Nassi Peric Defends Dissertation
Bruno Nassi Peric, a doctoral student in our PhD program in Hispanic Language & Literatures, has successfully defended his dissertation, under the guidance of Prof. Alicia Borinsky. From Bruno’s abstract: The dissertation explores how Argentinian and Chilean narratives have depicted consumer society, consumption, consumerism, and related subjects such as capitalism, ideology, alienation, etc. This work […]
Lopes de Barros Publishes Monograph
Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, has published a new book, titled Distortion and Subversion: Punk Rock Music and the Protests for Free Public Transportation in Brazil (1996-2011) (Liverpool University Press). In this book, he uses the method of cyber-archaeology of websites, archival research, and interviews to discuss how the Brazilian […]
Lincoln Son Currie Co-Authors Article
Funded by UROP, senior and Spanish minor Lincoln Son Currie has co-authored an article with Christopher Maurer on the translation (by painter Fernando Zóbel) and American reception of one of Federico García Lorca’s favorite plays–Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín. The article, for which Lincoln did research in the Schlesinger Library (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced […]
El Karfi Wins Fellowship
Khadija El Karfi, a student in our doctoral program in French Language & Literature, has won the Henry S. Newman Graduate Student Fellowship, awarded to students in the BU Graduate School of Arts & Sciences whose dissertation focuses on some aspect of immigration to the United States. Mr. Newman, the benefactor of the fund, immigrated […]
Johns Hopkins Graduate Student Conference
We are pleased to share with you a Call for Papers for our Graduate Conference titled “Betwixt and Between: Questions of the Liminal.” The deadline for abstract submissions is December 15, 2022 for the conference, which will be held on April 7 and 8, 2023. Proposals will be accepted in Spanish, English or Portuguese.
Boston Area Pedagogy Conference
We would like to present you with the announcement and Call for Papers for the 2023 Boston Area Pedagogy Conference to take place April 1, 2023. This year’s theme is Teaching for Intercultural Citizenship. This is the first time it will be hosted by Northeastern University, and we are hoping you will join us! Please inform your […]
BU Fellowship: Center of Forced Displacement
Boston University, Center on Forced Displacement Accepting Applications for Graduate Fellowships Boston University’s Center on Forced Displacement (CFD) invites applications for a one year graduate fellowship supporting a seminar on EU and US Border Externalization Regimes as they impact migrants and asylum seekers traveling through Central America and the Balkan states. The CFD Graduate Fellow […]
Boston Collegiate Charter School
An opening for a Spanish teacher, full time. See https://www.bostoncollegiate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-2023-Spanish-Teacher-1.pdf.
Sembe Researches in Argentina
Karina Sembe spent a portion of this past summer in Argentina working on research toward her PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures. She tells us about her trip: “I went to Buenos Aires for a Research Abroad project funded by GRS and Romance Studies. I worked in the National Archive of the Nation to gather […]
Sembe Interns for Boston Mayor
Karina Sembe, a doctoral student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, interned this past summer for the Boston Mayor’s Office. She tells us about her experience below: I completed a PhD Internship in the Humanities, a BUCH initiative. I interned in the Boston Mayor’s Office, in the Department of Arts and Culture. I reviewed […]