Program Links
Organizations
Professional Organizations. All doctoral students are encouraged to join professional organizations such as:
Institutes and Associations
Where to Get Funds
Libraries and Databases
In addition to the vast holdings in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American literatures maintained in the libraries of the CUNY colleges and The Graduate Center, students have access to the collections of various public and private institutions dedicated to Iberian and Latin American studies. The New York Public Library, located nearby, has one of the finest Hispanic collections in the world. Students also have access to the extraordinary collections of the Hispanic Society of America.
On-line Journals
- Cervantes - Official journal of the Cervantes Society of America
- CiberLetras - Journal of literary criticism and culture
- Dieciocho - Eighteenth-century studies in Spain and Latin America
- Espéculo - Electronic journal of literary studies
- Hispanista - Primera revista electrónica de los hispanistas de Brazil.
- Laberinto - Spanish and Spanish-American texts from the early modern period, 1450-1750
- Lemir - Journal dedicated to Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Literature
- LLJournal - Journal of the Students of The Ph.D. Program in Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages, The CUNY Graduate Center
- Colonial Latin American Review - Interdisciplinary Journal founded in 1992 at The City College, CUNY, to study the colonial period; publishes in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
Dictionaries
Web Tools
- Translation Software Online. Although still in the early stages, translation software on the web can be helpful in getting the "gist" of text in a foreign language. However, caution should be used with these tools. Our tests produced some rather amusing results, such as "calzoncillos de noticias" for "newsbriefs!"
- Search Engines
Early Spanish Music
Additional Links and Research Tools
Job Placement
Online Bookstores