Welcome to the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky.
Bienvenidos a la página web de nuestro departamento.
The national and international reputation of the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky is based on the department´s long, outstanding history and a tradition of excellent scholarship on the part of its faculty. The revised program in Hispanic Studies aims to prepare students for successful careers as scholars and teachers by providing them a strong background in Spanish and Spanish American studies, supported by a strong theoretical foundation and informed on interdisciplinary approaches. As mentioned in our newsletter El Pregonero, our department continues to be recognized as the most productive graduate program in the nation by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, partly financed by the State University of New York and produced by Academic Analytics.
This ranking is a testament to our commitment to academic research. But rather than rest on our laurels, we have laid the groundwork for a new research emphasis in Film Studies. We have also expanded and sharpened our curricular offerings, developed an undergraduate departmental Honors Program and an Allied Field in Hispanic Linguistics for our graduate program, committed to continue to provide cutting-edge graduate student symposia, doubled our mentoring efforts to help our students and faculty achieve their professional goals, and been proactive in terms of securing special funding that allow us to continue to maintain a rich, intellectual exchange. Please see our newsletter El Pregonero, which outline key indicators of our success as a department.
If you are interested in undergraduate or graduate study in Spanish, please peruse our website and review our programs. Dr. Aníbal Biglieri, Director of Undegraduate Studies, and Dr. Enrico Mario Santí, Director of Graduate Studies, will be happy to guide you and respond to your questions.
Dr. Ana Rueda
Professor of Spanish Literature and Chair
Department of Hispanic Studies