Our Mission
The mission of the Department is the production of knowledge of the languages, literatures, and cultures of the French, Italian, and Spanish language speaking worlds. It is also to provide students with an extensive knowledge of the languages and cultures that we teach, as well as to foster their intellectual growth. Our objective is to create conscious members of a global community, with a profound awareness of social and cultural diversity, and with a strong understanding and appreciation of French, Italian, and Spanish communities both in the USA and abroad.
About Us
The Department of Romance Languages is a diverse, multicultural, and plurilingual academic unit that researches and instructs in French, Italian, and Spanish languages and cultures. It is the largest language, literature and culture department in the American Northwest.
The Department is composed of a first-rate group of faculty members of different national origins, nationally and internationally distinguished, and a body of committed and talented students pursuing minors, majors, M.A.s, and Ph.D.s in the three languages. As well as academic programs, the RL Department sponsors and supports numerous activities such as lectures, film festivals, study abroad programs, international conferences, and community events.
Department Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00am-5:00pm
(Closed for Lunch 11:45-1:00)
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Office Address
102 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1233
Ph: (541) 346-4021, Fax: (541) 346-4030
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Events
• Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12:30-2:00pm, Gerlinger Lounge
Romance Languages Open House & Awards Ceremony
Please join us for our Spring scholarship awards ceremony and department open house. Help us celebrate some of the year’s achievements by undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in French, Italian, Spanish and Romance Languages. Delicious refreshments will be served!!!
• Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 4:00-7:00pm, 115 Pacific Hall
Erasing Latino L.A.: From Bunker Hill to “(500) Days of Summer”
Celestino Deleyto • University of Zaragoza (Spain) From the city’s beginnings as a Spanish settlement, the presence of Hispanic people in Los Angeles has been constant throughout its history and a central ingredient of its complex and ever-changing identity. In recent decades, this presence has grown exponentially to the extent that at the moment more more…
• Thursdays, 7:00 pm, 180 PLC (4/12-5/31)
The Americas Are (a) Mine
Spring 2012 Film Series The Americas Are (a) Mine: Sighting Coercion, Extraction, and Pollution Thursdays, 7:00 pm, 180 PLC (4/12-5/31) This series is organized in conjunction with Professor Pedro García-Caro’s seminar, “The Americas are (a) Mine: Natural Exploitation in the American Hemisphere. A Cultural Debate.” (LAS 407). For further information or accessibility questions, please contact more…
• Thursday May 24th, 2012, 3:30-5:00pm, Ben Linder Room (EMU)
Fundamentos teóricos y prácticos de historia de la lengua española
La profesora Núñez presentará: Fundamentos teóricos y prácticos de historia de la lengua española Jueves 24 de mayo, 3:30 – 5 pm Ben Linder Room (EMU) Presentación con power point que tratará entre otros temas de: Orígenes del castellano • Influencia de la lengua vasca • ¿Español o castellano? ¿De dónde viene la zeta? • more…
• Wednesday, June 6th, 2012, 6-8pm, Browsing Room Knight Library
Dr. Martin presents “Literature As Another Way Of Thinking”
Professor Jean-Pierre Martin from the Université Lumière Lyon, France, presents a public lecture titled: “Literature As Another Way Of Thinking” Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 6 to 8 pm in the Browsing Room of the Knight Library This event is organized by the Romance Language Department and co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and the Comparative more…
