The Portuguese Flagship Program is thrilled to announce that our Language Flagship Domestic Grant has been renewed for an additional four years. Since 2011, our mission has been to provide students from all majors with funded opportunities to become global professionals by achieving professional proficiency in Portuguese and becoming area experts in Brazil. We eagerly anticipate another four years of exciting cultural and professional initiatives through our seamless collaborations with the Department of Romance Languages and the UGA community at large.

Join us next week, April 17th, from 5:00 to 7:00 in Gilbert Hall 113, for an Afternoon of Art in Portuguese with MA student Elisa Braga and Dr. Vera Bulla. 

Come make your own painting inspired by Monique Malcher's writing. 

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Everybody is welcome! 

María González-Ferrer has been selected as a recipient of a 2024 Sigma Delta Pi (SDP) Graduate Research Grant Award among a very competitive pool of applicants nationwide. This will be a huge help in funding María's dissertation research project on clitic doubling in the Spanish of Spain, Argentina, and Mexico. ¡Enhorabuena, María!

French major Caitlin Lyons has been named Scholar-Athlete of the year by the Southeastern Conference. An accomplished equestrian, Lyons graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology in 2023 and will receive her Bachelor of Arts in French next month. A three-time recipient of UGA Presidential Scholar Honors, she has been named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll every semester for four years.  

Romance Languages B.A. and M.A. graduate (2017) and former Foundation Fellow Joy Peltier, now Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and Linguistics Program at the University of South Carolina, has won a highly competitive and prestigious research fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Congratulations to Sarah Hubbel, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, entitled "Predicate constituent order variation in the Andes: A comparative analysis of Andean Spanish and bilingual Cusco Quechua" on March 27, 2024.

Join us for a poetry night! Poets will read in Portuguese or Spanish. English tranlsations will be displayed. 

On April 5th at 7.30 p.m. in Ramsey Hall in the PAC the Latin American Music ensemble, organized by Jean Kidula (Music Dept.), is featuring Argentine music. It is free and will have a reception after the concert.

The UGA Latin American Music Ensemble explores the rich musical styles of Argentina with songs of longing for a connection that may be lost or far away. Tango Improv performed by members of the UGA Tango Club. The UGA Tango Club is sponsored by the UGA Department of Romance Languages.