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‘They’re eating pets’ – another example of US politicians smearing Haiti and Haitian immigrants
Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance continues to defend the false claim that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, have been abducting and eating area cats and dogs.
Romance Languages & Literatures Honors 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 RLL Award Winners!
How a Haitian Rap Album Says More About Napoleon’s Colonial Legacy Than Ridley Scott’s Film
Nathan Dize is an assistant professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. A scholar of French Caribbean literature and intellectual history, he recently translated “Antoine of Gommiers” by Haitian novelist Lyonel Trouillot.
Arts & Sciences faculty integrate Literacies for Life and Career into their classrooms
This fall, Silas Johnson and Tabea Alexa Linhard were among 24 Arts & Sciences faculty to pilot the new Literacies for Life and Career initiative, which focuses on highlighting and developing key skills.
CLA Co-Directors Danielle Dutton and Ignacio Infante featured on The American Vandal podcast
Rodrigo Viqueira, doctoral candidate in Hispanic Studies, selected as a finalist for the A&S Dean's Award for Research Excellence
Graduate students recognized for research excellence
Amanda Carey, teaching professor in Spanish, receives the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award
The Ampersand
Breaking Taboos and Caregiving in Kettly Mars's "I Am Alive", Translated from French by Nathan H. Dize
Reviewed by Laëtitia Saint-Loubert for Reading in Translation
Faculty Employment Opportunity: Assistant Professor position in Global Hispanophone Studies
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
Professor Tabea Alexa Linhard discussed her new book with The Ampersand
Karla Aguilar fosters Accessible Arts Spaces
Through language, experiences, and design choices, Aguilar hopes to inspire more interactive and discussion-filled art galleries across St. Louis. (St. Louis Magazine)