Noudou Interviewed About SDWE
Anik Noudou, a student in our French PhD program, recently travelled to Africa as the Secretary General of an NGO called SDWE (Sustainable Development & Women Empowerment), for its offiical launching ceremony. SDWE is an organization that works for the empowerment of women around the world. With its physical presence in North America and Africa […]
CAS News Profiles Catalina Rodriguez
CAS News has done a Faculty Spotlight on Catalina Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Spanish! You can read the profile here.
Fernández-Medina Publishes Book
Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Professor of Spanish and Iberian Studies, has published a new translation with Clemson University Press. The book is titled Morbidities and “The Concept of The New Literature”, and includes translations of two books (both originally published in Spanish) by the late Ramón Gómez de la Serna, along with an introduction by Fernández-Medina. From […]
Cazenave Co-Edits Book, Saar Contributes Article
Earlier this summer, a special issue of Interculturel Francophonies was released, focussed on the Mauritian Writer Ananda Devi, and co-edited by Odile Cazenave (Professor of French here at BU) and Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François (Penn State University). Ananda Devi was the 2024 recipient of the Neustadt literary award. The volume encompasses contributions by both academics and […]
Noudou Successfully Defends Dissertation
Anik Noudou, a doctoral student in our French Language & Literature program, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation this past Monday. Noudou’s dissertation is titled, A Question of Gaze: The Representation of Women in Fracophone African Novels & Films Forty Years After Mariama Bâ. From the dissertation abstract: “The portrayal of women in Francophone African literature […]
BU Romance Studies at the 19th Century French Studies Conference
BU Romance Studies was well represented at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Conference, hosted by Duke University Sept 18-20. The theme of the conference was, “Producing and Receiving the 19th Century.” Prof. Rachel Mesch organized a panel on “Producing Colonial Spaces” and gave a talk entitled, “Gender Play: Orientalism at Home at the Fin de Siècle.” […]
Catalina Rodríguez Awarded Professorship
Assistant Professor of Spanish Catalina Rodríguez has been awarded the Wetherill-Bloom career Development Professorship in the Humanities by Boston University. Congratulations to Prof. Rodríguez! Catalina Rodríguez is a scholar of Latin American literature and culture from the 19th century forward, whose writings focus on gender and sexuality studies, women’s literature, theories of authorship, ecofeminism, and […]
Ubelaker Andrade Publishes Translation
Max Ubelaker Andrade, a graduate of the department’s doctoral program in Hispanic Language & Literatures, just published a new translation with punctum books titled boy says. It is a bilingual Spanish / English edition of Néstor Ponce’s book of poetry, Vos es, which plays with themes of authorship, identity, and influence while publicly offering a kind of […]
Autréaux Gives Interview
Patrick Autréaux, Writer in Residence at the BU Romance Studies Department, recently gave an interview on the occasion of the Mexican translation of his book Pussyboy (Canta Mares, Mexico). His interview was on the topic, “Writing at the border : literature and sexuality,” at El Colegio de Mexico (ColMex) with Melina Balcazar and Laure Sofia […]
Queerealities in Latin America and Spain Film Festival
Join us for screenings & conversations about four films on sexual diversity from Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain. Free & Open to the Public! All films will be screened with English subtitles Coffee & Empanadas Served Retablo (Álvaro Delgado Aparicio, Perú, 2017) Friday, September 20, 2024 • 4 PM Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. […]