Ubelaker Andrade Publishes Translation
Max Ubelaker Andrade, a graduate of the department’s doctoral program in Hispanic Language & Literatures, just published a new translation with punctum books titled boy says. It is a bilingual Spanish / English edition of Néstor Ponce’s book of poetry, Vos es, which plays with themes of authorship, identity, and influence while publicly offering a kind of […]
Autréaux Gives Interview
Patrick Autréaux, Writer in Residence at the BU Romance Studies Department, recently gave an interview on the occasion of the Mexican translation of his book Pussyboy (Canta Mares, Mexico). His interview was on the topic, “Writing at the border : literature and sexuality,” at El Colegio de Mexico (ColMex) with Melina Balcazar and Laure Sofia […]
Queerealities in Latin America and Spain Film Festival
Join us for screenings & conversations about four films on sexual diversity from Peru, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain. Free & Open to the Public! All films will be screened with English subtitles Coffee & Empanadas Served Retablo (Álvaro Delgado Aparicio, Perú, 2017) Friday, September 20, 2024 • 4 PM Boston University Photonics Center, 8 St. […]
Alumna Balabarca Promoted
Dr. Lisette Balabarca, who recieved her PhD in Hispanic Language & Literatures from our department in 2006, has recently been promoted to Professor of Spanish at Siena College, as of September 1, 2024. Previously, Dr. Balabarca was an Assoc. Professor of Spanish at Siena College. Congratulations!
2024 French Film Festival Schedule
The Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival returns to Boston University in 2024! All screenings are free and open to the public. The festival presents a mixture of classic and contemporary films from France and the Francophone world. The Beast / La Bête (2023) Wednesday, Sep. 25 @ 6pm – PHO 206 The Beast is a […]
Huckle Publishes Translation
Nicholas Huckle, Master Lecturer in French, has recently completed the translation of Iconophages: A History of Ingesting Images, by Jérémie Koering. From the publisher: “Eating and drinking images may seem like an anomalous notion but, since antiquity, in the European and Mediterranean worlds, people have swallowed down frescoes, icons, engravings, eucharistic hosts stamped with images, […]
Ruiz de Arbulo Develops Online Course for Boston Public Schools
Romance Studies Master Lecturer Borja Ruiz de Arbulo has been profiled for the Arts & Sciences Newsletter about his work developing an online course to help Boston Public Schools employees understand better how to communicate with families and students from Spanish speaking countries. From the CAS News Article: “Rather than a general language course, the […]
Mesch Pens Blog Post on Gender Diversity
Prof. Rachel Mesch recently wrote a blog post reflecting on gender diversity in nineteenth-century France, the writing process, and discovering new things about one’s book after publication for the Stanford University Press blog. From the beginning of her piece: “I did not set out to write a history of trans identities in nineteenth-century France. In […]
Rachel Mesch Interviewed About Before Trans
Prof. Rachel Mesch’s book Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France recently came out in paperback, and she was interviewed about it for Professor Buzzkill’s History Podcast.
Quispe Presents at LASA Conference
José Quispe, a PhD student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, presented a paper at the 2024 Latin American Studies Association Conference. Quispe tells us about his presentation: “As part of the panel “Fronteras, migraciones y redes queer,” I presented a paper on the poetic work of Venezuelan writer Esdras Parra. Parra is more […]