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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese promotes undergraduate and graduate education that fosters cross-cultural understanding, equity, and human rights for all. We strive to provide a safe space for learning, research, and public engagement across national, linguistic, and ideological borders. Read more...

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UC Davis Scholar Explains the Importance of Chiles in Birria on KQED

 

Daniela Gutiérrez Flores, assistant professor of Spanish at UC Davis, recently appeared on KQED's "Beyond the Menu" show. 

In this episode, host Cecilia Phillips interviews the owners of El Garage in Richmond, Calif. as well as food writer Bill Esparza and Gutiérrez Flores, who specializes in early modern Spanish and colonial Latin American studies, about birria tacos — and their history — in the Bay Area and beyond. 

-By Maria Sestito

Two hands, one stained orange, the other blue, hold three carrots of different colors.

Spanish Faculty Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores among UC Davis Scholars to Receive $225K for ‘Food Justice’ Seminar

by Maria Sestito | March 20, 2024

A team of UC Davis scholars and professors have secured $225,000 in grant funding for Thinking Food @ the Intersections, a seminar focused on exploring the narratives and systems that contribute to food inequity in the U.S. The seminar, planned for the 2024-2025 academic year, will have dual goals of understanding the complexities of food justice through a humanities framework as well as finding new potential solutions.  

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