College of Arts & Sciences

New research on Spanish in New Mexico reveals that “bilinguals don’t mix up their languages, they mix and match.” Salón Ortega at the NHCC was filled to capacity recently to celebrate bilingualism in New Mexico and launch a new book, Bilingualism in the...

Join the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Regional Studies for two events, March 22 and 23, focused on Mexican Americans and their historical settlement in the U.S. The first event, a lecture by Robert Con Davis-Undiano, titled...

Given the area’s rich, manifold history, the quest for knowledge about New Mexico and the Southwest is boundless. The Center for Regional Studies (CRS) at The University of New Mexico embodies that quest announcing visiting appointments for Dr. Anita...

Seven humanities doctoral students in the College of Arts & Sciences at The University of New Mexico are recipients of the 2017 Bilinski Fellowship. As a recipient, each student will receive dissertation completion fellowships made possible through...

 Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is at the UNM Bookstore Tuesday, March 3 at 2 p.m. to sign copies of his book, One Day I’ll Tell You the Things I’ve Seen: Stories (University of New Mexico Press, 2015). This event is free and open to the public. The UNM...

Tey Diana Rebolledo, Distinguished Professor Emerita with the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and faculty affiliate with the Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII) at the University of New Mexico, presents, "Banned in Arizona: Dark Gifts, ...

Remember Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – if basic physical and safety needs aren’t met, then self-actualization isn’t achieved. It is easy to see then, that student success is dependent upon the health and wellbeing of the student. “Health and academic ...

Knowledge is power, we’ve heard, but most probably don’t know that a lack of knowledge can have an impact on one’s health and quality of life. Veronica Plaza’s medical Spanish class at the University of New Mexico studied the Spanish language versions ...

Afro-Dominican writer Loida Maritza Perez is the guest speaker at a talk, "Geographies of Home and Reflections on the Afro-Dominican Experience during the Haitian Massacre of 1937" on Tuesday, April 16, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Ortega Hall 335. Her ...

Enrique Lamadrid, professor and chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico, speaks on the influences and conflicts between regional native peoples and the Spanish explorers and settlers during the 400-year period of ...