Faculty Literature Awards 2026
July 16, 2026 (last updated on September 16, 2026)
- Danielle Roper's book Hemispheric Blackface: Impersonation and Nationalist Fictions in the Americas has been recognized with an honorable mention for the John W. Frick Book Award, given by The American Theatre and Drama Society.
- Victoria Saramago has been awarded the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)'s "Prêmio Antonio Candido" to the best article for her “Electroshock and Hydropower: Writing the Great Acceleration in Brazil’s Military Dictatorship.” New Literary History, v. 56, n. 1, 2025, pp. 115-140.
- Jennifer Scappettone has received the American Association of Italian Studies’ Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies for Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of Motherless Tongues and Resistance to Fascism.
Congratulations to these scholars on their publications and recognition!