How a Haitian Rap Album Says More About Napoleon’s Colonial Legacy Than Ridley Scott’s Film

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Skip the new blockbuster if you’re interested in Napoleon’s Caribbean legacy, says Nathan Dize, a scholar of French Caribbean literature and intellectual history. Instead, Haitian rapper Jean D’Amérique fills in the missing history and the continuing impact of its fight for independence in his debut album, ‘Mélancholie Gang.’

Arts & Sciences faculty integrate Literacies for Life and Career into their classrooms

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CLA Co-Directors Danielle Dutton and Ignacio Infante featured on The American Vandal podcast

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Rodrigo Viqueira, doctoral candidate in Hispanic Studies, selected as a finalist for the A&S Dean's Award for Research Excellence

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Graduate students recognized for research excellence

Amanda Carey, teaching professor in Spanish, receives the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award

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Breaking Taboos and Caregiving in Kettly Mars's "I Am Alive", Translated from French by Nathan H. Dize

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Reviewed by Laëtitia Saint-Loubert for Reading in Translation

Faculty Employment Opportunity: Assistant Professor position in Global Hispanophone Studies

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The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures (RLL) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Global Hispanophone Studies to begin in the fall semester of 2024.

Beyond ‘Casablanca’: Tracing the routes of refugee writers By Josh Valeri

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Professor Tabea Alexa Linhard discussed her new book with The Ampersand

Karla Aguilar fosters Accessible Arts Spaces

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Through language, experiences, and design choices, Aguilar hopes to inspire more interactive and discussion-filled art galleries across St. Louis. (St. Louis Magazine)

Six weeks in Spain

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The Summer Language Institute helped undergraduate student Johnny Yeldham develop a new appreciation for Spanish history, cuisine, and culture.

Romance Languages & Literatures Honors 2023

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Congratulations to our 2023 RLL Award Winners!

Francophone Week 2023

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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.