Lopes de Barros to Give Keynote Address at Diálogos
Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, Assistant Professor of Portuguese & Spanish, will be one of three keynote speakers at this year’s Diálogos XIX conference, to be held at Indiana University in March. Lopes de Barros plans to give a talk titled “Vagabondage, Sports, Protest: Photography & Video in Brazil (2013-2016).” From his abstract: “This lecture analyzes […]
2022 French Film Festival Schedule Announced!
The schedule for the 2022 French Film Festival has been announced: March 14 – Slalom March 17 – Little Girl March 21 – 35 Shots of Rum March 24 – The Story of a Three Day Pass March 28 – The Lovely Month of May March 31 – Bamako Films will be shown with English […]
Garcia Presents at MLA
Sarai Garcia, PhD candidate in Hispanic Language & Literatures, presented at this year’s MLA conference. Her paper, “Anita Brenner, Jean Charlot, and Luz Jimenez: A transnational endeavor to translate the Mexican indigenous imaginary into US children’s literature” was part of the session “Political Childhoods, Political Children.” The panel brought together archival research and historical narratives […]
University of Arizona Grad Conference
The French & Italian Department at the University of Arizona is delighted to organize the 3rd edition of its graduate conference to which all MA and doctoral students in French are invited to participate so that they may virtually attend two plenaries (Dr. Hamel and Dr. Jean-Charles), give a talk and participate in live round-tables […]
Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, On Filmmaking
Prof. Rodrigo Lopes de Barros on His Filmmaking. I see filmmaking as the search for an original medium of expression in scholarship. A documentary about a writer can reveal new facets of their creative process. An audiovisual performance of someone’s poetic or fictional work has the potential of giving new understandings to the audience, even generating […]
University of Chicago / UIC Grad Conference
***UPDATE: Conference has been moved to a virtual format, due to increasing Covid-19 cases.*** The Call for Papers for the 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference organized by the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Northwestern University is now officially open. This year’s conference, “The Human on […]
2022 French Film Festival – Save the Date!
The 2022 French Film Festival, which brings a selection of both classic and new Francophone films to Boston University, will be held March 14 to March 31. Specific dates and films TBA. Mark your calendars!
University of Buffalo Grad Conference
I hope this email finds you well. My name is Neil Gablenz, and I am writing on behalf of the Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Association at the University of Buffalo. We are excited to announce that our 11th annual graduate conference, im/possibilities: humanities in chaos, will be held virtually from Friday, April 8 […]
Boston College Graduate Conference
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Boston College is glad to announce our 2022 graduate student conference, “Hybridity and Paradox,” which will take place on March 18th and 19th on the Boston College Chestnut Hill Campus. We’re thrilled to host Prof. Ann Smock (Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley) as our keynote speaker. […]
Jennifer Cazenave Wins D&I Grant
The theme of this year’s BU Diversity & Inclusion Learn More series is disability. Jennifer Cazenave, Assistant Professor of French, received a Learn More Research Grant for her current book project, Demarginalizing Cinema: Trauma, Testimony, Disability. The book interrogates the complex legacies of non-fiction film as a powerful means of archiving and erasing traumatic histories […]