Printed Afterlives Conference
This past weekend, the Romance Studies Department sponsored a conference titled “Printed Afterlives,” organized by RS Assistant Professors Anita Savo and David Colmenares. Printed Afterlives brought together an international group of scholars of medieval Iberia and colonial Latin America to explore what Prof. David Colmenares calls our “love-hate relationship” with the nineteenth-century scholars and editors […]
University of Cambridge – Temporary Lecturership French
The French Section in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a Temporary University Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Culture. The post is funded by the Leverhulme Trust, through a Research Fellowship awarded to Prof. Nick White, and is fixed term for 12 […]
Vottero Defends Dissertation
Constance Vottero, a student in our program in French Language & Literature, has successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Theorizing the Black Diaspora Across the Atlantic.” From her abstract: This dissertation reconsiders the creative and strategic crisscrossings among the African diaspora’s literary and cultural productions, paying special attention to the status and influence of Black America(ns), […]
Emerson College Prison Initiative
I work in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College. The Emerson College Prison Initiative (EPI) is looking for an instructor to teach two consecutive, in-person semesters of Spanish 101/102 language instruction, to run Spring 2022 and Summer 2022 at MCI Concord. I’m wondering if you could please forward this information to […]
Maria Bobroff to Join RS
Dr. Maria Bobroff will join the Romance Studies Department for the fall 2021 term. Below is a brief biography of Dr. Bobroff. Maria Bobroff holds an AB from Dartmouth College and a PhD in French from Duke University. Prior to joining the Department of Romance Studies at Boston University, she taught at both Duke University […]
Short-Term French Position at Newton North High
I hope that you are doing well! I am reaching out to my esteemed colleagues in language departments in the Boston area because I am looking to find a French teacher for fall 2021. I will be taking a maternity leave from my job at Newton North High School from mid-September through the end of November […]
Carberry & Griffin Honored by DLI
Alison Carberry and Sue Griffin, both Master Lecturers in Spanish, have been honored by BU’s Digital Learning & Innovation Office with a Learn from Anywhere Creativity & Spirit Award in the Faculty Coach category. Great work, Alison and Sue!
RS Honors Excellence by Teaching Fellows
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to recognize the excellent work done by our Teaching Fellows! GRS Outstanding TF – Edgardo Tormos The Romance Studies Department is very happy to nominate Edgardo Tormos Bigles as the recipient of the GRS Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award for 2021. All the faculty who have worked with him during […]
Norwich University Seeks Adjunct Faculty
Norwich University campus, in Northfield, Vermont is looking for a faculty member. Job Description: Adjunct faculty needed to teach beginning French in the 2021-22 academic year, 3 four-credit courses per semester (24 credits for 2021-2022). This is an in-person position on the Norwich University campus, in Northfield, Vermont. Requirements: Master’s degree in French language, […]
Kleiman and J. Cazenave Awarded BUCH Fellowships
Irit Kleiman and Jennifer Cazenave have both won faculty fellowships from the BU Center for the Humanities. Congratulations to both! Kleiman, an Associate Professor of Romance Studies, won the Jeffrey Henderson Senior Research Fellowship. Cazenave, an Assistant Professor of French, won a Junior Faculty Fellowship for her book project, Demarginalizing Cinema: Trauma, Testimony, Disability.