Sanchez Presents His Research
Shortly before spring break, Jorge Sanchez was invited by Dr. Kimberley C. Patton to present in her seminar The Animal Imaginary: Fantastic Animals in Myth and History. His presentation was titled “Latin American sirenas“, and he explored authors from his dissertation, such as Samanta Schweblin and Ana María Shua. Additionally, he served as chair of […]
Nassi Peric Lands Assistant Professor Position
Alumnus Bruni Nassi Peric, who graduated from our department in January of 2023 with a PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures, has been hired as a tenure track Assistant Professor (Professor a tiempo completo) at the Universidad del Pacífico, in Lima, Peru. The position is 50% research and 50% teaching. Additionally, a revised version of […]
Hackbarth Presents on Using ChatGPT in Designing Learning Experiences
Viktoria Hackbarth, Master Lecturer in Spanish, presented at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) on March 1, 2025. In her session, Process-Oriented Learning with Generative AI Activities and Tasks, Viktoria shared how she has integrated Generative AI writing activities across all sections of the Fourth-Semester Spanish Language curriculum. At the conference, […]
Zine Lugar: Call for Artists
In a time of uncertainty and struggle we are seeking to carve out a space for all, reclaiming our identity and right to exist. We invite you to contribute to our second issue titled Displacement & (Des)Bordes. For this number, we want to explore how borders- both visible and invisible- are reimagined, and how the […]
Keenan Defends Dissertation
Kelly Keenan, PhD student in our French Language & Literature program, successfully defended her dissertation on Monday, March 3. Congratulations, Kelly! Kelly’s dissertation is titled Rewriting Body and Word: Gender and Catholicism in French Literature and Film. From her abstract: “From the French Revolution through the separation of Church and state to the 1968 cultural […]
BUCH Celebrates Recent Book Publications
Last Friday, BUCH held its annual celebration of humanitities book publications at BU. Among the books celebrated were new publications from Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Nick Huckle, and Jim Iffland. Their works featured at the event were: Fernández-Medina, Morbidities and “The Concept of the New Literature” by Ramón Gómez de la Serna (Clemson UP 2024), Huckle, Iconophages: A […]
Sanchez Publishes Chapter
Jorge Sanchez, a student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures PhD program, has published a chapter from his dissertation. The piece is titled, “Mermaids, Werewolves, ‘Humanimals’ and Unnamable Monsters: A Review of Monsters in Contemporary Literature of the Latin American Southern Cone,” and will be published in the book Casas Tomadas: Monsters and Metaphors on the […]
Sanchez Gives Guest Lecture on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
At the invitation of Dr. José Dominicci, Jorge Sanchez, student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures PhD program, recently gave a presentation at Washington and Lee University on the works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, based on his article “The Traits of the Medieval Woman in Pawns of a House, by Sister Juana […]
9th Chicago Graduate Student Conference on Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, & Latinx Studies
We are excited to announce the 9th Chicago Graduate Student Conference on Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian, and Latinx Studies at the University of Chicago. We invite graduate students, early career scholars, and creators from all disciplines to submit presentations and panel proposals. This year’s theme is Inhabiting Crises: Politics, Aesthetics, and Critiques of Another Turbulent Era. The conference, co-hosted […]
Cazenave Participates in Roundtable Discussions in Togo
This past December, Prof. Odile Cazenave was invited to a series of literary events which were part of the 10th edition of Festekpe in Sokodé in Togo, as a panelist and/or moderator of roundtable discussions with writers Sami Tchak and Annie Ferret. Some of these events took place at the University of Kara, others in […]