Dr. Andries Coetzee (University of Michigan) will be the second speaker in this year’s talk series, Language Variability in Latin America, funded by the Willson Center. He will be giving a research talk and lead a more informal, interdisciplinary discussion.  Information and abstracts for both are below.

Research talk: Language, Place and Identity in Post-Colonial Societies: Three Case Studies from Afrikaans, Gilbert Hall RM 118, 1:15-2:10pm

Timothy Gupton, Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Department of Romance Languages, has been awarded a 2026 General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship by the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences. The award honors outstanding faculty whose sustained commitment to excellence in teaching has had a significant impact on student learning at the University of Georgia. 

ROML's French section was delighted to welcome Prof. Olivier Bertrand from Paris’ École Polytechnique. Prof. Bertrand led an engaging lunchtime information hour in which he discussed numerous opportunities for study abroad at Polytechnique. Prof. Bertrand then gave an impressively rich talk about the theme of love in medieval French literature, proceeding from the earliest texts written in French to the fifteenth-century stage. Prof. Bertrand’s visit was organized by Dr.

RSVP by March 30th to Dr. Debbie Bell.

Lecture with Mexican historian, writer and university professor associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH) in Mexico, Nithia Castorena‑Sáenz. 

Sponsored by Romance Languages and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts

Lecture (in English) with Portuguese Scholar, Dr. Patrícia Vieira from the University of Coimbra, Portugal.

Lecture with Brazilian Scholar Dr. Izabel Brandão from the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil.

Email Dr. Cecília Rodrigues to request a link for the online lecture. Email: ceciliar@uga.edu