Latijns-Amerikastudies (Spaans/Portugees)

This interdisciplinary minor within the department of Latin American Studies offers the opportunity to combine language acquisition courses in Spanish or Portuguese with modules in the history, literature, culture and cinema of Spanish America and Brazil. Students can choose to follow the Spanish or Portuguese/Brazilian studies track.

Spanish

Spanish America is an emerging sub-continent of 19 countries and over 500 million people. Each country has its particular history and cultural traditions, and it is a very important economic player in the world. Moreover, Spanish is spoken in other continents and has a very important presence in vast regions of the world. For example in the Philippines, where almost 1 million people still speak Spanish, and in the USA, where Spanish is the second language after English, and almost 55 million people have Spanish as their mother tongue.

Portuguese

Brazil is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, with a vibrant and diverse culture, member of the BRICS and, with over 200 million people, is an emerging player on the world stage.
Portuguese is the world’s sixth most widely spoken language, shared by around 260 million people across four continents, in the countries of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Príncipe, East Timor, being also spoken in Macau (China) and Goa (India). Thus, learning Portuguese at Leiden not only introduces students to the vibrant culture, society and history of Brazil, but opens the possibility of communicating in a global language, a valuable asset in today’s competitive world.

Minor Structure

In the obligatory course ‘Inleiding in de moderne geschiedenis van Latijns-Amerika’ you will get an introduction in Latin American history with a focus on social, political and cultural developments in the different countries in the area.

In addition to this compulsory course, students take modules in Portuguese or Spanish language acquisition. In the second semester you complete your minor by choosing between different modules on culture, social policies or history.

Keuzepakket

There are also other possibilities to study Brazil and Spanish America by choosing from a selection of courses offered by the department of Latin American Studies. For for example students from the Bachelor International Studies who not speak Dutch and/or want to take 30 EC in one semester, this is an attractive alternative.

Contact

Information about Portuguese Language:
E. Alves Vieira MA
Information about Spanish Language:
dr Gabriel Inzaurralde
Studiecoördinator: A.C. Wapenaar MA

Maximum number of participants:60
Language of instruction: Dutch, English, Spanish and Portuguese
Prospectus number:5000MLASN
Class number:1432