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. […]
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, […]