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Portuguese-Speaking World Studies Represents OSU at BRASA XVIII in Salvador
Faculty and graduate students from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese’s Portuguese-Speaking World Studies program were well represented at the XVIII Congress of the Brazilian Studies…
Book Launch by the Atlantic Strengthens Ohio State Partnerships with Universities in Rio de Janeiro
The Brazilian launch of Professor Isis Barra Costa's *Imagining the Past, Remembering the Future: Forms of Knowledge in the Afro-Brazilian Diaspora* (Columbia University Press, 2026) brought…
Dr. Fernanda Diaz-basteris received the 2026 Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize!
Congratulations to Professor Fernanda Díaz-Basteris! Her edited book, Latinx Comics Studies, received the 2026 Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize at the Society’s annual conference hosted at…
Bigger Than Me at the 4th Annual Columbus Book Festival, July 11-12, 2026
The Columbus Book Festival drew a public of 40,225 people this year! And the Bigger Than Me: My Story, My Culture community-engaged collaboration between The Ohio State University and Bexley…
Dr. Iannone's Profile in ACSENT (2026)
Catalina Iannone was profiled in the “Office Hours” section of ASCENT (2026), the annual magazine of The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences. The feature highlights her…
College of Arts and Sciences Spring Recognition Reception
On April 28, 2026, the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University held its Spring Recognition Reception at the Daley Family Pavilion at the Blackwell to celebrate faculty, staff,…
Víctor Vimos Vimos defendeds his PhD dissertation
Our graduate student, Víctor Vimos Vimos, defended his PhD dissertation “Parlakunanchikkama/Nos hablamos: Ritual Relations Between Humans and Mountains During the Period of Political Violence in…
Think you know Brazil? Think again
PORT 2330 – Introduction to Brazilian Culture (taught in English)
Curious about Brazil beyond the clichés?
This course offers a lively and accessible introduction to one of the most…
SPPO interdisciplinary initiative on Indigenous Latin America and Sustainable Environments wins Sustainability Institute Research Grant
The Sustainability Institute is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Sustainability Research Seed Grant program. SI awarded over $300,000 in funding to 12 faculty-led team projects…