Saar to Teach in France
French PhD student Karaleigh Saar will spend next academic year teaching English at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France. Kara tells us, “I am absolutely thrilled to have this teaching and research opportunity at the ENS Lyon. I especially anticipate that living and working in France will enrich my dissertation research on perpetually-evolving feminist […]
Gelardo-Rodríguez and Verónica Rodríguez Ballesteros at Latino & Iberian XV International Seminar on Hispanic Actors in Exile
Our alumna Teresa Gelardo-Rodríguez and our colleague Verónica Rodríguez Ballesteros were invited to participate in the Latino & Iberian XV International Seminar on Hispanic Actors in Exile organized by AEHC and LIFFY in Yale University, April 11th-12th. Teresa and Verónica presented their work on Margarita Xirgu and Encarnación López Júlvez “La Argentinita” with an innovative […]
Sanchez Presents at CILH
Jorge Sanchez, a PhD student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, recently presented at the Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispanicos, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Sanchez examined a short story and a novel by the Argentinian author Luciano Lamberti, analyzing the figure of the Devil or Lucifer as a metaphor of violence perpetrated by […]
Alumnus Villacorta Promoted
Carlos Villacorta, who graduated from our department with a PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures in 2009, has been promoted from Associate Professor of Spanish to Professor of Spanish, at the University of Maine. Carlos is currently the chair of the Modern Languages & Classics Department at the University of Maine. Congratulations, Carlos!
Huércanos Esparza Chairs NeMLA Panel
At the Northeast Modern Language Association conference held in March of this year, PhD student Íñigo Huércanos Esparza chaired a panel on nineteenth-century Spanish culture and national identity. Panelists covered a wide range of media (newspapers, novels, opera) and touched on topics such as the image of Spain abroad, the construction of a national canon, […]
Jennifer Cazenave Receives Fellowship
Jennifer Cazenave has been awarded a 2025-2026 fellowship from the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut. She will be spending the 2025-26 academic year at the Institute where she will write the remaining two chapters of her second book, Lessons in Seeing: Disability in the Media Archive (under contract with Columbia University Press).
French PhD Students & Alumni Present at Conference
Two of our current PhD students in French (Kara Saar and Fargol Khosravanifard) as well as two of our recent alumni from that program (Tiffany Bailey and Brittany Bernard) recently presented at the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium held at UNC Greensboro. This colloquium centered around the theme of “Justice”, […]
Hackbarth & Perdomo Present on Creating Community for Heritage Learners at Harvard University
Viktoria Hackbarth, Master Lecturer and Azlín Perdomo, Lecturer, presented at the Boston Area Language Pedagogy Conference at Harvard University on March 29, 2025. Their session focused on community-building in the heritage language classroom through intentional and collaborative activities.
Sembe Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Karina Sembe, who successfully defended her dissertation on March 25! Karina will graduate this May with a PhD in Hispanic Language & Literature. From Karina’s abstract: “This dissertation explores the socio-racial image that contributed to Black upward mobility in the 16th-19th centuries. I analyze three case studies from South America whose archival presence […]
Bianconi Publishes Article
Celia Bianconi, Master Lecturer in Portuguese, has published a piece in the journal, Portuguese Language Journal. Her work appears in a special edition of the journal titled, Voices of Leadership: Women in Portuguese Language Programs in U.S. Higher Education. Bianconi’s article is called, “The Journey of a Lifelong Transformation,” and describes her path to becoming […]