Romance Studies Departmental TF Awards
Congratulations to this year’s Romance Studies Teaching Fellow Award Winners! These doctoral students have demonstrated consistent excellence in teaching throughout the past year, including skillful adaptation to the unexpected challenge of switching to remote teaching in the spring term. French Spanish
RS Lecturers Help Reach Out to Incoming CAS Freshmen
In the era of Coronavirus, BU can’t bring our incoming students to campus to welcome them to our community, but we are working hard through other means to make sure our incoming students feel welcomed! In particular, five of our lecturers – Paula Hennessey, Liliane Dusewoir, Laura Brusetti-McGinn, Mildred Basker-Seigel, and Celia Binaconi – are […]
Ochoa Wins Teaching Award
Antonio Ochoa, Part-time Lecturer in Spanish, has won a CAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Part-Time Teaching.
Kleiman Wins Advising Award
Associate Professor of Romance Studies Irit Kleiman has won a 2020 Templeton Award for Excellence in Student Advising.
Keenan Wins GRS Teaching Award
Kelly Keenan, doctoral student in French Language & Literature, has won a Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Fellow of the Year award. Congratulations, Kelly!
Lopes de Barros Publishes Book
Rodrigo Lopes de Barros has a new trilingual publication, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The publication, titled Ménage Literário/Literary Ménage/Ménage Literario, is a combination of an essay by Lopes de Barros on Braxzilian writer Jacques Fux together with a short story by Fux plus Lopes de Barros’s latest film, Literary Ménage , on DVD.
Callahan Completes Honors Project on Language Descrimination
Erin Callahan, a graduating senior dual-majoring in French and Film & Television, completed an honors project exploring how language discrimination impacts the identities of multilingual Americans. Erin’s project, in film form, can be viewed here. Great work, Erin!
2 HISP Students Defend Dissertation
Two students in our doctoral program in Hispanic Language & Literatures have successfully defended their dissertations this spring term. Carolina Blázquez Gándara wrote her dissertation on ‘Plumas de rayo y viento’: Cesar Vallejo in Blas de Otero, under the direction of Prof. Alan Smith. Inès Ouedraogo defended her dissertation, Devouring Patriarchy: Cultural Cannibalism & Pleasure Politics in […]
Onesta LI 112 Learns About Commedia dell’Arte
Cristina Onesta’s LI 112 class had a special virtual guest last week – Chiara Durazzini, who spoke with them about Commedia dell’Arte masks. Chiara specializes in Comemdia dell’Arte theatre and delivers many workshops on the topic in the Boston area.
Pineda Gives Virtual Lecture at Vanderbilt
At the invitation of Alicia Lorenzo, RS Professor Adela Pineda gave a lecture at Vanderbilt – but, naturally, in the Coronavirus era, the lecture was given virtually! Above is a screen shot of Prof. Pineda (top left) giving her virtual lecture on the film Roma by Alfonso Cuaron.