On Tuesday, May 13, the department hosted the 2024-2025 student award reception. With over 60 RLL faculty and students in attendance, we honored graduate and undergraduate students with various awards.
Join us in person or virtually for RLL’s Virgilio Lecture Series, “Primo Levi and His Auschwitz Companions: Between History and Literature,” featuring Sergio Luzzatto (University of Connecticut). The talks will take place on April 16, 18, and 22, and are free and open to the public.
We are excited to announce the release of Categoría Cinco 4.2, Danza y Política en Puerto Rico (Dance and Politics in Puerto Rico), co-edited by UChicago professor Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, alumni Jorge Lefevre-Tavárez, Isabela Fraga, Aldo Lauria-Santiago, and graduate student Cristina Esteves-Wolff.
Nené Lozada, Director of the Spanish Language Program, and third-year undergraduate student Alejandro Orihuela have been awarded the Quad Faculty Research Grant to investigate the linguistic landscape of the Spanish-speaking community in Pilsen, Chicago.
Paolo Cherchi, Professor Emeritus of Italian and Spanish Literatures, will recieve an honorary doctorate degree from the Sapienza University of Rome (Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza") on October 30, 2024. The ceremony will air live on YouTube.
