Spanish Department Newsletter

Sika Essegbey '23 created the most recent Spanish Department newsletter.  Read below! 

In the past Caroline Seitz '22 created the 2022 newsletter, Javier Whitaker-Castaneda '21 created the 2021 newsletter and Hubert Ford '20 created the 2019 and the 2020 newsletter.  These newsletters share our Senior Majors, our Juniors studying abroad as well as other department happenings.

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“Nuestras Voces” Event Uplifts Bilingual Voices

On Wednesday, April 13, 2022 16 students presented poetry, videos, and art for the inaugural “Nuestras Voces” (“Our Voices”) event. In both English and Spanish, students spoke about topics including connection to home, the value of names, and gentrification of neighborhoods. See the full article here!

Department Highlights of Anti-Racist Work

In December of 2021 the Center for Teaching and Learning shared a glimpse of the anti-racist and equity-minded course and curricular work of the Spanish Department.  You can read the article here.

Los Amherst mamuts on Instagram!

La cuenta del Departamento de Español de Amherst College!

Check out our newest social media page here!

Reimagining Extracurricular Activities during a Pandemic

Senior Lecturer Carmen Granda was published in FLTMAG, a magazine on technology integration in language teaching and learning.  Check it out here!

Amherst College Spanish program connects words with culture

Read the article on the Amherst Spanish Department in the Springfield (MA) Republican newspaper here!

A Whole New Español

Many changes are in store for those who study Spanish, from language learning to cultural studies and more.  Read the article by Katherine Wittemore here!