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Telling Complicated Stories
March 21, 2025
Aimee Levitt
It’s been nearly a half-century since the Spanish Nationalist general-turned-fascist dictator Francisco Franco Bahamonde died after close to 40 years in power. That’s a long time for a country to exist under a dictatorship. But even now, Spaniards can’t agree on what it all meant or what lingering effects it may have on Spain today — if they bother to discuss it at all.

Phoebe Brown ’24 Earns Fulbright to Spain
July 11, 2024
Communications Staff
Phoebe Brown ’24 has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Spain for the 2024-2025 academic year, giving her the opportunity to teach English in an early education school in the Canary Islands.

Sophia Gliatto ’24 Earns Fulbright to Mexico
May 22, 2024
Communications Staff
Sophia Gliatto '24, a double major in Hispanic studies and comparative American studies, has earned a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Mexico for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Aaliyah Bilal ’04 Named National Book Award Finalist
October 9, 2023
Communications Staff
Short-story collection Temple Folk shares reflections of former Nation of Islam members.

South-of-the-Border Second Home
June 16, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching.

Teachable Moments
May 22, 2023
Tyler Applegate
Nicolas Zamora’s Oberlin experience prepared him for the classrooms of Spain.

Ana María Díaz Burgos Earns Excellence in Teaching Award
May 18, 2023
Communications Staff
Díaz Burgos teaches Spanish language classes and early modern literature and culture courses in the Department of Hispanic Studies .

Students Find Creative Spanish Immersion in Oberlin’s Casa Hispánica
November 22, 2022
Maja Saveva '26
One of several affinity houses, Harvey House (aka La Casa Hispánica) appeals to native-Spanish speakers of Hispanic heritage and non-Hispanic students wanting to immerse themselves in a Spanish-speaking environment.

Mikaela de Lemos ’21 Receives Fulbright to Spain
May 18, 2022
Amanda Nagy
Mikaela de Lemos wants to give back to the community that welcomed her when she studied abroad in 2020, even though the semester was cut short due to the pandemic.

Riley Davis '22 Receives Fulbright to Argentina
May 5, 2022
Amanda Nagy
A double major in Hispanic studies and Latin American studies, Davis has demonstrated a passion for language and language-learning.
