on Friday, April 23.

Mariana Bono, Associate Director of the Spanish Language Program, gave a presentation about experiential learning with art and archival collections, featuring teaching initiatives that take students to Firestone’s Rare Books and Special Collections, the Princeton University Art Museum, and the Lewis Center for the Arts.

By Michelle Tong

It is without a doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has touched so many aspects of daily life within society. This semester, Assistant Professor Natalia Castro Picón’s students in the course SPA 416 “From the Apocalypse to the “New Normal” (and back). On the Imagination in the Pandemic through Contemporary Iberian Culture”, explored in-depth questions regarding how the pandemic has affected different facets of humanity and culture while providing students with the opportunity to reflect and speak on their own experiences during the past year.