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Professor Pedro Schacht Pereira and graduate students Jean Carlos Carniel, Mohamed Gabal, and Yuri Belloube, from The Ohio State University's Studies of the Portuguese-Speaking World program,…
In a higher-education landscape where many universities are scaling back their commitments to the humanities and world languages, The Ohio State University is making a bold investment in its…
PORTGSE 4510 | Spring 2027
Wednesdays & Fridays, 12:45–2:05 PM | Journalism Building 295
Speak or read Portuguese? Curious about AI? Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming…
The Global Arts and Humanities is committed to community-engaged programming that connects communities to shared histories and cultivates cross-cultural dialogue. Central to this work is the…
Mohamed Gabal, Ph.D. candidate in SPPO and an Arab-Brazilian entrepreneur, was the featured speaker at the Columbus Rotary Club on August 11 at The Boathouse Restaurant. He presented “Doing…
Catalina Iannone, Assistant Professor of Iberian Studies, recently joined radio program La Ventana on Spain's Cadena SER to discuss gentrification, race, and urban change on the Iberian Peninsula,…
Professor Anna Babel, current graduate student Anahís Samamé Rispa, and recent graduates Dr. Justin Pinta (Mississippi State University), Dr. Hugo Salgado (Iowa State University), and Paola…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
In April, the Department of Spanish & Portuguese welcomed our community partners to campus to thank them for their continued support. Their collaboration allows our students to practice Spanish in…
The Ohio's Professional News Press from Columbus, Ohio covered the 29th Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium, on March 27, 2026!!