Author: Michael Williams

10th International Conference on the Links between Spain and The Americas

10th International Conference on the Links between Spain and The Americas New York, April 30th – May 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS CCNY Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education (CCNY CWE), the Instituto Franklin de la Universidad de Alcalá, and the Instituto Cervantes of New York, come together for the tenth consecutive […]

Noudou Interviewed About SDWE

Anik Noudou, a student in our French PhD program, recently travelled to Africa as the Secretary General of an NGO called SDWE (Sustainable Development & Women Empowerment), for its offiical launching ceremony. SDWE is an organization that works for the empowerment of women around the world. With its physical presence in North America and Africa […]

Miami Modern Languages & Literatures Graduate Student Conference

This is a call for papers for the University of Miami’s Modern Languages and Literatures Spring 2025 Graduate Student Conference, “The Arm of the State, The Hand of Power: Resistance and Resilience in the Midst of Fear.” The conference is scheduled for Thursday, February 20th and Friday, February 21st, 2025. Deadline for abstracts is Dec. 6. […]

Fernández-Medina Publishes Book

Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Professor of Spanish and Iberian Studies, has published a new translation with Clemson University Press. The book is titled Morbidities and “The Concept of The New Literature”, and includes translations of two books (both originally published in Spanish) by the late Ramón Gómez de la Serna, along with an introduction by Fernández-Medina. From […]

29th Annual CLIFF Conference

Call for Papers science—literature—technology rupture, relation, constellation 29th Annual CLIFF Conference University of Michigan, Ann Arbor March 21-22, 2025 Submission Deadline: November 30, 2024 Research begins with a question—an uncertainty—an openness. In both the sciences and the humanities, the core position of the researcher is one of uncertainty on the edge of knowledge and understanding. […]

Zine Lugar

Call for Artists and Creators. Deadline:  November 10.

Cazenave Co-Edits Book, Saar Contributes Article

Earlier this summer, a special issue of Interculturel Francophonies was released, focussed on the Mauritian Writer Ananda Devi, and co-edited by Odile Cazenave (Professor of French here at BU) and Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François (Penn State University). Ananda Devi was the 2024 recipient of the Neustadt literary award. The volume encompasses contributions by both academics and […]

Noudou Successfully Defends Dissertation

Anik Noudou, a doctoral student in our French Language & Literature program, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation this past Monday. Noudou’s dissertation is titled, A Question of Gaze:  The Representation of Women in Fracophone African Novels & Films Forty Years After Mariama Bâ. From the dissertation abstract: “The portrayal of women in Francophone African literature […]

BU Romance Studies at the 19th Century French Studies Conference

BU Romance Studies was well represented at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Conference, hosted by Duke University Sept 18-20. The theme of the conference was, “Producing and Receiving the 19th Century.” Prof. Rachel Mesch organized a panel on “Producing Colonial Spaces” and gave a talk entitled, “Gender Play: Orientalism at Home at the Fin de Siècle.” […]