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Sounds of street protest

2.24.22

Gicela Medina is a second-year student in the Hispanic studies PhD program and co-host of “Street Politics Across the Americas” along with Rodrigo Viqueira, who is a PhD candidate in Hispanic studies and who is also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies. “Street Politics Across the Americas” was supported by The Divided City Initiative in 2021.

RLL Graduate Students Summer Fellowships with The Divided City

6.29.21

Congratulations to our RLL graduate students on their Graduate Summer Research Fellowship with the Divided City.

Published article by Soledad Mocchi-Radichi, a Ph.D. candidate in our Hispanic Studies program

6.9.21

Soledad Mocchi-Radichi, a Ph.D. candidate in our Hispanic Studies program publishes an article in the journal, Latin American Theatre Review.

RLL Faculty & Students share their poetry on Life/Lines

4.26.21

RLL Faculty and Students participate in the Center for Humanities Poetry Exercises, Life/Lines.

Hispanic Studies PhD Candidate Olivia Lotts Earns the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship at Kenyon College

4.12.21

Congratulations to Olivia Lott (ABD, Hispanic Studies), who has received the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship at Kenyon College for 2021-22 academic year.

Francophone Week March 20th-26th, 2021

2.22.21

Join the the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures for Francophone Week, March 20th-26th, 2021.

Publication of Liquid borders: migration as resistance

2.15.21

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American Studies Program congratulates Professor Mabel Moraña latest publication, Liquid Borders migration as resistance with Routledge.

Professor Michael Sherberg publishes The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective

2.15.21

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures congratulates Professor Sherberg on the publication of his book, The Decameron fourth day in perspective with the University of Toronto Press.

Graduate Fellow Olivia Lott lauded with PEN translation honor

2.8.21

Professor Tili Boon Cuillé publishes Divining Nature: Aesthetics of Enchantment in Enlightenment France

12.23.20

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures congratulates Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature Tili Boon Cuillé on the publication of her new book, Divining Nature: Aesthetics of Enchantment in Enlightenment France with Stanford University Press.

Prof. Ignacio Infante Receives Emerson's 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award

10.22.20

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures congratulates Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature Ignacio Infante on his selection as one of Emerson’s 2020 Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.

The Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards Program, now in its 31st year, recognizes approximately 100 educators in the St. Louis metropolitan area annually for their leadership in and passion for teaching, their contributions to student learning, and their knowledge and creativity.

Publication of Mabel Moraña's Philosophy and Criticism in Latin America: From Mariátegui to Sloterdijk

7.14.20

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Latin American Studies Program congratulates Professor Mabel Moraña on the publication of her new book, Philosophy and Criticism in Latin America: From Mariátegui to Sloterdijk, as part of the Cambria Latin American Literatures and Cultures Series with Cambria Press.