Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford
The Department of Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University offers courses focused on the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, and Latina/o populations in the United States. The Department balances its focus on literary studies with a more diverse, humanistic set of approaches to cultural and social issues.
The Department nurtures relationships with other departments and programs at Stanford in areas such as Anthropology, Philosophy, History, Mediterranean studies, medieval and Renaissance studies, European and Latin American politics, feminist studies, Chicana/o studies, and film studies.The department's faculty includes scholars of modern and contemporary Spanish literature and cinema, contemporary Latin American literature and cinema, medieval and contemporary Catalan literature and culture, Aljamiado and medieval Spanish literature, early modern Portuguese literature, modern and contemporary Brazilian literature, and Chicana/o culture and literature.
The Department regularly organizes conferences and talks by guest speakers. It also regularly hosts visiting faculty including the Ginebre Serra Visiting Chair in Catalan Studies, the Eusko Ikaskuntza Visiting Professor in Basque Culture, and the Consello de Cultura Galega Visiting Professor. The Department is committed to three main educational goals: (1) to provide students with a contextualized knowledge of the literatures and cultures of the Iberian Peninsula from the medieval period to the present, of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities of Latin America, and of the Spanish-speaking communities of the United States; (2) to prepare undergraduate students for advanced study in those areas and/or in a range of professional fields; and (3) to provide doctoral students with advanced training as research scholars and teachers, in preparation for careers as university professors or in related roles. In each of these areas, the faculty of the Department is committed to providing students with a high level of mentoring and support.
The Department awards BA, MA, and PhD degrees to eligible candidates. For more information, please contact us at ilac@stanford.edu
