Francophone Week 2023

Celebrated yearly in March, the International Francophonie Day (Journée Internationale de la Francophonie) is a worldwide celebration that reunites francophones to celebrate French language and francophone cultures. This year, we reflect on the role of time in shaping the francophonie ; the French language has changed and continues to change to reflect the enormous diversity of francophone communities in all continents around the globe using the language for everything from everyday communication to writing scientific reports and groundbreaking literature.

Latin American Film Series March 3 - April 24, 2023

Award-winning films by contemporary Latin American directors

Faculty Employment Opportunity: Lecturer in French

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a full-time lecturer in French.

Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures announces first round of funded projects

Nine multiyear clusters and five yearlong programmatic grants bring together faculty across all seven schools to collaborate on new transdisciplinary research.

Recipes for a very Arts & Sciences Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, faculty members share recipes that they will include at their dinners. 

Prof. Ignacio Infante is one of the Arts & Sciences fall 2022 SPEED grant winners

Arts & Science has announced the second cohort of internal seed grant recipients, Prof. Ignacio Infante among them

Published article by Rodrigo Viqueira, a Ph.D. candidate in our Hispanic Studies program

Rodrigo Viqueira, a Ph.D. candidate in our Hispanic Studies program publishes his article “La escritura fonoautográfica de Rodolfo Walsh: la grabadora y la disputa por la voz obrera en ¿Quién mató a Rosendo?” in the Latin America Literary Review

Teaching modernity in the mountains

A midcentury surge of schoolteachers, trained as agents of rural progress, brought modern education to even the most remote areas of the Andean provinces of Peru. Faculty Fellow Javier García Liendo offers a preview of his book in progress, “The Children of Indigenismo: Schoolteachers and the Making of Popular Modernity in Peru.”

Roundtable to explore Cuillé's "Divining Nature"

Celebrating outstanding faculty and staff 2022

At a ceremony and reception held Sept. 21 in Holmes Lounge, members of the Arts & Sciences community gathered to recognize recipients of the annual faculty and staff awards. Each award-winner has demonstrated exceptional service to the university through service, leadership, or teaching. Congratulations to all the awardees, including our own Miguel Valerio.

The sovereignty of joy

In a new book, Miguel Valerio uncovers the history of Afro-Mexican festival performances in colonial Mexico.

Faculty Employment Opportunity: Assistant Professor of French.

Washington University in St. Louis, Romance Languages and Literatures Department is hiring for an Assistant Professor of French.

Awardees for graduate teaching excellence announced

Eight Arts & Sciences graduate students were honored for their achievements in undergraduate teaching and instruction.

Published article by Yamile Ferreira, a Ph.D. candidate in our Hispanic Studies program

Yamile Ferreira, a Ph.D. candidate in our Hispanic Studies program publishes an article in the journal Páginas. Revista Digital de la Escuela de Historia

Our Trip to the Neighboring Village of Sainte Genevieve: A Historical Lesson in Sustainability

A group of WashU students and professors E. Allen and L. Cuillé (RLL/French) paid a visit to the historical town of Sainte Genevieve, MO, for a day filled with guided tours and interactive lessons on French colonial foodways, architecture, and lifestyles.

Hispanic Studies Graduate Student, Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez, Attends National Humanities Center Virtual Residency

Four graduate students in humanities departments at WashU attend the National Humanities Center’s Meaningful Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Classroom. During the week, WashU grad students engaged in team-based learning with graduate students from peer institutions to create instructional materials and to learn from a wide range of faculty and pedagogy-specialists from across the United States.

CRE2 Graduate Fellows Program includes Hispanic Studies Graduate Student, Jeanne Rosine Abomo Edou

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity is happy to announce our 2022 cohort of Graduate Fellows, which includes Jeanne Rosine Abomo Edou, RLL Graduate Student in Hispanic studies and Comparative Literature.

Williamson to study families affected by Zika

Eliza Williamson, an anthropologist and a lecturer in Latin American studies and in Romance languages and literatures, both in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was awarded a postdoctoral fieldwork grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for longitudinal ethnographic research with families raising children diagnosed with congenital Zika syndrome in Bahia, Brazil.

CRE2 announces new faculty fellowships

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2) at Washington University in St. Louis has announced six recipients of the 2023 CRE2 Faculty Fellowships, including Javier García-Liendo, associate professor of Spanish in Arts & Sciences, who will develop “The Children of Indigenismo: Schoolteachers and the Making of Popular Modernity in Peru, 1939-1967" and Akiko Tsuchiya, professor of Spanish and affiliate professor of women, gender and sexuality studies, both in Arts & Sciences, who will develop “The Politics of Public Memory: Racist and Colonial Monuments in Modern Spain.”

Center for the Humanities names graduate students fellows

The Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recently awarded six Graduate Student Fellowships for the 2022-23 academic year.

Hayes and Acree appointed to leadership roles in support of graduate education

As leaders of the Office of Graduate Studies, Sophia Hayes and William Acree guide new efforts to support graduate students in Arts & Sciences.

Acree appointed Dean's Fellow for Graduate Education Initiatives

Celebrating Afro-Mexico and Its Cuisine

Professor Valerio reflects on cuisine and scholarship at Rick Bayless’ Frontera Grill in Chicago.

Celebrating Josephine Baker

On November 30, 2021, French ConneXions Center of Excellence, the Romance Languages and Literatures Department, and the Divided City Initiative celebrated Josephine Baker’s introduction into the Panthéon in Paris.

Andia Augustin-Billy, PhD WashU French Alumna, is Centenary College's first Tenured Black Faculty Member

Andia Augustin-Billy, PhD WashU French Alumna, is Centenary College's first Tenured Black Faculty Member.