IU Department of Spanish and Portuguese

The department was proud to have such a strong presence at this weekend’s Linguistics Symposium on Romance Languages at Michigan State University, with students and faculty presenting their research and engaging in conversations across the discipline, and a wonderful plenary by Professor Patrícia Amaral!

Thanks to the organizers of LSRL for the wonderful conference! 📚

Honoring the achievements, dedication, and bright futures of our graduating undergraduate seniors ✨🎓

At this year’s Senior Recognition Ceremony, we celebrated our graduating undergraduate majors, honors thesis students, and the recipients of the department’s outstanding achievement awards in research, community engagement, and academic excellence.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! Wishing you continued success, happiness, and many exciting opportunities ahead! 🌟

📷 Zuzanna Kukawska and Jennifer Howard

Celebrating the end of one chapter and the beginning of so many new ones ✨🎓
Congratulations to our graduate students of Spring 2026!

We’re proud to celebrate one of our early-career undergraduates, Srikar Vaasan, who presented his research on April 17 as part of the Hutton Honors Early Research Opportunities program.

Srikar shared his work on a collaborative digital humanities project led by Professor Melissa Dinverno that maps Lorca-related archives around the world.

Congratulations to Srikar on his poster presentation and on contributing to this exciting international research initiative!

Last Sunday, we came together for the Kimberly Geeslin Memorial 5K Run/Walk. It was a beautiful way to celebrate the life and legacy of our beloved Professor Kimberly Geeslin.

Want to see more moments from the day? Check out the link in our bio for the full gallery.

See you all next year! 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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Last call! 🎤✨
This Friday is the final event of the semester in our Hispanic Linguistics Research Series. Don’t miss the New Project Mini-Talks! See you there!

Last Friday, we celebrated the Sigma Delta Pi induction ceremony for our Spanish majors 🎓✨ Organized by the students with the support of Teaching Professor Israel Herrera the event was truly special.

This year, we proudly welcomed a large cohort of 21 new members! It was a beautiful and memorable ceremony celebrating excellence in the study of Spanish.

Our ¡Together we are América! campaign celebrates the creative, transformative power of multilingualism this IU Day. Inspired by Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Bad Bunny’s bold vision, we are championing Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan as global languages that provide our students engagement with culture, art, migration, linguistics, media, and much more. Our department is a student-centered space for critical inquiry. The aim of our scholarship and teaching is to discover heritage, build futures, create dialogues, break barriers, and cross borders. Help us maintain the many stories and voices alive from archives to playlists by supporting our mission and our department.

Click here to support: https://go.iu.edu/52LxUr

Dr. Sebastiaan Faber will be giving a talk on Tuesday, April 7 from 11:30-1:00pm!