Spanish Language and Literature
The study of Spanish was initially optional at the Faculty of Philology in Cluj-Napoca in the 1960s and 1970s. Starting in 1974, this language was granted B specialization status, but it was abusively abolished in the final years of the communist dictatorship. The department was reactivated immediately after the 1989 Revolution, starting with the 1990-1991 academic year, initially with a single first-year group specializing in B, and gradually developed by increasing the number of students enrolled. In 1997, given the ever-growing interest in the study of Spanish, the Romance language with the most speakers worldwide, the Spanish Language and Literature Department, specialization A, was established, which operates in parallel with specialization B.
The Spanish library was established in 1996 following a protocol signed by Babeş-Bolyai University and the Spanish Embassy in Bucharest. The library’s book collection and periodicals consist mainly of donations from the Spanish Embassy, embassies of Latin American countries, and private donations. In 2024, it was integrated into the Loan Section of the Faculty of Letters Library.
Between 1991 and 2012, Spanish lecturers taught at the department under an agreement signed with the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional y Desarrollo. The program was interrupted by the Spanish side, but was resumed in the 2021-2022 academic year.
The department benefits from numerous Erasmus+ partnerships, through which students have the opportunity to study for a semester or an academic year at a prestigious Spanish university. The CEEPUS program is also run through the Red Regional de Hispanistas de Europa Central, allowing students to study for a semester at one of the universities participating in the program.
Partners:
Honorary Consulate of Spain in Cluj
Erasmus+ partners: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de València, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Oviedo, Universidade de Vigo, Universidad de Cantabria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Universidad de Málaga, Universidad de Extremadura, Universidade da Coruña, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid), Universidad de Valladolid, Universidad de Jaén, Universidad de Murcia, Universidad de Huelva, Universidad de Cádiz, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Interuniversity agreement with the University of Alicante for Spanish master’s students’ internships
Regional Network of Hispanists in Central Europe – mobility in program countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Republic of Moldova, Serbia
Members:
Sanda Moraru (coordinator of the Spanish Language and Literature Bachelor’s program)
Areas of interest: Spanish linguistics, translation studies, Romanian exile literature in the Hispanic world, Spanish language teaching
email: sanda.moraru@ubbcluj.ro
Marcos Cortés Guadarrama
Areas of interest: Spanish and Latin American literature
Email: marcos.cortes@ubbcluj.ro
Alina Nemeș
Areas of interest: teaching and learning modern languages (general and specialized), intercultural communication, contemporary Spanish and Latin American literature
email: alina.nemes@ubbcluj.ro
Dan Rujea
Areas of interest: Spanish literature, Spanish linguistics
Email: dan.rujea@ubbcluj.ro
Luminița Tunsoiu
Areas of interest: Spanish language teaching, Spanish linguistics
Email: luminita.tunsoiu@ubbcluj.ro
Spanish Lecturer: Guillermo Penadés Rubio
Areas of interest: language teaching, artificial intelligence
email: guillermo.penades@ubbcluj.ro