Cola Franzen, Noted Translator and Friend of Romance Studies, Dies at 95
Cola Franzen, an award winning translator of Spanish literature and an associate of the Romance Studies Department, has died at the age of 95. Mrs. Franzen translated a wealth of Spanish language literature into English, from medieval poetry to contemporary works, including novels by the Romance Studies Department’s own Alicia Borinsky. A full obituary for […]
Adela Pineda Publishes Book on Steinbeck
Prof. Adela Pineda has published a new book, Steinbeck y México. The book explores US/Mexico relations through the lens of Steinbeck, film, and literature on both sides of the Rio Grande from the 1930s to the 1960s. Pineda said she found that Steinbeck’s intellectual anxieties from the Great Depression through the beginning of the Cold […]
Amina Shabani to Join Romance Studies
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Amina Shabani to our ranks. Dr. Shabani will join us as a Lecturer in Spanish beginning in the 2018 fall term. Amina Shabani earned her PhD in Hispanic Literatures from Indiana University-Bloomington. Prior to joining Boston University, Dr. Shabani worked at Butler University where she taught […]
Lionel Mathieu to Join Romance Studies
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Lionel Mathieu to our ranks. Dr. Mathieu will join us as a Lecturer in French beginning in the 2018 fall term. Prior to joining Boston University in 2018, Dr. Mathieu taught all levels of French as a Second Language at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, VA. […]
Philip Noonan Wins BUCH Award
Philip Noonan, a PhD student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, has won the Helen G. Allen Humanities Award from the BU Center for the Humanities. Philip’s award winning paper explores the contributions of avant-garde artist and comedian Ramón Gómez de la Serna to the genre of the lecture. In the paper, Philip analyzes […]
Cristina Onesta Wins GRS TF of the Year Award
Cristina Onesta, a PhD student in our French Language & Literature program, has won one of this year’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Fellow awards. In her nomination, the faculty who have supervised Cristina’s teaching say: “Cristina is conscientious, creative, disciplined, dedicated; and her classes are excellent and thoughtfully conceived. She is a natural instructor […]
Jennifer Cazenave to Join Romance Studies
The Romance Studies Department is pleased to welcome a new member: Dr. Jennifer Cazenave, who will join us as an Assistant Professor of French beginning in the 2018 fall term. Dr. Cazenave teaches courses on twentieth and twenty-first century French cinema, literature, and theory. Her research interests include transnational cinema, nonfiction film, archive and memory studies, contemporary […]
Gerardo Cruz Publishes Book
Gerardo Cruz, a PhD student in Hispanic Languages & Literatures, has a forthcoming book about literary theory and Mexican literature. Expected publication date is early May 2018, by Iberoamericana-Vevuert.
Daniel Erker Gives TEDx Talk
Daniel Erker has a TEDx talk, “Language is a Bridge, Not a Barrier”, based on research from his Spanish in Boston Project. You can see the talk on Youtube.
Spring 2018 Course Offering: The Holocaust Through Film
Professor Nancy Harrowitz will be teaching a new course called The Holocaust Through Film for the Spring 2018 Semester! See the below flyer for details.