Esteban Alducin-Borges, a student currently enrolled in an intermediate-level Japanese course, was recently featured in a WBEZ (NPR) article exploring the influence of manga and anime. The article highlights how Japanese pop culture,…
Dr. Hanae Kim (Lecturer and Coordinator of Korean Studies Program) presents her work (Learning through Fandom: K-pop’s Influence on Korean Language Learners) at the 2025 Signature Conference at George Washington University. More information…
Professor Margarita Saona (Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies) has been selected to represent Peru at FILBO 2025, Bogota’s International Book Fair. FILBO is the most important cultural and literary event in Colombia…
Ana Rodriguez Gallego (PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics) was awarded an Award for Graduate Research by the Graduate College. The award will help fund her dissertation research on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying different…
Beth Maldonado (Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies) will present “¿Actuación o tarea final?: Afirmando la eficacia de la enseñanza del idioma español basada en tareas mediante una clase del baile flamenco” at…
Liliana Sánchez (Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies) has received a UIC Researcher of the Year Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research! Professor Sánchez is receiving the award for…
Hispanic Studies graduate student Jefferson Imbaquingo presented on Kichwa lexicon in Ecuadorian Spanish at the La Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua. More information here.
Professor Liliana Sánchez (Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies) will be giving a plenary talk on March 12th at the XXIV Conference of the German Association of Hispanists at Hamburg University. On April 10th,…
Congratulations to Professor Steven Marsh (Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies) for being awarded the Tanner Visiting Research Fellowship at the Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center at the University of…
The University of Illinois Italian Program recently had the honor of hosting the Italian Consul General at Chicago Mario Alberto Bartoli, fostering cultural exchange and strengthening ties between Italy and the university community.…
