Dr. Richard Gordon, 

Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute

“Popular Theater in Eighteenth-Century Lisbon: Preliminary Research Presentation and Dialogue on the Development of Book Projects”

Dr. Emily Sahakian

Assistant Professor of French,

Assistant Professor of Theatre

"Restaging Black Histories: Edouard Glissant's Popular Theatre, from Martinique to UGA"

Please note the special time for this event, 3:30 PM

Kate Bundy

“Biopolitics of the Cyborg Body in Science Fiction Short Films in .Sub (Jossie Malis Álvarez, 2012) and Hyper-reality (Keiichi Matsuda, 2016)"

Camila Livio

"Intensification in Brazilian Portuguese: a preliminary analysis of muito and bem"



Martin Ward

“Searching for lo queer in Argentina”

 

A workshop for graduate students to learn how to network within the profession.

An orientation for new graduate students to the University of Georgia and the Department of Romance Languages. Topics covered will include advisement and registering for classes, information for new teaching assistants, an introduction to the ROML Graduate Student Organization, and presentations on equal opportunity and diversity initiatives, academic honesty, disability resources, resources for research, and instructional technology.

Congratulations to the newly-created Department of Linguistics! According to the University Council website, President Morehead approved the creation of the department on May 2, 2017. 

Dr. Elizabeth Flores-Salgado, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico)

Featuring Readings by published and aspiring poets in the Romance Languages Department including:

Luis Correa-Díaz • Khédija Gadhoum 

Kate Bundy • Jorge García-Granados • Megan Mavity

 

Reception to follow

Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association and made possible through generous contributions from the Romance Languages Fund and the UGA Small Clubs Allocation Committee