Author: Deanna Wong

Recital by Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy

  “I have America in my voice”,talk and recital by the Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy. Free Admission. September 10, 5:00PM Photonics Building – 9th Floor Boston University 8 Saint Mary´s Street Boston, MA

2012 Department of Romance Studies Orientations

The Department of Romance Studies is hosting orientations for all new graduate students and Teaching Fellows: Orientation Date Location 2012 Romance Studies Teaching Fellow Orientation (both Spanish and French sections) Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Geddes Lounge (685 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor) 2012 Romance Studies Teaching Fellow Orientation (Spanish section) Thursday, August 30, 2012 Varies (refer […]

2012 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Orientations

The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GRS) is hosting orientations for all new graduate students: Orientation Date Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Incoming PhD Student Orientation Friday, September 7, 2012 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Incoming Master’s Student Orientation Friday, August 31, 2012 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences New Teaching Fellow […]

Sophia Mizouni Honored For Teaching Excellence

Graduate student Sophia Mizouni was recognized by the Graduate School as an Outstanding Teaching Fellow for the Academic Year 2011-2012 and honored for teaching excellence at an end-of-semester GRS reception. Mizouni, who earned a degree in Landscape Architecture before embarking on her career in French language and literature, is researching depictions of the Parisian landscape […]

Professor Adela Pineda in panel at Americas Society

Women Travelers in Latin America Symposium: Panel DiscussionThis opening night of the women travelers symposium will consist of a panel discussion featuring scholars Claire Emille Martin, Vanesa Miseres, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, and Adela Pineda Franco. Adriana Méndez Rodenas will moderate. The panel will explore the contributions and legacies of four pioneering women travelers who wrote about […]

News bulletin: Marta Villar and Alexis Ortiz

Marta Villar on “Soldados de Salamina”Lecturer Marta Villar, a BU PhD, gave a talk at NECFL in Baltimore: Music & Image in “Soldados de Salamina,” showing how “feature-length film in the language classroom is a powerful tool for learning a language.” The talk analyzed a scene from the film, exploring “how music can actively shape […]

Spring 2012 Graduate Student Presentations

No fewer than five members and graduates of the Department read papers at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 19-21. Our graduate Megan Gibbons, an Assistant Professor at Glenville State College, spoke on “Invisible-Mistress and Wife-Murder: Ana Caro’s Use of Parody in El conde Partinuplés.” Graduate student Alison Carberry gave a paper on “Doña Jimena […]

Just-in-Time Career Fair

The Center for Career Development presents The Just-in-TIme Career Fair.  The fair will take place on Monday, April 23, 2012 from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the GSU, Metcalf Hall.  Please click here for more information and registration.