Author: Michael Williams

19th Century French Studies Association Colloquium

The 2024 Semicentennial Colloquium of NCFS, on the theme of Producing and Receiving the 19th Century, will be held at Duke University from September 19-21, at the beautiful Washington Duke Inn, with a Keynote by Laure Murat, a musical event by Gabriel Richard, and other delights. Please plan ahead: due to the football season at Duke, […]

UPenn Conference

Motion, Medium, Message February 16-17, 2024 University of Pennsylvania – Graduate Conference Department of Spanish and Portuguese Keynote Speakers: Edmundo Paz-Soldán (Cornell) and Zeb Tortorici (NYU) Call for papers To become, displace, flip, withdraw, spin, convey, escape, dance, halt. Movement – or its absence – is experienced everywhere. It finds its carrier, its medium: in […]

Auburn University

The Auburn University Department of Curriculum and Teaching is seeking to hire a clinical assistant professor in foreign language education. We are looking for individuals who can teach as well as expand the program. Additionally, we are hoping to attract applicants who have a background in literacy and/or linguistics (through coursework or professional experience), so they might teach a class […]

Quinteiro Pires Presents at MLA

Francisco Quinteiro Pires, a visiting professor at BU Romance Studies, recently presented a paper at the annual Modern Language Association convention titled “Sensing the ‘Discovery’:  The First Contacts According to Pero Vaz de Caminha and Davi Kopenawa.” From his abstract: “This presentation explores the cultural frictions in the first contacts between Amerindians and non-indigenous people […]

6th Annual Conference on Second-Language Learning & Disabilities

Join us for our upcoming conference dedicated to fostering inclusive classrooms. Our primary focus is to empower educators in the field of second language learning to develop a curriculum that embraces the diversity among students, ensuring their representation and fostering a classroom environment rooted in tolerance and respect. The Department of Romance Studies at Boston […]

Calderón Villón Publishes Article

Estef Calderón Villón has published an article titled, “The Erotics of Play: An Asexual Reading of the Poetic Work of José María Eguren” in ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, in their Fall 2023 issue, “Queer in Latin America (and Beyond).” In December, Calderón Villón participated in a panel that was held on the occasion […]

Clinger Presents at MLA

Braden Clinger, a PhD student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, presented part of his research on the uses of the Pombero figure in Paraguayan literature and cultural production at MLA, as part of a panel titled “Beyond Magical Realism: Revindicating the Irreal in Contemporary South America.” His presentation focused on the first novel […]

Boston College – Grad Conference

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Boston College is holding a graduate conference, “Memory & Violence: The Female Experience” that will take place in Chestnut Hill, MA on March 22, 2024 – March 23 2024. Please kindly circulate to your graduate students the attached call for papers. If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email at rll@bc.edu. […]