Nicolas Portugal, an Assistant Instructional Professor in French, has earned his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Congratulations, Dr. Portugal!
On Friday, October 27, he successfully defended his dissertation, entitled "A FRENCH 9/11? FRENCH LITERATURE IN THE WAKE OF TERRORISM." His advising committee included Drs. Brett A. Kaplan, Laurence Mall, Jean-Philippe R. Mathy, and François Proulx.
Join us in person or virtually for RLL’s inaugural Virgilio Lecture Series featuring Adriana Cavarero (Università degli studi di Verona). The talks, entitled “Women and Monsters: the uncanny of maternity in literary imagination," will be held on October 24, 27, & 31, 2023 from 5:00-6:30 PM.
The 2022-2023 Annual RLL Newsletter is available now! Read more about faculty publications, student accomplishments, and extracurricular activities across the Department.