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
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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)
Romance Languages & Literatures Honors 2024
Congratulations to our 2024 RLL Award Winners!
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.
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.”
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.