Bailey Presents Paper in Paris
French graduate student Tiffany Bailey recently presented a paper at a conference on Black Studies in Paris. She tells us: “I participated in the “Black Studies x French Studies” Colloquium in Paris hosted by the AfroFrancospheres Project at Columbia University in partnership with the inter-university research, educational, and public programming initiative, BlackFranceNoire. For the workshop […]
RS Wins Terriers Trek Through Boston
The Romance Studies Team won the Terriers Trek through Boston Challenge! Terriers Trek Through Boston is a team-based fitness challenge for members of the BU community. The members of the Romance Studies team were: Angelica Avcikurt, Captain Laura Brusetti Mcginn Maria Datel Carmen Torres Perez Pau Canigueral Batllosera Philip Noonan Veronica Rodriguez Ballesteros Romance Studies […]
Savo Publishes Book
Portraying Authorship: Juan Manuel and the Rhetoric of Authority, by Dr. Anita Savo, has just been published with the University of Toronto Press (May 2024). The book shows how the medieval Castilian writer Juan Manuel convinced readers of his role as an individual author, even though he worked in a collaborative manuscript culture. Dr. Savo […]
Webb Wins Susan K. Jackson Award
Lillie Webb, Lecturer in French, has been named the faculty recipient of the Susan K. Jackson award for 2024. The award, which honors those who create and nurture community in the College of Arts & Sciences, was established after the passing of Susan Jackson, a longtime faculty member and senior associate dean in CAS, in […]
Bailey & Hernandez Honored by GRS
We are proud to announce that two of our Teaching Fellows have been awarded by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences! Tiffany Bailey, a PhD student in French Languages & Literatures, has received the GRS Teaching Fellow Award for the Department of Romance Studies. Rosana Hernandez Nieto, a PhD student in our Hispanic Literatures […]
Cupic Selected as Pardee Center Summer Fellow
Tijana Cupic, one of our PhD students in Hispanic Language & Literatures, has been selected as a 2024 Summer Fellow for the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. From the Pardee Center website: “Tijana will explore the potential of storytelling in shaping immigration policies related to Central American immigrants residing […]
Mayron Awarded Fulbright
Recent alumna Laura Mayron (RS ’23) has been awarded a Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. Laura will be based at the Centro Federico García Lorca in Granada, Spain, where she will be researching and writing her first academic monograph. Her research explores the queer body in Lorca’s poetry, prose, and theater, […]
Alumnus Dominicci-Buzó Hired as Assistant Professor
We are pleased to announce that José Dominicci-Buzó, a former student of the Romance Studies doctoral program at our institution, has been selected to fill the position of Assistant Professor at Washington and Lee University, VA., starting in the fall of 2024. José will serve as an assistant professor, teaching courses in Spanish Golden Age […]
Italian Director Michele Riondino Visits BU
Two weeks ago, Italian actor/director, Michele Riondino, visited BU campus for two special events with the Department of Romance Studies and the Italian Film Festival USA! On April 8, Jim Carter, Lecturer in Italian, welcomed Riondino to his LI 283/CI 266 Italian Film course for a discussion on the Disney+ series, The Lions of Siciliy […]
Two RS Students Win BUCH Awards
Two Romance Studies students have been selected as winners for the annual BU Center for Humanities (BUCH) student awards! Karina Sembe, a PhD student in Hispanic Language & Literatures, has won a James J. Rallis and Alice M. Brennan graduate student award. Madison Keefer, an undergraduate Spanish major, has won an Edwin S. and Ruth M. […]