Literary Aesthetics & Poetics is the study of poetry, prose, dramatic works, and other genres of oral and written expression across languages to understand their structures, meanings, contexts, and reception over time.  Scholarship in the department examines and critically interprets poetry, short story and the novel, theater and film, treatises, histories, essays, letters and journalism through historical periods using philological methods as well as literary and cultural theory. 

Photo source: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial taken from https://etniasdelmundo.com/bibliotecas/real-biblioteca-del-monasterio-de-san-lorenzo-de-el-escorial/

Transatlantic and Diaspora Studies examine and compare cultural production, movements, and criticism using theoretical frameworks that confront the colonial legacies of empire.  Research in the department investigates borders, race, ethnicity, class, human rights, national and transnational identities, and the plurality of intersecting languages and artistic practices in the Caribbean, Africa, the Americas, and Europe with focuses on Afro-Latin American, Latinx Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Women's Studies. 

Image by Lucy Nieto: taken from https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucynieto/

Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx Studies examine the cultural, political, and written traditions and movements of the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa which have in common the Spanish language and the legacy of Spanish imperial expansion. Research in the department spans from the early modern and colonial periods to modernisms, postmodernism, and present day trends, including focuses on book history, embodiment, environmental ethics, human rights, memory, migration, print, digital, and visual culture.

Photo source: José Vasconcelos Library taken from https://imgur.com/gallery/Axudi

Italian studies are central to the development of European cultures, written traditions, and artistic movements, beginning with the significance of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio and their legacies in the Mediterranean world.  Research expertise in the department spans Italian literary genres, periods, art, and cinema to the present day with focuses on contemporary Italy, aesthetics and poetics, the body, women writers, pedagogy, and the philosophy of education.

Photo source: Libreria Bocca in Milan taken from https://www.iviaggididante.com/2018/08/le-librerie-di-milano-da-visitare.html

Francophone Studies examines the cultures and literatures of the French-speaking countries and regions of Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Americas.  Research in the department includes study of the Medieval and Renaissance periods of France and the Mediterranean world through the cultural movements of the 17th-19th centuries, to modern and contemporary literature, film, and performance, with focuses on philology, poetics, translation, visual culture, Islam, and French, Caribbean, and West African cultural production. 

Photo source: National Library of France taken from www.artnet.com/artists/ahmet-ertug/the-oval-room-reading-room-of-the-national

Brazilian and Lusophone Studies examine the cultures and literatures of Portuguese-speaking peoples from regions that include the countries of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe.  Research in the department interprets narratives, poetry, theater, and film of the Lusophone world with focuses on national and social identities, Indigenous cultural production, immigrant experiences, cross-cultural dialogues, gender, and memory studies. 

Photo source: National Library of Brazil taken from https://bluesyemre.com/the-national-library-of-brazil-rio-de-janeiro/

Michelle Armstrong-Partida, Associate Professor of History, Emory University

Sponsored by the Early Modern Studies Research Cluster of the Mellon Global Georgia Project and the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts

[Image: Miniature from the illuminated manuscripts of the treatise by Giovanni Boccaccio, “The famous women”. MS Fr. 598, f. 70v, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. France, 15th century.]

All are invited to attend Diogo Cosme's dissertation defense on Friday, November 19th at 10am via Zoom. 

"L3 Acquisition of the Portuguese Present Perfect by English-Spanish Bilinguals"

Major Professor: Dr. Tim Gupton (contact Dr. Gupton for link)

Commitee Members: Dr. Margaret Quesada, Dr. Chad Howe, Dr. Michael Iverson

Heavenly Body: A Conversation with Brazilian Actor and Poet Giovanni Venturini

Moderator: Daniel Ferreira da Silva, PhD student

Register here

On November 8th, UGA's Gender History Workshop and the Wilson Center for Humanities and the Arts will be hosting Dr. Robin Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell will give a brief presentation on her research on black women and colonial fantasies in nineteenth century France, followed by a Q & A session.  Please see the attached flier for more information, and a link to register for the event. Any graduate students interested in obtaining a copy of Dr.