SPANISH AT WILLIAMS

The Spanish program covers Spanish language and culture as they manifest themselves across three continents, in the Old World and the New. It focuses on Peninsular, Latin-American, and U.S. Latino literature as areas of study, portraying the rich history and cultural production of the Hispanic world. In the curriculum, at all levels, we place a strong emphasis on developing the individual student's four language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. In upper-level classes, a distinguished and dedicated faculty explore literature over the centuries and across genres, with readings ranging from medieval epic to modern feminism, from Colonial Latin-American satire to recent avant-garde fiction and film.

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All courses explore the historical and political context of the material, and provide both theoretical and cultural frames of reference for study. Students thus have the opportunity to explore a vast range of disciplines, periods, genres and cultures in the small, student-centered classes for which Williams is known.

Our graduates have gone on to secure prestigious Fulbright teaching and research grants in Latin America and Spain, and many have used their linguistic and cultural training as they pursue careers in fields including law, health care, journalism, labor and community organizing, education, and doctoral studies in the humanities.