RS to Welcome 7 New PhD Students in 2019 Fall
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to announce that we will have seven new students joining our doctoral programs in fall 2019. Welcome to the department! French Language & Literature Tiffany Bailey Khadija El Karfi Hispanic Language & Literatures Poliana Alarcon Chloe Holt Sara Ladino Cano Jorge Sanchez Rebecca Stolberg
Christopher Eldrett Defends Dissertation
Christopher Eldrett, a doctoral candidate in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, has successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Christopher! Christopher’s dissertation is titled Walt Whitman’s Prophetic Voioce in Hispanic Lyric Poetry: León Felipe, Federico García Lorca, and César Vallejo.
Global House: Screening of Le Chef
BU Global House recently hosted a screening of the movie Le Chef, followed by a discussion of French humor. Carrie O’Connor, one of our part-time lecturers in French, helped to organize the event. Global House director Lillie Webb said of the event: “It was such a pleasure for Global House to collaborate with Prof. O’Connor. […]
Nogales Baena Wins BUCH Award
José Luis Nogales Baena, a doctoral student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, has won a graduate student award from the BU Center for the Humanities, for his work on relationships between Mexican and Soviet intellectuals during the Cold War. Great work, José!
Garriga Wins BUCH Award
Laurie Garriga, a doctoral student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, has won a BU Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Award for her work on the archive ‘in exile’ of writer Juan Ramón Jiménez. Congratulations, Laurie!
Romance Studies Wins 2nd Place on BU Giving Day!
The Romance Studies Department has won second place in the CAS Most Improved Challenge for BU’s 2019 Giving Day! The win comes with a cash prize of $5,000 for the department. Many thanks to everyone who donated! We increased our number of donors by 700% over our 2018 numbers, which is quite a feat. Giving […]
David H. Colmenares to Join Romance Studies
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to welcome Dr. David H. Colmenares to our ranks. Dr. Colmenares will join us as an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the 2019 fall term. A specialist in cultural exchanges between early modern Europe and colonial Latin America, Colmenares studies the production of knowledge and visual culture as well […]
Didem Alkan Defends Dissertation
Didem Alkan, a doctoral candidate in our French Language & Literature program, has successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations, Didem! Didem’s dissertation is titled Tout cela pour dire: La Quête du transmissible dans l’ecriture de l’indicible et le cinéma de l’inmontrable. From Didem’s abstract:
HISP Doctoral Students Present in El Paso
Edgardo Tormos Bigles, Sarai Garcia Santos, and José Nogales Baena, all doctoral students in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, presented at this year’s XXIV Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea, in El Paso, Texas.
Odile Cazenave Named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Congratulations to Odile Cazenave, Professor of French, who has been named a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques. This is a high honor bestowed by the Prime Minister of France and the French Ministry of Education, recognition by French authorities for her efforts in “promotion of our language and our culture in the United States.” […]