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romance languages and literatures
Paradiso 15
Lectura Dantis, an ongoing public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents “Paradiso 15” with Francesco Castellano. The presentation of the text is in English, and the reading in Italian. FRONT ROW
Professor Rhodes wins a Research Incentive Grant
Professor Elizabeth Rhodes has won a Research Incentive Grant from the Institute on Aging, to support her research on Catholic hagiography, that examines the transformations in the ages of Catholic saints over the late medieval and early modern periods.
Global Humanities Lecture Series in Romance Languages and Literatures
Spring 2011 Schedule
Commitment to Spanish Language education
The Mario Vargas Llosa Chapter of the National Hispanic Honor Society is presenting a Certificate of recognition to Professor Debbie Rusch at Reading High School on March 29, in recognition for her dedication and contribution to Spanish Language education.
French Film Festival
February 11 - February 25, 2011 Devlin 008 Free admission and open to the public.
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Leticia Mercado (Ph.D. Candidate, Hispanic Studies) published “Traspasar el umbral: la vestimenta como identidad cultural en la Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España de Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1632)” in Lucero 20 (2010): 15-32.
Assigned Reading by Matilda T. Bruckner
Professor Matilda Bruckner’s Core Literature course on “Memory and Literature” was featured in the Winter 2010 issue of the BC Magazine.
A semester in Madrid
Michael Polark, (2010, Economics and Hispanic studies major) spent five months at La Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spring 2009. He reflects on the experience in a Q&A with the Boston Globe.
Christ in the garden
Inspired by Lavinia Fontana's 'Noli Me Tangere,' Romance Languages Assoc. Prof. Franco Mormando reflects on Jesus as gardener. America
Listening to Haiti's 'Other Voices'
The world knows all about Haiti's problems—but little else, says BC's Jean-Charles. BC Chronicle
Paradiso 10
VIDEO FROM FRONT ROW
Dario Del Puppo, professor of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College, leads this public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy.
A Virtual World of Spanish Golden Age TheaterVIDEO FROM FRONT ROW
Margaret Greer of Duke University discusses her work on interpreting and identifying the handwriting of many anonymously copied works of seventeenth-century theater stored in the Madrid National Library.
Jamie Crowley ’91, MA ’96, a French major at Boston College, won one of the teaching profession’s highest honors. “It was at Boston College where I really learned how to think critically and become aware of my own learning.” More
Leticia Mercado, a Hispanic studies doctoral candidate, published "'Postrer ruido': el homenaje de Blas de Otero a Francisco de Quevedo" in MLN 125. 2 (March 2010, Hispanic Issue): 391-405.
Humanitarians honored
Boston College Romance Languages and Literatures Professor Emeritus Rebecca Valette and her husband Jean-Paul, were honored with an award for their humanitarian work by the Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation. More
Order of the Palm
Professor Ourida Mostefai was inducted as Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. More
Lectura Dantis: "Purgatory XXXIII"
Lectura Dantis, a public reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, presents “Purgatorio XXXIII” with Franco Mormando, BC associate professor of Italian. FRONT ROW
Esteban Mayorga (Ph.D. candidate, Hispanic Studies) published Un cuento violento. Quito, Ecuador: Editorial El Conejo, 2007.