The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is pleased to announce that the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) recently awardedProfessor Frederick de Armas the title of Doctor Honoris Causa for his contributions to the study of the classical tradition in the French and Spanish literatures of the Renaissance and the Baroque era.
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is proud to present a new series of author-centered readings and conversations on French books that have been recently translated into English. This initiative, called En tête-à-tête, is part of the Seminary Co-op's French Corner project. These encounters will be held at the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and 57th Street Books.
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The Romance Languages and Literatures department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track assistant professor position in medieval Iberian Studies, to begin July 1, 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter.
A UChicago study finds people are less inclined to lie when using a second language. Learning a foreign tongue can actually help result in more ethical behavior. Click here for more details.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of one of our recent graduates, Glenn Roe (PhD’10), to the post of Professor of Digital Humanities in the Faculty of Letters at Sorbonne University where he is also a member of the Centre d’étude de la langue et des littératures françaises (CELLF UMR 8599). Glenn has the honor of being the first American to have ever been apppointed in French literature at the Sorbonne.
