BUCH Recognizes 3 BU Faculty for Their Publications
The BU Center for the Humanities (BUCH) and Romance Studies recently celebrated the publication of Jim Carter’s Ecologia e Lavoro: Dialogi Interdisciplinari (Mimiesis Edizioni, 2023) and Elizabeth C. Goldsmith’s Mobility and Masks: Cultural Identity in Travel Writing (Harvard UP, 2024). Christopher Maurer was also recognized for his role as translator/editor of the recent dual-language publication […]
Mesch Seminar Hosts 2 Speakers
Dr. Rachel Mesch recently had two guest speakers in her LF 860 seminar, “Cultural Histories of the 19th Century.” Susan Hiner, professor of French at Vassar and author of Behind the Seams: Women, Fashion, and Work in 19th-Century France. She shared her research on the complex and often hidden role of women as workers, creators, […]
Tiffany Bailey Presents at 2024 NeMLA Conference
PhD student Tiffany Bailey recently presented at the 2024 Northeast Modern Languages Association conference. She tells us about her presentation: “For the NeMLA panel, “If I’m Too Much Go Find Less: Beauty in Excess,” I presented a paper titled “Knot So Bad: Black Girls Loving Their Natural Hair in Children’s and Illustrated Literature.” My presentation […]
Cazenave Presents in Rwanda
In late February, Odile Cazenave, Professor of French, was invited to be part of “Rencontres Nyirarumaga des littératures africaines,” a three-day literary event with writers and poets in Kigali, Rwanda, discussing testimonies/testimonial narratives and resilience with writers and survivors. Also discussed was the duty of memory and genocide prevention and what literature can do in […]
Romance Studies Hosts Conference on Disabilities & Second Language Learning
This past weekend, the Romance Studies Department hosted the 6th Annual Second-Language Learning & Disabilities Conference, organized by María Datel (Master Lecturer in Spanish at BU) and Elena Carrión Guerrero (Tufts University). Edgardo Tormos, a lecturer in Spanish at BU Romance Studies, presented at the conference and had this to say about the experience: “I […]
Burgon Presents at Symposium
Haleigh Burgon recently presented a paper at the “2024 Manuscript (HE)ART Symposium,” a conference initiated by organizers from Princeton and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence to honor Dr. Jesse Hurlbut, one of her past professors and mentors. Haleigh tells us: “My paper was entitled, “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow? : […]
Saar Gives Paper Colloquium
On Saturday, February 24, Kara Saar presented a paper at the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, held in Philadelphia. Her presentation was titled “Faire la meuf: Girlhood and Liberation in Emmanuelle Nicot’s Dalva.” Dalva (2022) is the first feature film by director Emmanuelle Nicot, and tells the story of a […]
6th Annual 2nd Language Learning & Disabilities Conference Next Week!
Next week, BU Romance Studies will host our 6th Annual Second-Language Learning and Disabilities Conference. The conference, taking place in-person on March 1st and online on March 2nd, “aims to provide language educators with tools and strategies for creating inclusive curricula and a classroom climate of tolerance and respect”, according to its organizers. Conference organizer […]
Mathieu Publishes Book Review
Lionel Mathieu, Senior Lecturer in French, has published a review of an introductory book on the scientific study of writing in the history of language, in Linguist List. Introducing Historical Orthography (Condorelli, 2022) is the first comprehensive introduction to a burgeoning field of scientific inquiry, focused on the genesis, development, and evolution of humanity’s singular […]
Datel & Bobroff Present on Alternative Grading
On Friday, January 26, María Datel and Maria Bobroff presented at a virtual conference organized by the Center for Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California, “Grading Less – Learning More through Ungrading in World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.” Their presentations were entitled, “Utilizing Self-Assessment and Rubrics in Student-Led Interviews” and “Specs Grading […]