In the Spotlight
Congratulations to Martha Mendoza who has published her latest co-authored article, “The expression of texture in P’urhepecha: Initial observations,” in LIAMES [Línguas Indígenas Americanas], an international academic linguistics journal published in Brazil.
Congratulations to Alejandra Aguilar who has just published a new book chapter entitled “El poema y su arte poética: poetas contemporáneas de la República Dominicana” published in Poéticas de escritoras hispanoamericanas contemporáneas (Antología), edited by Milena Rodríguez Gutiérrez, María Lucía Puppo, and Alicia Salomone (Pre-Textos, Valencia).
Congratulations to Alessio Giovene, a Ph. D. student whose primary area is in Italian Literature/Italian Studies and who teaches Italian for LLCL. Alessio has published a new essay “Tra memoria e resistenza: Una lettura spaziale delle Case della Vetra di Giovanni Raboni” in the 2024 issue of Italian Studies.
Candy Hurtado, Ethnomusicologist, director of the Kuyayky Foundation, and Visiting Professor of Spanish in LLCL recently participated in a new PBS documentary, Nazca Desert Mystery .
"As we were still in the midst of the pandemic, I got a call from Development Researcher Georgia Reddington in the UK to contribute to this documentary. Over several months of planning, we spoke about the importance of weaving the narrative of continuity- especially for Peruvians today, who so often refer to indigenous peoples -both in the past and in the present- in the third person. This PBS Nova documentary is the product of this fruitful dialogue to hopefully begin to reconcile that distance. I am incredibly proud to have joined all of the different scientists working on the Nazca lines today and to have highlighted representation and continuity. The multinational production team was led by producer Daniela Volker."
Congratulations to Julia R. Brown on the publication of her edited volume, Women Photographers and Mexican Modernity: Framing the Twentieth Century!
Listen to this interview with María Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles about her current research and its relevance to Black History Month.
Congratulations to Diana Torres on the publication of her edited volume, Cuerpario !
Congratulations to María Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles on the publication of her book, Entre el bronce y el olvido. Heroísmo y afrodescendencia en Colombia, Brasil y Cuba!
Take a look at this interview of Ph.D. candidate Roxana Ambrosini, (MA in LLCL '19)!
Congratulations to our recent MA in LLCL: Spanish graduate Pattricia Mesa on being selected as the recipient of the 2023 John D. Martz III Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper at the MACLAS 2023 conference (Salibury University) for her presentation titled "Senel Paz. Fresa y chocolate: el camino entre géneros."
The Martz Prize committee highlighted the forceful connections made in the paper between the celebrated narration by Senel Paz, centered on the cultural legacy of the Cuban Revolution, and its adaptations to cinema and theatre. Both adaptations brought a renewed attention on the symbolic implications of the two leading characters as they embody the challenges of an increasingly complex ideological apparatus on the eve of Cuba’s Special Period. In sum, her paper is ambitious in the way some suggestions from the theory of adaptation are used to foreground the palimpsestic quality present in all three artistic mediums analyzed.
Congratulations to Ilaria Serra, who was knighted by the President of Italy. She now holds the prestigious title of Cavaliere della Repubblica dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia. Brava, Professor Serra!
Congratulations to Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilín on the publication of her most recent monograph, Culture, Nature, and the Other in Caribbean Literature: An Ecocritical Approach!
Congratulations to LLCL: Linguistics major Ciara O'Niell who was recently named 2022-2023 Undergraduate Researcher of the Year for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Congratulations also to her advisor, Justin White! Ciara will receive $500 from the Office of Undergraduate Inquiry (OURI) and an Undergraduate Research Stole to wear at graduation. Her award will officially be presented at the Honors Convocation on 4/12/23 at 4 pm in the University Theater.
Congratulations to Ilaria Serra on publishing her article, "The Poetic Geography of Italy: Coastal Geometaphors" in Italian Culture, volume 41, issue 1!
Congratulations to Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilín on receiving the Degree of Difference award, conferred by the FAU National Alumni association. She will receive the award at the Honors Convocation on April 12 at the University Theater at 4 pm!
Congratulations to LLCL: Spanish major Florinda Cano who has been awarded a SURF Research Grant for Summer 2023! Congratulations as well to her advisor, Yolanda Gamboa!
Congratulations to our 2023 graduates!