Alumna Balabarca Promoted
Dr. Lisette Balabarca, who recieved her PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures from our department in 2006, has recently been promoted to Professor of Spanish at Siena College, as of September 1, 2024. Previously, Dr. Balabarca was an Assoc. Professor of Spanish at Siena College. Congratulations!
2024 French Film Festival Schedule
The Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival returns to Boston University in 2024! All screenings are free and open to the public. The festival presents a mixture of classic and contemporary films from France and the Francophone world. The Beast / La Bête (2023) Wednesday, Sep. 25 @ 6pm – PHO 206 The Beast is a […]
Huckle Publishes Translation
Nicholas Huckle, Master Lecturer in French, has recently completed the translation of Iconophages: A History of Ingesting Images, by Jérémie Koering. From the publisher: “Eating and drinking images may seem like an anomalous notion but, since antiquity, in the European and Mediterranean worlds, people have swallowed down frescoes, icons, engravings, eucharistic hosts stamped with images, […]
Ruiz de Arbulo Develops Online Course for Boston Public Schools
Romance Studies Master Lecturer Borja Ruiz de Arbulo has been profiled for the Arts & Sciences Newsletter about his work developing an online course to help Boston Public Schools employees understand better how to communicate with families and students from Spanish speaking countries. From the CAS News Article: “Rather than a general language course, the […]
Mesch Pens Blog Post on Gender Diversity
Prof. Rachel Mesch recently wrote a blog post reflecting on gender diversity in nineteenth-century France, the writing process, and discovering new things about one’s book after publication for the Stanford University Press blog. From the beginning of her piece: “I did not set out to write a history of trans identities in nineteenth-century France. In […]
Rachel Mesch Interviewed About Before Trans
Prof. Rachel Mesch’s book Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France recently came out in paperback, and she was interviewed about it for Professor Buzzkill’s History Podcast.
Quispe Presents at LASA Conference
José Quispe, a PhD student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, presented a paper at the 2024 Latin American Studies Association Conference. Quispe tells us about his presentation: “As part of the panel “Fronteras, migraciones y redes queer,” I presented a paper on the poetic work of Venezuelan writer Esdras Parra. Parra is more […]
RS Lecturers Promoted
Five Romance Studies lecturers have been promoted to higher rank. Promoted to Master Lecturer Kirby Chazal – French Viktoria Hackbarth – Spanish Borja Ruiz de Arbulo – Spanish Promoted to Senior Lecturer Maria Bobroff – French Lillie Webb – French Congratulations to all for these well-deserved promotions!
Gonzalez-Arias Presents at Instituto Cervantes Symposium
Francisca Gonzalez-Arias, part-time lecturer in Spanish, delivered a paper titled, “Translating Emilia Pardo Bazán in the United States: Women of the American fin-de-siècle; Fanny Hale Gardiner and the Isabellas’,” at the recent Translation Symposium Observatorio de la Lengua, Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University. From the abstract: “It is an intriguing fact that translations of six […]
2024 Romance Studies Convocation
On May 17, the Romance Studies Department held our annual convocation to celebrate our graduating undergraduate and graduate students, along with the department’s award winners, who were recognized in front of faculty, family, and friends for their accomplishments! Doctor of Philosophy in French Language & Literature Tiffany Bailey – Disseration: Girl Gang: Black Girlhood in […]