College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Spotlight
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Luis Martín-Estudillo receives inaugural Fellowships Open Book Award from NEH
Luis Martín-Estudillo, Collegiate Scholar and professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is one of twelve authors selected to receive an inaugural Fellowships Open Book Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Thanks to funding from the award, Martín-Estudillo's book, The Rise of Euroskepticism: Europe & Its Critics in Spanish Culture, will be newly edited as a free ebook. For a full press release, see here.
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Kristine Muñoz to conduct peace research in Columbia
The University of Iowa is thrilled to announce that Kristine L. Munoz, a professor in the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese and communication studies, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Colombia for the 2020-21 academic year. Click here for the full story.
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Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez is helping Spain reexamine its Golden Age
Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez is playing a prominent role in bringing to light the work and legacy of women writers during Spain's "Golden Age," a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Click here for the full news article.
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El Cervantes rescata la figura de Ana Caro, primera escritora profesional
Please click here to read La Vanguardia's article about Ana Rodríguez Rodríguez's critical edition of Ana Caro de Mallén's 17th century play Valor, agravio y mujer. In Spanish.
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Las mujeres que escribieron el Siglo de Oro español
Please click here to read an El País article about an exhbit curated by Ana Rodríguez Rodríguez on early modern women writers. In Spanish.
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Student Voices
Click here to hear from students in the Spanish Program!
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Cris Lira Earns College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Collegiate Teaching Award
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Pilar Marce selected as a recipient of the College’s 2020-2022 Distinguished Associate Professor of Instruction Award
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Ana Rodríquez Rodríquez Talks About Her Passion for Teaching Spanish
Read the Daily Iowan article here.
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Becky Gonzalez earns James N. Murray Award.
Please click here to learn more about Professor Gonzalez's accomplishments.
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Ana Merino Won the Nadal Award for her first novel, El mapa de los affectos
See here for the full press release.
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Elisa Ferrer
Elisa Ferrer's novel Temporada de avispas (Wasp season) has been shortlisted for a 2020 European Union Prize for Literature. Click here for more information.
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Genevieve Searle Scholarship
Antoinette Goodrich has been awarded a Genevieve Searle Scholarship for outstanding students making a positive learning environment in the Spanish program. Click here to see more about Antoinette.
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Maya Mahajan awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Sapin
Maya Mahajan, who will receive a BA in political science, philosophy, and ethics & public policy from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain for 2020-21. See here for Maya's synopsis of the work she'll be doing and how it affects her future plans.
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Neha Haque awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Mexico
Neha Haque, who will receive a BA in English and creative writing from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Mexico for 2020-21. Click here for more details on Neha's project and how it fits with her future goals.
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Caroline Brown awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain
Caroline Brown, who will receive a BS in biochemistry and a BA in Spanish from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain for 2020-21. Click here to see more about her project and future goals.
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Tess Van Den Hurk-Moran awarded Fulbright Teaching Assistantship Award to Argentina
Tess Van Den Hurk-Moran, who received a BA in English from the University of Iowa in May 2019, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Argentina for 2020-21. Cick here to learn more about Tess's project and future goals.
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Isabella Senno Awarded Fulbright to Spain
Isabella Senno, who will receive a BS in anthropology and a BA in psychology from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain for 2020-21
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Margot Allscheid Awarded Fulbright to Spain
Margot Allscheid, who will receive a BA in elementary education from the University of Iowa this May, is the winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Spain for 2020-21
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