So Spoke Penelope by Tino Villanueva (A book review)
TINO VILLANUEVA: SO SPOKE PENELOPELecturer Tino Villanueva began the semester with not only with a new language course based on the short story (LS307), but also with a new book of poems, reviewed in the current issue of Bostonia by Susan Seligson:In her review of So Spoke Penelope, published by Grolier Poetry, Seligson quotes from […]
A Thousand Years of Infamy: The History of Blood Libel (A Lecture by Professor Jeffrey Mehlman)
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College graduates with foreign language skills and better job prospects
CNN Money recently published an article about how college graduates with foreign language skills will have better job prospects.
The Birth of “Eloísa Cartonera” (A Talk and Presentation by María Gómez)
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Literary Responses to Economic Crisis: the Case of Argentina (A Talk by Washington Cucurto)
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The Global Religion of Narco (a lecture by Hector Hoyos)
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La lettre, le théâtral et les femmes dans la fiction d’aujourd’hui by Frédérique Donovan
Department of Romance Studies alumna in French and current part-time lecturer in French, Fréderique Donovan, publishes book.
El monasterio de Cardeña y el inicio de la épica cidiana by Professor Irene Zaderenko
A new book by Professor of Spanish Irene Zaderenko—El monasterio de Cardeña y el inicio de la épica cidiana—The Monastery of Cardeña and the Beginning of the Cidian Epic—attempts to resolve the mystery of the authorship of Spain’s greatest epic poem, the Poema de mio Cid. Published by the prestigious Servicio de Publicaciones of the […]
Catherine Millet at the French Cultural Center
A roundtable featuring Catherine Millet will take place November 1st. Catherine Millet, a leading figure in contemporary art, will be joined by Helen Molesworth, Mary Sherman, and Anthony Greaney to discuss about contemporary art in France and the US.
Readings by Alicia Borinsky
Two upcoming events, one in New York and one in Buenos Aires, feature the multifaceted work of Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature Alicia Borinsky. In Buenos Aires, the annual conference “El Amor y la Furia” brings together two writers (Borinsky and Claudia Piñeiro), a psychoanylist (Carlos Brück), videographer Leticia Obeid, and graphic artist Eduardo […]