Spanish & Portuguese

According to the 2020 Census, about one in three households in New Mexico speak a language other than English at home — higher than the national average of about one in five.  Spanish is the fourth most spoken language in the world, after English, yet...

The Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) at The University of New Mexico has been awarded a Title VI Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language grant from the U.S. Department of Education. UNM is one of only 13 institutions nationwide...

John Truitt will receive the 2023 Robb Award at the Robb Trust's annual ¡Música del Corazón! Tenth Anniversary Celebration for his lifetime achievement in the field of music. The event will feature live performances by Lara Manzanares, Jordan Wax, Felix...

¡Música del Corazón! will celebrate its 10th anniversary in November with a slate of favorite performers in the Nuevomexicano tradition. A pre-concert talk will feature scholars Carmella Scorcia Pacheco, Adolfo Estrada, and Enrique Lamadrid, a historian,...

The Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque and The University of New Mexico Department of Chicana & Chicano Studies will feature singer and scholar Tomás Lozano at the Maxwell Museum's Hibben Center for Archeology Research this Friday, Oct. 6, from 3:30 to 4:40...

The University of New Mexico Department of Anthropology celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. The department website features a page full of resources for Hispanic Heritage Month, including UNM Hispanic organizations, Hispanic...

Spaniards first arrived in the 1500s in what is known today as the southwestern State of New Mexico, bringing with them a now-antiquated form of the Spanish language. They encountered and then merged  ̶  often by force  ̶  with the Indigenous populations...

One of the most unique, popular courses at the University of New Mexico is back fully in-person this summer. Curanderismo, the art of Mexican folk healing, is a tradition passed down through generations both in New Mexico and beyond. With Professor...

In a typical undergraduate class at UNM, you may hear chatter about who did the reading, and if it’s a boxed mac & cheese, or ramen kind of night back at the apartment with your roommate.  Sitting right there though, could be a 42-year-old rockstar of a...

One University of New Mexico student is joining the rare ranks of Fulbright recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year.  Latin American Studies master’s student Miguel Sabol just received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to...