Datel Publishes Article on Her LS 307 Class
Maria Datel, one of our Master Lecturers in Spanish, recently published a paper (in Spanish) in the new issue (#87) of Estudios del Observatorio/Observatorio Studies, published by the Instituto Cervantes at Harvard. She presented the piece at the Observatorio Instituto Cervantes Symposium 2023. The article discusses Datel’s LS307 class on Darwin, and is titled, “Hacia un […]
Huercanos Esparza Publishes Article
Íñigo Huércanos Esparza, one of our doctoral students in Hispanic Language & Literatures, has published an article in the journal Cuadernos de Ilustración y Romanticismo. Inigo’s article is titled, “Dinero, poder, puestos: los incentivos perversos del liberal en el Peñadura (1823) de Luis Arias de León” – in English, “Money, Power, Positions: The Liberal’s Perverse […]
Filmmaker Sharon Arteaga Screens Film at BU
Writer/director Sharon Arteaga, a first generation Mexican-American, recently showed her newest film here at BU. Molly Monet-Viera, who helped organize Arteaga’s visit to BU, describes the event: “Sharon did a screening of her new short film In Tow about a mother and daughter whose mobile home gets repossessed by the bank and towed away with […]
Mesch Interviewed by CAS
Rachel Mesch, our new Professor of French, was recently interviewed by CAS Communications! In the interview, Prof. Mesch discusses her current research, what drew her to BU, what classes she teaches, and more. Below is an extract from the interview, Prof. Mesch’s response to a question about what drew Prof. Mesch to her study of […]
Clinger Presents at Congreso Internaciónal de Literatura Paraguaya
On October 11, Braden Clinger presented a paper, “Utopías dobles. 512: La tierra sin mal como rescritura de The Mission,” virtually at the Congreso Internaciónal de Literatura Paraguaya: Paraguay en el Mundo. The conference was organized by La Dirección de Investigación de la Facultad de Filosofía de la Universidad Nacional de Asunción UNA and la […]
Carter Publishes Book
Jim Carter, Lecturer in Italian, has published a co-edited book, Ecologia e lavoro. Dialoghi interdisciplinari (Ecology and Labor: Interdisciplinary Dialogues). The book explores the false dilemma of choosing between the protection of the environment and the protection of jobs by analyzing Italian cultural representations from the last hundred years that frame both options as mutually […]
Gonzalez-Arias Publishes Two Translations
Francisca Gonzalez-Arias, a part-time lecturers in Spanish, published two translations this past summer. Her translations of two stories by Cristina Rivera Garza: “Running with Luck” and “His Profile” were published in late June in the Translators’ Corner of the Observatorio de la Lengua, Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University.
2023 French Film Festival Schedule Released!
The Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival is coming back to BU’s campus this Fall with seven Francophone films! The slate of films with dates is below. All screenings will be held at 6:00 pm in Photonics 206, 8 St. Mary’s Street in Boston. Dates: October 6, Retour à Seoul October 10, Dalva October 13, L’innocent October […]
Eleonora Mancuso Studies in Avignon
Eleonora Mancuso, one of our French Language and Literature doctoral students, participated this summer in the Institut d’Avignon program, which was made possible by funding from GRS and the Ernest A. Jackson fund. Eleonora tells us about her experience: “Being a part of the Institut d’Avignon summer program was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I […]
Fred Lafortune Contributes to Trilingual Anthology
Fred Lafortune, a PhD student in our doctoral program in French Language & Literature, contributed multiple pieces to a forthcoming anthology of Haitian poetry. Fred tells us: “I am thrilled to announce my participation as a poet in the upcoming release of a trilingual anthology titled “This Land, My Beloved / Tè mwen renmen An […]