Veronica Vegna, RLL's Senior Lecturer in Italian and Italian Language Coordinator, recently published her book, Donne, mafia e cinema, with Longo Editore.
Frederick de Armas, the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, Spanish Literature, and Comparative Literature, recently released his first novel, El abra del Yumurí, a book originally started by his mother. UChicago Magazine recently published an online piece by Prof. de Armas about his mother, the book, and his process in finishing it.
Amine Bouhayat, first-year PhD student in French, has been awarded the Prix Racine by the Fondation Jean et Jean-Pierre Giraudoux for his Masters thesis, entitled La Diplomatie des conflits dans les tragédies de Racine. Stratégies d’évitement et fatalité de la noise.
The Illinois Portuguese Language Connection (comprised of Northwestern, UChicago, and UIC), of which RLL Senior Lecturer Ana Lima is one of the leaders, has been awarded the 2017 prize for Educational Initiatives conferred by the American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese.
Philippe Desan's recent Montaigne biography was featured in UChicagoNews. Prof. Desan has spent most of his academic career studying the life and work of Montaigne, and Montaigne: A Life seeks to "balance our perception of Montaigne today." The full story includes a video of Prof. Desan reading Montaigne's own words.
