Creative Literature-Based Mapping Projects from Spanish 735

Did you know that "Literature" courses are much more than reading and writing essays? Analyzing literature is basically collecting data... and understanding and interpreting the story depends as much on your cultural and historical knowledge as on your language skills. To practice these skills outside a traditional research paper or essay format, students in Dr....

Spanish Major Awarded Research Grant for Narrative Mapping Project

Anna Welsh ‘21, a senior triple-majoring in Spanish, Art, and Psychology -- and a Spanish Ambassador -- was recently awarded an OURCI research grant from K-State’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry. Her project is titled "Mapas, mujeres y Madrid: del nacimiento a la muerte con las mujeres madrileñas urbanas en La Rampa (1917)...

Study Abroad Feature: Emory Mathes’s Summer in Spain… in 60 seconds!

Today’s guest post is from Spanish major Emory Mathes '21, who studied abroad in Spain during the summer of 2019 with Dr. Bender's faculty-led program, Spain Today: Madrid, Pamplona, Barcelona. Emory is a Spanish major, pursuing a dual-degree in Spanish & Communication Sciences and Disorders (Speech Pathology) in the College of Health and Human Sciences....

Spanish Majors and Minors Present Research from the Summer in Spain Program

Yesterday afternoon in the Union, Spanish majors and minors presented their research from the 2019 "Spain Today: Madrid, Pamplona, Barcelona" summer study abroad program, led by Dr. Bender, to the K-State community last night in the Union.  Over 40 people attended to chat with students about their time in Spain, vote on their favorite display,...

Graduate and Undergraduate Spanish Students present research at Initials Symposium

Every Spring semester K-State's Modern Languages Department hosts Initials, a student research symposium where graduate and undergraduate students in Modern Languages present projects they have worked on during the academic year. Each student creates a poster to showcase their research findings and illustrate their ideas. Faculty and students in Modern Languages, and the College of...