New Directions in the Humanities
Dear Colleague, We are pleased to share with you the Call for Papers for the Twenty-first International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, to be hosted by Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, 28-30 June 2023. The New Directions in the Humanities Research Network is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the […]
Ramon Areces Fellowship
The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) is pleased to announce the creation of the Ramón Areces Fellowship. This new fellowship is made possible through a generous gift by the Ramón Areces Foundation to enable outstanding post-doctoral, early-career stage Spanish scholars to undertake research in-residence at CES for one academic year starting in September 2023. One Fellowship will […]
Maurer Presents at Harvard on Zóbel
Christopher Maurer, Professor of Spanish, gave a talk recently at Harvard University, where the Spanish painter Fernando Zóbel—founder of Spain’s Museo de Arte Abstracto—studied history and literature and translated Federico Garcia Lorca in the late 1940s. Organized by the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard, the event celebrated a Zóbel exhibition at the Prado (Madrid) and publication […]
Listernick Hosts Speaker on Covid & Camus + Rascism
Last fall, Dr. Joan Listernick invited Professor Debarati Sanyal of the University of California, Berkeley, to speak to both of her third semester French classes. The students read two of Dr. Sanyal’s blogs. One examined how Covid changed our reading of Camus, and how reading Camus can inform our understanding of Covid. The other addressed […]
CAS Core Fellowship
The Core Curriculum invites applications for GRS doctoral students who are enthusiastic about supporting writing instruction in our first- and second-year humanities sequences. We will be holding an information session on Zoom: Friday, 2/3/23 from 4-5 PM. For more information, please go to: https://www.bu.edu/core/academics/writing/writing-fellow-positions/
Pardee Center Summer Fellowships
Information session: Monday, February 13, 3:00-4:00 pm – Register to attend Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 14 Download full application instructions Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Pardee Center Graduate Summer Fellows Program, which offers graduate students from across Boston University an opportunity for intensive interdisciplinary research and writing on topics aligned with the future-focused research […]
MLA 2024, 19th Cent French Forum Panels
Please find below the cfps for the two guaranteed sessions organized by the 19th-Century French LLC Forum at the MLA 2024 Convention, 4-7 January, Philadelphia, PA. Call for papers MLA 2024: Excess A panel on different forms of excess, extremism, and polarization during the long 19th century in the French-speaking world. Submit a 250-word abstract to cbrossillon@ursinus.edu by March 15, 2023. Recycling A […]
Northeastern University – Teaching Professor of Spanish
The World Languages Center in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University seeks applications for an open rank Teaching Professor of Spanish. Duties include a teaching load of 3 courses per semester, customized language instruction offerings, and ongoing curricular and pedagogical innovation. Professional development and service are also expected. This is a […]
Braden Clinger Publishes Article
Braden Clinger, a student in our doctoral program in Hispanic Language & Literatures, has published an article in the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, vol. 26. Braden’s article is titled “Mete uno, pero no todos:’ Gustavo Alatriste, Luis Buñuel y la adaptación de La casa de Bernarda Alba (1982)”. In this article Braden uses […]
Mathieu Hosts Webinar
Last December, Lionel Mathieu (Lecturer in French) offered a webinar with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris (CCIP) about how he designed a French for Professions course at BU. It was geared towards informing the (world) community of French instructors about ways to fashion a French for the Professions course, from its genesis […]