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 […]
NeMLA: Looking Back on Haiti
Looking Back on Haiti: Reexploration and Rewriting in a Diasporic Perspective This panel focuses on representations of Haiti and discourses on Haitian society offered by exiled Haitian-born writers in their works. We seek to discuss and problematize the particular diasporic perspective of these authors and their relationship with their native land. We welcome proposals that […]
17th Annual Colloquium on Language Teaching
Here is the call for proposals for the 17th Annual Colloquium on Language teaching (Feb 11, 2023) hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The deadline to submit a proposal is October 30th. The event is free to both presenters and attendees, but we do require registration. More information about the event can be […]
NeMLA – Catiglione’s Cortegiano
CALL FOR PAPERS 54th Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Convention at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York Special Discussion Panel: The Many Fortunes of the Courtier: The Resilience of Castiglione’s Cortegiano March 23-26, 2023 Learning of Castiglione’s death in 1529, Charles V declared “one of the finest gentlemen in the world […]
Iffland Publishes Double Volume on Roque Dalton
James Iffland, professor of Spanish, is enjoying a well-deserved leave this term after publishing a monumental two-volume work on the literary work of Salvadoran writer Roque Dalton, Para llegar a Roque Dalton: pequeños infiernos y otros paraísos, which was presented this summer with much fanfare in El Salvador. Iffland’s words at the book launching, in the presence […]
BU Jewish Cultural Endowment
Dear Boston University Faculty and Staff, On behalf of the Jewish Cultural Endowment (JCE) at Boston University, we are pleased to announce an October 1 deadline for our 2022/2023 grant application cycle. The JCE supports Jewish cultural programs across the University, sponsoring lectures, conferences, literary events, curricular enhancement, and artistic performances and exhibitions. Our mission is […]
David Scott Palmer Research/Travel Grants
David Scott Palmer Research/Travel Grants Each year the Center for Latin American Studies awards small research grants to graduate and undergraduate students. The awards are intended to cover expenses pertaining to research projects on Latin America including, when permissible, travel to Latin America. Projects on Latinos in the US will also be considered. Funding for […]
Tiffany Bailey Studies in Avignon
This summer, I spent six weeks in Avignon, France with the Institut d’Avignon to study French literature and experience southern France. Meeting graduate students and professors from other universities was enlightening and it was so fun to learn together! The landscape was beautiful, and I especially appreciated the widespread lavender fields in the region as […]
NeMLA – French & Francophone
We invite proposals for a panel entitled Reading and Writing (Dis)ability in Contemporary French and Francophone Literature for the 2023 NeMLA conference that will be held in Niagara Falls, New York from March 23 through March 26. Organizers: Yassine Ait Ali (Princeton University) Nikhita Obeegadoo (Harvard University) Reading and Writing (Dis)ability in Contemporary French and Francophone Literature Literary […]
We are pleased to share with you the Northeast Modern Language Association’s newsletter and CALL FOR PAPERS for its 2023 Annual Convention in Niagara Falls, NY. The deadline for abstract submissions is September 30, 2022 for the conference and November 15, 2022 for our undergraduate forum.