Mayron Presents at ACLA
Laura Mayron attended ACLA 2023 in Chicago to present her paper “Man in the Moon: Representations of the Self in Federico García Lorca’s Dedicatorias.” Part of the “Modernist Prolegomena” panel, Laura presented alongside several former advisees of Department Chair Nicolás Fernández-Medina. Her paper explored Lorca’s dedicatory letters and drawings in a range of his works given […]
NeMLA 2024 Call for Session Proposals & Abstracts
To submit a proposal, log in here. Session proposals are due by May 10, 2023, and abstract proposals by September 30, 2023.
Giving Day Success for RS & O’Connor Fund!
Romance Studies and the Carrie O’Connor fund had a great day yesterday for BU’s annual Giving Day! The Romance Studies Department received support from 37 donors, and the Carrie O’Connor fund raised a tremendous $13,420 from 32 donors. The funds raised will support a wide range of activities at the department, and the O’Connor funds […]
RS Graduate Student Conference This Weekend!
The Romance Studies Graduate Students will be hosting a literature conference centered on the theme of Illusion and Delusion. Panels will vary from medieval Italian literature to Post-Colonial French literature and will explore how lines are blurred between what is real and what is perceived within literature and film. The conference explores questions of individual and collective […]
Listernick Gives Talk at NeMLA
Dr. Joan Listernick, one of our PT lecturers in French, presented a paper at the recent NeMLA conference in Buffalo, New York. Her topic was the theme of resilience in the posthumous unpublished memoir of her Parisian aunt, Dr. Mireille Zonis (1936-2021), a pediatrician. Dr. Zonis had fled her native Bessarabia during the Shoah, living […]
Alberto Iozzia Joining BU Romance Studies
We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Alberto Iozzia to our Italian section in the fall 2023 semester! Iozzia received his PhD in 2018 in Italian from Rutgers University after having earned his MA in Literature and Performing Arts in 2010 and his BA in Music and Performing Arts in 2008, both from the Università […]
Jorge Sanchez Presents at Conference in Colombia
Jorge Sanchez, a student in our doctoral program in Hispanic Language & Literatures, gave a paper at the XXXII Congreso Internacinal de Literatura y Estudios Hispanicos, in Colombia. Jorge’s paper is titled, “Niñas marcadas: exploración de la violencia en los cuentos “Roberto”, de Agustina Bazterrica, “Fin de curso”, de Mariana Enriquez y “Mariposas”, de Samanta […]
José Quispe Presents at NeMLA
José Quispe Coronel, a doctoral student in our graduate program in Hispanic Language & Literatures, presented a paper at the 2023 NeMLA conference. José’s paper was titled, “Un no a la resignación o la intransigencia del deseo en Luis Cernuda.” José tells us: “The paper focused on analyzing the influence of six poets of the […]
RS Professors Recognized at BUCH Book Celebration
Congratulations to Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, James Iffland, and Christopher Maurer, who were celebrated at the annual BU Center for Humanities Faculty Book Celebration on March 23, for the publication of their recent books: James Iffland, Para llegar a Roque Dalton: pequeños infiernos y otros paraísos (estudio político-poético) TOMO I & II, Editorial de la […]
Northeastern University Writing Program
Northeastern University’s Writing Program is currently hiring several Postdoctoral Teaching Associates for 2-year, full-time positions. Applications are due April 15. We invite recent PhD (or equivalent) recipients from a variety of fields to apply, and would appreciate your assistance with forwarding this email to anyone in your program who might be an eligible candidate. Postdocs teach a […]