Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
Student Resources

Student Resources

The Ph.D. Program in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures is here to support its students and help encourage their professional development. Please find resources below to explore.

Program policies and requirements can be found in LAILAC's Program Handbook.

Professional Organizations

All doctoral students are encouraged to join professional organizations such as:

Institutes and Associations

Where to Get Funds

The Graduate Center Offers a variety of financial awards, scholarships, grants, and employment opportunities to help current doctoral students finance their education and research.

Learn more about funding opportunities for current doctoral students »

Libraries and Database

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
Enclave - Journal dedicated to sharing the work of Spanish literary work from CUNY and New York.
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 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

Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa On-line

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
- Buscopio
- Inlibris - El Directorio Literario
- Motores de búsqueda en español
- Search Engines and Directories in Spain
- Search Engines, Directories and Lists of Portugal
- Search Engines, Directories and Lists of Spain

Early Spanish Music

Alfonso X "el Sabio" - Cantigas a Santa María
Folías, zarabandas, gallardas y canarios. Apuntes sobre la danza y el baile en la España del Siglo de Oro
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
Martín Códax - Cantigas de amigo
Midi / MP3 Libraries:
- Cantigas de Santa María
- The Classical Music Archives
- Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
- Música de Hispania
- Spanish Early Music Midi Files
- La Música Antigua Española
- Polifonistas del Siglo de Oro castellano
- Preludio (vida y obra de grandes compositores)
- Sephardic Song
- Tomás Luis de Victoria

Additional Links and Research Tools

Biblioteca Virtual "Miguel de Cervantes" - Vast collection of electronic texts from many literary periods.
Centro de Estudios Cervantinos. Obras de Miguel de Cervantes - Complete Works in electronic texts
Comedia - Golden Age comedias in electronic text
Como escribir y presentar su tesis o disertación - Guide to the many aspects of crafting, implementing and defending a thesis or dissertation.
Iberolenguas - Foro lingüístico iberoamericano
Internet para hispanistas - Recopilación de recursos en internet para el hispanista
La vida y la obra de Jorge Luis Borges - Extensive Argentine site on writer Jorge Luis Borges maintained by Martin Hadis.
Letras Hispanas - Excellent Source for additional Spanish resource links
Library of Iberian Resources Online - Collection focusing upon peninsular history from the fifth to the seventeenth centuries.
Literature in Latin America - LANIC - Link collection of resources for Latin American Literature
Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture - Extensive collection of links to resources in many areas of Luso-Brazilian studies
Medieval Iberia - Extensive resources for medieval Iberian studies
Proyecto Cervantes 2001 - Comprehensive reference and research site dedicated to the study of Cervantes' works and life.
Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico - Collaborative effort to disseminate Hispanic thought and essay. With electronic texts.
Proyecto Filosofía en Español - Philosophical texts in Spanish by such authors as Antonio de Guevara and Benito Jerónimo Feijoo.
Proyecto Vercial - Portuguese literature database
Recomendaciones para la preparación de propuestas de tesis - Helpful suggestions for preparing a thesis proposal
Las sátiras de Quevedo y su recepción - Antología crítica
Textos LEMIR - Spanish Medieval and Renaissance texts.

Job Placement

Academic360.com - Meta collection of Internet resources gathered for academic job hunters.
Academic Position Network - Search the APN database for hundreds of positions from around the world.
Chronicle of Higher Education - Career Network
CUNY Job Openings - Job postings of available positions throughout the City University of New York.
HigherEdJobs.com - One of the largest job databases focused exclusively on College and University positions.

Online Bookstores

General Student Resources

Information and Downloads

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