Celia Bianconi Receives AOTP Leadership Award
On August 4th, during the annual conference, XII EMEP – Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português, Encontro Mundial at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL., the 2022 – 2023 American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese awarded Dr. Célia Bianconi with the Leadership Award. “This is a distinction awarded by Portuguese instructors in the United States, and your work has been singled […]
Romance Studies Celebrates 2023 Graduates
The BU Romance Studies Department held our annual commencement ceremony last Friday, May 19. Congratulations to all of our 2023 graduates! PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures (Dissertation titles in italics) Gerardo Cruz, La aporía postnacional: Identidades posthumanas y espectrales en la literatura y las artes latinoamericanas contemporáneas Teresa Gelardo Rodríguez, Una rosa bajo la arena. Doña Rosita […]
James Iffland to Retire
James (Jim) Iffland, professor of Spanish, is retiring from BU after a lengthy 49 year career as a teacher, scholar, and mentor. Iffland earned his PhD in Spanish from Brown University and joined Boston University in 1974. During his almost fifty years in the Department of Romance Studies, he has excelled in all areas of […]
Romance Studies Announces 2023 Undergraduate Award Winners
The Department of Romance Studies is pleased to announce the winners of our 2023 departmental awards for undergraduate students. The winners were announced at the 2023 Romance Studies Convocation last Friday, May 19th. Congratulations to all the winners. College Prize Erin Sutton-Beals Erin is a double major in French and Art History with a […]
Bobroff & Webb to Design Anti-Racist Curriculum
Dr. Maria Bobroff and Dr. Lillie Webb have been selected for the Designing Anti-Racist Curricula Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year. During this year-long fellowship, they will meet with other members of their cohort to explore anti-racist frameworks and discuss curriculum development. Their project focuses on creating diverse and inclusive supplemental materials for LF111-LF212, with […]
Four RS Students Defend Dissertations
Congratulations to the four Romance Studies doctoral students who successfully defended their dissertations in the spring ’23 semester! Gerardo Cruz, PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures, wrote his dissertation, La aporía postnacional: identidades posthumanas y espectrales en la literatura y las artes Latinoamericanos contemporáneas, with Prof. Rodrigo Lopes de Barros as his first reader. José […]
Romance Studies Recognizes Outstanding TFs
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to recognize four of our teaching fellows for outstanding work during the 2022-2023 academic year! French Eleonora Mancuso In her first year teaching in RS, Eleonora was a dynamic member of the French language teaching faculty and her effort and service to the department and her students was exemplary. […]
Maria Bobroff Hosts Dr. Vinay Swamy
Dr. Maria Bobroff, Lecturer in French, hosted a virtual visit by Dr. Vinay Swamy of Vassar College on Thursday, April 27. Swamy is the co-editor of Devenir non-binaire en français contemporain (Le Manuscrit, 2022), a collection of essays that explore gender-neutral, nonbinary, and inclusive language use across the Francophone world. With funds from a Learn […]
Michael Williams wins Outstanding Service Award
A big and well-deserved congratulations to Michael Williams who has been awarded an Outstanding Service Award! Over the years, Michael has demonstrated an exceptional level of commitment to the Department of Romance Studies, including its graduate students, fellow staff members, and full-time and professorial faculty. His exemplary work ethic and his outstanding organizational and people skills […]
Alejandro Lopez Presents at Conference in Colombia
Alejandro Lopez, one of our doctoral students in Hispanic Language & Literature, recently presented a paper at the XXXII Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. From Alejandro’s abstract: El presente ensayo explora la relación entre la novela Rayuela de Julio Cortázar y el mito originario de la Torre de […]