Spanish Faculty Present at NeMLA
We are thrilled to highlight the participation of several colleagues from the Spanish section at the recent NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) conference held from March 7-10. Through engaging roundtables, panels, and workshops, our faculty members shared their expertise and contributed valuable insights to discussions on diverse topics in the field. Their involvement not only […]
Rachel Mesch Featured on Global Novel Podcast
Rachel Mesch has been featured on the Global Novel podcast, for an episode on Madame Bovary, a novel that she has recently taught for LF 860. The Global Novel Podcast surveys the narratology of world literature and the history of translation from antiquity to modernity through a critical lens and aims to make academic education […]
Torre Pérez Interviewed About Cuban Punk
Carmen Torre Pérez was recently the guest on a podcast (The Clave Chronicles) about Cuban punk music. The episode features an interview with Torre Pérez and also includes several Cuban punk songs. Listen to the episode here!
BUCH Recognizes 3 BU Faculty for Their Publications
The BU Center for the Humanities (BUCH) and Romance Studies recently celebrated the publication of Jim Carter’s Ecologia e Lavoro: Dialogi Interdisciplinari (Mimiesis Edizioni, 2023) and Elizabeth C. Goldsmith’s Mobility and Masks: Cultural Identity in Travel Writing (Harvard UP, 2024). Christopher Maurer was also recognized for his role as translator/editor of the recent dual-language publication […]
Mesch Seminar Hosts 2 Speakers
Dr. Rachel Mesch recently had two guest speakers in her LF 860 seminar, “Cultural Histories of the 19th Century.” Susan Hiner, professor of French at Vassar and author of Behind the Seams: Women, Fashion, and Work in 19th-Century France. She shared her research on the complex and often hidden role of women as workers, creators, […]
Tiffany Bailey Presents at 2024 NeMLA Conference
PhD student Tiffany Bailey recently presented at the 2024 Northeast Modern Languages Association conference. She tells us about her presentation: “For the NeMLA panel, “If I’m Too Much Go Find Less: Beauty in Excess,” I presented a paper titled “Knot So Bad: Black Girls Loving Their Natural Hair in Children’s and Illustrated Literature.” My presentation […]
Cazenave Presents in Rwanda
In late February, Odile Cazenave, Professor of French, was invited to be part of “Rencontres Nyirarumaga des littératures africaines,” a three-day literary event with writers and poets in Kigali, Rwanda, discussing testimonies/testimonial narratives and resilience with writers and survivors. Also discussed was the duty of memory and genocide prevention and what literature can do in […]
Romance Studies Hosts Conference on Disabilities & Second Language Learning
This past weekend, the Romance Studies Department hosted the 6th Annual Second-Language Learning & Disabilities Conference, organized by María Datel (Master Lecturer in Spanish at BU) and Elena Carrión Guerrero (Tufts University). Edgardo Tormos, a lecturer in Spanish at BU Romance Studies, presented at the conference and had this to say about the experience: “I […]
NYU Graduate Student Conference
The NYU French Literature, Thought & Culture Graduate students’ conference will be held at the university’s La Maison Française on Saturday, April 6, 2024. We are excited to share that Amber Musser of CUNY Graduate Center will be keynoting the event, and that there will also be a hybrid option available for virtual participation. Submissions […]
Instituto Cervantes Symposium – Call for Papers
Call for Papers The Observatorio of the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University invites researchers, lecturers and professionals in the field of translation, interested in the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, to present their work to the academic community. This year’s Symposium, to be held on May 30th-31st in a hybrid format (both remote and in person), aims to delve into translation between English and Spanish in […]