The Department of Romance Languages will celebrate the graduating class of 2025!

Eliot Westdorp has been selected as a recipient of a 2025 Sigma Delta Pi (SDP) Graduate Research Grant Award among a very competitive pool of applicants nationwide. This will be critical in funding Eliot's dissertation research project examining changes related to the loss of seseo and language contact between Spanish and Galician in Galicia. ¡Enhorabuena, Eliot!

Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo, who is the top scholar in the field of Latin American Transpacific Studies with 6 books and dozens of articles on the topic, will give a broader presentation on Asian-Latin American cultural relations in a talk entitled: "La literatura asiático-latinoamericana como agente transformador en el marco de los estudios transpacíficos, la literatura mundial y el cosmopolitismo."

Martín Camps will read poetry from his most recent book, Crónica del incendio de los días, as well as some prior work.

Dr. Carlos Villacorta will present a talk on "'On the Yellow Shores of My Nation': Body and Nation in the Poetry of José Watanabe"

Join us for a discussion about the poetry of José Watanabe, one of the most important Peruvian poets of the twentieth century. 

Participants include Drs. Carlos Villacorta (University of Maine), Martín Camps (Pacific University), Ignacio López-Calvo (University of California, Merced), Mark Anderson (University of Georgia), and Jorge García-Granados (University of Georgia). Moderated by Dr. Luis Correa-Díaz (University of Georgia)

The Romance Languages Colloquium is a series of free, open to the public events organized by graduate students of the Department. The spirit of the event is to share our department’s work with the community, making us more aware of what our colleagues do and giving us the opportunity of talking to about our production.

Come learn how to make a peteca, and play a Brazilian traditional game with us!

Come join us to celebrate this fun-filled Brazilian tradition with tasty treats, music, and plenty of dancing! 

Don't miss out! It is going to be a blast!

Dr. Leal will present collaborative research with Elena Shimanskaya (U. Nevada-Reno) on the second language acquisition of French structures by native speakers of Spanish and English. See flyer for link to presentation abstract.