Burgon Researches in Paris
Haleigh Burgon, one of our PhD students in French Language & Literature, recently spent a week researching in Paris, with support from the Ernest A. Jackson Fund. Haleigh tells us: “I spent a fruitful week in Paris researching at the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand and the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris. My focus was […]
RS Alumna Nominated for Women Changing the World Award
Franca Roibal, who earned her PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures from our department in 2018, has been announced as a nominee for the 2024 Women Changing the World Award. The Women Changing the World Awards, presented by Sarah, Duchess of York and one of Oprah Winfrey’s favourite guests, Dr. Tererai Trent, celebrate and recognize […]
5 RS PhD Students Defend Dissertations
A big congratulations to all five Romance Studies PhD students who successfully defended their dissertations this spring! French Tiffany Bailey Dissertation Title: Girl Gang: Black Girlhood in France Represented Through Contemporary Film and Literature Brittany Bernard Dissertation Title: Revenants: Gendered Memories of Trauma in the Works of Leïla Sebbar, Diane Kurys, Alice Zeniter, and Mati […]
RS Recognizes 4 Graduate Students for Excellence in Teaching
The Romance Studies Department is please to announce the 2024 recipients of our Award for Teaching Excellence, given each year to a select few of our teaching fellows. French Fred Lafortune Karaleigh Saar Spanish Poliana Alarcón Bustos José Quispe
Carberry Wins Teaching Award
Congratulations to Alison Carberry, Master Lecturer in Spanish, for winning the 2024 Neu Family Award for Excellence in Teaching! The award recognizes a CAS faculty member who exemplifies deep and broad commitment, skill, effectiveness, impact, and leadership in teaching. Great work, Alison!
Bailey Presents Paper in Paris
French graduate student Tiffany Bailey recently presented a paper at a conference on Black Studies in Paris. She tells us: “I participated in the “Black Studies x French Studies” Colloquium in Paris hosted by the AfroFrancospheres Project at Columbia University in partnership with the inter-university research, educational, and public programming initiative, BlackFranceNoire. For the workshop […]
RS Wins Terriers Trek Through Boston
The Romance Studies Team won the Terriers Trek through Boston Challenge! Terriers Trek Through Boston is a team-based fitness challenge for members of the BU community. The members of the Romance Studies team were: Angelica Avcikurt, Captain Laura Brusetti Mcginn Maria Datel Carmen Torres Perez Pau Canigueral Batllosera Philip Noonan Veronica Rodriguez Ballesteros Romance Studies […]
Savo Publishes Book
Portraying Authorship: Juan Manuel and the Rhetoric of Authority, by Dr. Anita Savo, has just been published with the University of Toronto Press (May 2024). The book shows how the medieval Castilian writer Juan Manuel convinced readers of his role as an individual author, even though he worked in a collaborative manuscript culture. Dr. Savo […]
Webb Wins Susan K. Jackson Award
Lillie Webb, Lecturer in French, has been named the faculty recipient of the Susan K. Jackson award for 2024. The award, which honors those who create and nurture community in the College of Arts & Sciences, was established after the passing of Susan Jackson, a longtime faculty member and senior associate dean in CAS, in […]
Bailey & Hernandez Honored by GRS
We are proud to announce that two of our Teaching Fellows have been awarded by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences! Tiffany Bailey, a PhD student in French Languages & Literatures, has received the GRS Teaching Fellow Award for the Department of Romance Studies. Rosana Hernandez Nieto, a PhD student in our Hispanic Literatures […]