BU RS Organizes Conference on Second-Language Learning & Disabilities
“We believe that our classroom should be the model of the society we want, and we want a place where everybody is valued, respected, and represented.” María, Elena, and Mildred This past weekend, the BU Romance Studies Department was proud to organize the first conference at BU on the topic of disabilities and second-language acquisition. […]
Cazenave Profiled in CAS News
The latest edition of CAS News profiled one of our new full-time faculty members – Jennifer Cazenave! Read the full interview below. Department and Title: Romance Studies, Assistant Professor of French Hometown: Bordeaux, France What is your educational background? BA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bard College; Dual Ph.D. in Comparative/French Literature and Film […]
Adela Pineda Publishes: The Mexican Revolution on the World Stage
Adela Pineda, Professor of Spanish, has completed her newest work: The Mexican Revolution on the World Stage, to be published by SUNY Press in August 2019. From the publisher: The first major social revolution of the twentieth century, the Mexican Revolution was visually documented in technologically novel ways and to an unprecedented degree during its […]
Corredor Profiled in CAS News
The latest edition of CAS News profiled one of our new full-time faculty members – Boris Corredor! Read the full interview below. Department and Title: Romance Studies, Lecturer in Spanish Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia What is your educational background? I hold a Ph.D. from Boston University in Hispanic Language and Literature and a B.A. in History […]
Gerardo Cruz Speaks in France
Last November, Gerardo Cruz G. presented a paper titled “Performatividad y visualización social de Gómez-Peña: migración (in)documentada e identidad trasnacional México-Estados Unidos” at the International Colloquia Le theatre hors de lui at the Université de Toulouse, France. The talk focused on Guillermo Gómez-Peña, a Mexican artist who has lived in the United States for several decades. The […]
Adela Pineda Promoted
Adela Pineda, formerly Associate Professor of Spanish, has been promoted to Professor of Spanish. Professor Pineda is widely respected for her work on Mexican literature and film, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th century. Her most recent book, Steinbeck y México, uses Steinbeck’s works as a window into the cultural history of US-Mexican […]
Au Revoir Jeff Kline
This past Friday, the Romance Studies Department gathered to say farewell to Prof. T. Jefferson Kline, a long-time member of the faculty. Jeff Kline came to the then Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures in 1979, and served as chair of the department from 1979 until 1988. In his role as chair, he oversaw the […]
Cooking with Corredor
Boris Corredor, well known for his fondness for cooking Latin American dishes, treated the students in his LS 307 course (Spanish Through Literature & the Arts) to a cooking event to help them experience Latin American cuisine first-hand.
Davina Mattox Translates for Film
Garland Waller, a professor in BU’s Department of Film & Television and an award-winning filmmaker, took on a project close to her heart for her most recent project – a documentary of her father’s time in the Army during World War II. The documentary focusses on her father’s experience after the ship ferrying he and his […]
Romance Studies Hosts Visit by High School Students
Celia Bianconi, Senior Lecturer in Portuguese, organized a visit by 28 Brazilian heritage students and their teacher, Juliana Germani. The students come from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. The objective for the visit was to help the students learn more about careers in which they will be able to use their […]