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  • Commencement 2012
  • STARTALK Portuguese Teacher Training (PTT) program

Recent News and Events

STARTALK Portuguese Teacher Training (PTT) program: now accepting applications

May 8, 2012

Sophia Mizouni Honored For Teaching Excellence

May 4, 2012

Professor Adela Pineda in panel at Americas Society

May 1, 2012

News bulletin: Marta Villar and Alexis Ortiz

May 1, 2012

Why Study French, Italian, Linguistics, Portuguese, or Spanish?

In this era of increasing globalization, the command of foreign languages has become a necessity in our engagement with the worlds of contemporary science, technology, business, and diplomacy. There are, of course, many other pleasures to be had from mastery of a second language, including access to great literary and cinematic masterpieces. Join us to live, learn, and grow beyond the current borders of your world!

Study Abroad and Aula Cervantes de Boston

Through Study Abroad our students study, and sometimes do internships, in our programs in Buenos Aires, Lima, Madrid, Quito, Paris, Grenoble, Dakar, and Padova.

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Aula Cervantes de Boston

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Boston University Arts & Sciences Romance Studies

  • Languages & Literatures
  • 718 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
  • Phone: 617-353-2642
  • Fax: 617-353-6246
  • Email: rstudies@bu.edu
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  • 621 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
  • Phone: 617-353-4640
  • Fax: 617-353-4641
  • Email: ling@ling.bu.edu