Twelve UGA Students Inducted into Sigma Pi Lambda Chapter of Phi Lambda Beta Society The Portuguese Program at the University of Georgia celebrated a milestone as twelve outstanding students were inducted into the Sigma Pi Lambda chapter of the Phi Lambda Beta Society of Portuguese Learning. This marks the first-ever induction ceremony at UGA, commemorating the chapter's establishment in 2024. Tags: Portuguese Read more about Twelve UGA Students Inducted into Sigma Pi Lambda Chapter of Phi Lambda Beta Society
Seven Romance Languages Graduate Students Receive 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award The Center for Teaching and Learning recognizes the significant contributions graduate students make to the instructional mission of the University of Georgia through Teaching Awards sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction. Read more about Seven Romance Languages Graduate Students Receive 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award
Portuguese for the Profession: A Rountable Join us for a professional roundtable where invited speakers share their career journeys and discuss the practical value of Portuguese in the workplace. Read more about Portuguese for the Profession: A Rountable
Romance Languages Collective Book Launch Our last Colloquium of the semester and a celebration of publications by members of the department from 2023 to 2025. This will be a wonderful opportunity for us to get to know the works of our colleagues and the range and depth of our department's production. The event opens at 4:00 p.m., with brief presentations of each work starting at 4:30 p.m. All ROML Colloquium events are free and open to the public! Read more about Romance Languages Collective Book Launch
Dr. Cecília Rodrigues Receives Rachel de Queiroz Poetry Award at the XV Ceará International Biennial Book Fair in Brazil On April 5th, 2025, Dr. Cecília Rodrigues received 2nd place in the poetry category of the Rachel de Queiroz Award during the XV Ceará International Biennial Book Fair, held at the Ceará Convention Center in Fortaleza. The award recognized Dr. Rodrigues for her poem "Flecheiras," published in the poetry anthology Sol das Letras, by Sol Literário Press. Tags: Portuguese Read more about Dr. Cecília Rodrigues Receives Rachel de Queiroz Poetry Award at the XV Ceará International Biennial Book Fair in Brazil
Correa-Díaz Named Distinguished Research Professor Luis Correa-Díaz, professor of Spanish in the Franklin College Department of Romance Languages, is a pioneering scholar and poet whose work has transformed Latin American literary studies, digital humanities, and cultural theory. His research bridges classical and contemporary literature, with groundbreaking contributions to the study of digital poetics and artificial intelligence in literature. Read more about Correa-Díaz Named Distinguished Research Professor
Global French Undergraduate Research Presentations Read more about Global French Undergraduate Research Presentations
Department Graduation Ceremony The Department of Romance Languages will celebrate the graduating class of 2025! Read more about Department Graduation Ceremony
PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics Awarded Research Grant 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! Tags: Spanish Romance Linguistics Read more about PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics Awarded Research Grant
Presentation by Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo (University of California, Merced) 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." Read more about Presentation by Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo (University of California, Merced)
