Iberian Studies

Welcome! This research guide is dedicated to exploring the vast resources for Iberian Studies at Duke. 

The field of Iberian Studies focuses on the languages and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Andorra.

• The term “Hispanic” is meant to encompass other Spanish-language disciplines outside of Iberian Studies, such as Latino, Latinx, Chicano, and Latin American Studies.
• Across universities and libraries, Iberian Studies is represented by the following types of program categories: 
  • Spanish and Iberian Studies 
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.

There's lots more where this came from!  If you don't find what you need here, please contact your librarian, Roger Peña, Librarian for Latin America, Caribbean, Iberian and Latinx Studies. 

Poster from Duke University Libraries - The Seville Fair (in Spanish: Feria de Abril de Sevilla, "Seville April Fair") is held in Seville, Spain. 

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