Dr. Wilfredo José Burgos Matos will be joining Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo's FYOS 1001 class, Reggaetón’s Impact on Global Culture: Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS in Today’s Musical and Cultural Landscape, on September 15, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.

Unleash your creativity! Create your own painting inspired by Portuguese writer Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Event will be led by Dr. Vera Bulla and Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants Késsia Shingu and Mariana Rodrigues. 

Registration is required.

Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos (University of Memphis) will be the first speaker in this year’s talk series, Language Variability in Latin America, funded by the Willson Center. He will be presenting his current research, titled “Data Reliability and Representativity in Generative Grammar.”

In August, Luis Correa-Díaz, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Romance Languages, was invited by the Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje (ILCL) at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso to present his new edited volume:

Join us for a screening of A gaiola dourada (The Gilded Cage) on August 27th. This film follows the lives of a hardworking Portuguese family living in France.  Very charming, the story beautifully blends culture, comedy, and family dynamics, offering both laughs and a thoughtful look at the immigrant experience. 

The film will be shown with English subtitles. Everyone is welcome! 

Students of French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish who want research experience regularly participate in the opportunities below. Talk to your professors to learn more about ways you can develop projects, presentations, and publications.

Gain experience

The Center For Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) is open to all undergraduates.  Work with a faculty mentor and develop a research project to present at the annual Spring CURO Symposium as poster or talk. Project abstracts are published.

CURO Program

Join a VIPR Team

Vertically Integrated Projects for Research Teams (VIPR) connect undergraduates with faculty members and graduate students across disciplines to collaborate on projects in a number of exciting areas of study. "Humanities in Public Life: A Multilingual Inquiry" is a ROML-based team.

Explore VIPR Teams

Publish your work

• The Classic Journal promotes writing and research by undergraduate students at the University of Georgia. Read student authored work and submit your own. Accepts submissions in languages other than English. 
• Fala Aí is the magazine of the Portuguese program at the University of Georgia, a student-led publication on issues related to the Lusophone-world.
• Linguazine is a Spanish student-authored publication and accepts essays, creative work, art, and photography. 

Athens Tangueros presents Milonga Tropical - Tango intertwined with Latin Rhythm dancing for a memorable evening of dancing, including live dance performances

-- Admission: FREE --

(Video below). Undergraduate students of Spanish at UGA not only learn dances like salsa, bachata, and merengue in the course SPAN 4083S, they also teach these dances to older adults, including members of the Dementia Resource Center. Dr. Fuad Elhage, Senior Lecturer of Spanish at UGA, designed this course, Diversity Through Dance, which blends Spanish language and culture with music and dance and includes a partnership with the Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA).