2013/2014 Teaching Awards

At an end-of-semester party, the Department honored its outstanding Teaching Fellows. Kristen Stern (doctoral student in French Language and Literature program) won the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding TF Award. Adeline Soldin and Kathryn Zimmerman won the Department’s Teaching Fellow awards in French and Christopher Eldrett and Nadia Mann, in Spanish.

Commencement 2014: Romance Studies Award Winners

At its graduation ceremonies last month, the Department of Romance Studies honored academic excellence and exceptional service. Lindsay Ladner won the College of Arts and Sciences Prize in French Studies. Joshua Cole and Mary Williams (French), Catherine D’Angelo (Italian), Inez Koberg and Stephen Krawec (Spanish) won the Barbara Argote Senior Award, as did Jordan Caroompas, […]

Traveling Scholars

Three doctoral students in Hispanic Language and Literatures have won awards for summer study. Johan Gotera Osorio won Graduate School support to enroll at School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University. Gotera’s project examines language, memory and exile in the work of Cuban poet Octavio Armand. Noemí Martín Santo won a Graduate Research Abroad […]

Stephen Krawec Interview

Graduating Spanish major Stephen Krawec is the subject of an interview in the daily newspaper of Burgos, Spain, where he took his final semester of undergraduate coursework. Krawec has been studying at the Universidad de Burgos through BU’s Study Abroad program.

First ‘French Consulate in Boston Excellence Award’ Presented to Saiful Saleem of B.U.

We congratulate Saiful Saleem on the the first ‘French Consulate in Boston Excellence Award’!

Professor Rodrigo Lopes de Barros to give a talk at the University of the South of Santa Catarina (UNISUL)

T. Jefferson Kline publishes new book: A COMPANION TO JEAN-LUC GODARD

A Companion to Jean-Luc GodardTom Conley, T. Jefferson KlineISBN: 978-0-470-65926-7576 pagesJune 2014, Wiley-Blackwell Description This compendium of original essays offers invaluable insights into the life and works of one of the most important and influential directors in the history of cinema, exploring his major films, philosophy, politics, and connections to other critics and directors. Presents […]

TINO VILLANUEVA: FROM ITHACA TO MADRID: Así Habló Penélope

Poet and Senior Lecturer Tino Villanueva was in Madrid in May for a reading from his most recent book, So Spoke Penélope which has now been published bilingually–Así habló Penélope—at the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. The reading, at the Centro de Art Moderno, with an introduction by Rafael Cabañas Alamán, may be seen here. […]