Yasmina has successfully defended her dissertation “El Estrecho de Gibraltar y los Imaginarios del Cannabis: Culturas y Contraculturas Rifeño-Hispano-Magrebies (1859-1995).”
Yasmina will be a Visiting Assistant Professor at Tulane University's Spanish and Portuguese Department.
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To begin, words of gratitude. For friends and faculty, facilities workers and families. Behind each of us today there is an education that transcends books and classrooms, an education about how to be human in this world, and it is my great joy to be able to express my gratitude to the innumerable influences that have shaped me, that have shaped us.
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Congratulations to our graduating concentrators
Patricia Beltran-Cortez
Melissa De Queredo
Mira Gill
Maria Heredia-Meza
Chitra Kumar
Kathryn Grace Phipps
Christian Ramos
Rene Rodriguez
Jordan Salama
Janelle Spence
Rachel Todd
Congratulations to our graduating Ph.D. students
Sophia Nuñez
Thomas Matusiak
Congratulations to our Spanish certificate students
Photos from the Class Day reception can be accessed here.
The Department announced the following prizes which were awarded to undergraduates at the Class Day reception held June 3, 2019:
Premio Ángel Rama for excellence by a freshman or sophomore in advanced Spanish courses:
Amy Torres and Hannah Smalley
Prêmio Machado de Assis for excellence in advanced undergraduate Portuguese courses:
Maria Heredia-Meza
On May 19, 2019, SPO Lecturer Paloma Moscardó-Vallés was honored at the 7th annual “Celebrating PACH (Partners for Andean Community Health)” fundraising event for her work in designing and leading SPA 204: Medical Mission to Ecuador. Paloma also gave a brief presentation which detailed the work that she and her students have done in Ecuador.
On Saturday, May 25th Silvana Bishop, Graduate/Conference Administrator from the Spanish & Portuguese Department, led the first ever Spanish-language tour of the Princeton Art Museum. The occasion was for the exposition “Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States” (on display until July 7th) and the tour group was “Futuro”, a Trenton program which encourages Hispanic teens to explore their heritage while preparing for college.
Thomas Matusiak has successfully defended his dissertation, “The Visual Guillotine: Latin America and the Cinema of Cruelty .” Following graduation, Thomas will be a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Leslie Center for the Humanities and Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Dartmouth College.
By Alberto Bruzos Moro
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese has honored three graduate students with the Arcadio Díaz Quiñones teaching award in recognition of their work as teachers in the academic year 2018-2019.
The awardees are Andy Alfonso, Verónica Carchedi, and Berta Del Río Alcalá.
Eight students have been named winners of the 2019 Spirit of Princeton Award, honoring Princeton University undergraduates for positive contributions to campus life. The award recognizes those who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the undergraduate experience through dedicated efforts in student organizations, athletics, community service, religious life, residential life and the arts.
