A Dynamic, Global-Minded Faculty

Our distinguished, multinational faculty bring a global perspective to the study of language, with expertise in the literatures and film of Spain, France, Latin America, Francophone Africa, and more.

Our department offers undergraduate instruction in all four of the major Romance languages:  French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Additionally, our faculty provide advanced training in French graduate studies and Spanish graduate studies.

RS Faculty News Highlights

  • Fernández-Medina Shortlisted for the MSA Translation Prize

    October 8, 2026

    On September 22, it was announced that Nicolás Fernández-Medina’s translation of Morbidities and “The Concept of the New Literature” by Ramón Gómez de la Serna (Clemson UP, 2024) was shortlisted... [ More ]

  • Maurer Featured in NYT Style Story

    August 24, 2026

    An exhibition on the archive of celebrated Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, co-curated by Christopher Maurer at Madrid's Residencia de Estudiantes, has been featured in the Mexican edition... [ More ]

  • Savo Receives 2026 La corónica International Book Prize

    May 20, 2026

    Professor Anita Savo has received the 2026 La corónica International Book Prize for her monograph Portraying Authorship: Juan Manuel and the Rhetoric of Authority (University of Toronto Press, 2024). The... [ More ]

  • Maurer Receives American Archivists Award

    August 7, 2025

    Christopher Maurer (Boston University), Andrew A. Anderson (University of Virginia), and Melissa Dinverno (Indiana University – Bloomington) are the 2025 recipients of the Philip M. Hamer and Elizabeth Hamer Kegan... [ More ]

  • Cazenave Wins Award for Graduate Education

    May 1, 2025

    Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Cazenave for winning the 2025 CAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Education! From the citation read at the presentation of the award on April 30: Because... [ More ]

  • LF 307 Class Cooks a French Meal!

    April 28, 2025

    Students in Maria Bobroff’s LF 307 Food & Culture in France recently completed their final projects for the course: the making of a three-course meal. Three teams, each consisting of... [ More ]

  • Jennifer Cazenave Receives Fellowship

    April 10, 2025

    Jennifer Cazenave has been awarded a 2025-2026 fellowship from the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut. She will be spending the 2025-26 academic year at the Institute where she... [ More ]

  • Bianconi Publishes Article

    March 27, 2025

    Celia Bianconi, Master Lecturer in Portuguese, has published a piece in the journal, Portuguese Language Journal. Her work appears in a special edition of the journal titled, Voices of Leadership: ... [ More ]

  • BUCH Celebrates Recent Book Publications

    March 4, 2025

    Last Friday, BUCH held its annual celebration of humanitities book publications at BU. Among the books celebrated were new publications from Nicolás Fernández-Medina, Nick Huckle, and Jim Iffland. Their works... [ More ]

  • BU RS Faculty, Students Collaborate on Lorca Exhibition

    January 28, 2025

    Students and faculty from the BU Department of Romance Studies have collaborated on the first-ever exhibition on the archive of Europe's most popular poet, Federico García Lorca (1898-1936). The exhibition Lorca... [ More ]