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Romance Languages at HLS 2025

The 2025 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS) was a success! It was great seeing UGA alumni like Matt Kanwit (University of Pittsburgh), Lamar Graham (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and María Morado-Vázquez (Ohio State University) presenting alongside current faculty and graduate students. We look forward to the 2026 iteration of HLS in Colorado, at the University of Colorado!
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Exploring Expression and Unity Through Bad Bunny's Music

This story was originally published in The Franklin Chronicles on October 30, 2025 This fall, Sharina Maíllo-Pozo, associate professor in the Department of Romance Languages, taught a First Year Odyssey class focused on rapper, singer, and record producer Bad Bunny and the reggaetón music genre, which encouraged students to engage with Bad Bunny’s music from global and personal perspectives.   Maíllo-Pozo gave an overview of her seminar: “…

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Celebrating Achievements in Portuguese Studies

The Portuguese program has had an exciting year filled with student success, faculty recognition, and vibrant cultural events! Dr. Cecília Rodrigues has been awarded the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs 2025 Excellence in Language Education award.   Undergraduate student, Madison Dixon, earned a Boren Scholarship as a Portuguese Flagship student and, graduate student, Elisa Braga, published an article in June…

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Dr. Giampaolo Molisina Delivers Keynote at Florida Atlantic University Film Retrospective

Dr. Giampaolo Molisina of the University of Georgia’s Department of Romance Languages, delivered the keynote address at Florida Atlantic University’s Film Retrospective dedicated to Rome on November 6. The event, organized by FAU’s Italian Program within the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature, brought together an enthusiastic audience of graduate and undergraduate students as well as members of the local community.…

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Italian at UGA Celebrates Growth and Innovation

This fall, the Italian program welcomed two new lecturers, Dr. Giampaolo Molisina and Dr. Massimiliano Lorenzon, as the program celebrates a 17% increase in Italian minors over the past year.   Dr. Giampaolo Molisina brings experiential learning to ITAL 2002 with activities like a tiramisu workshop, visits to Special Collections to view rare Italian texts, and bilingual tours at the Georgia Museum of Art. Dr. Massimiliano…

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Romance Languages Students and Faculty Presenting at HLS 2025

Next week, students and faculty in Romance linguistics will be presenting linguistic research on Romance Languages at the 2025 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, hosted by the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ November 13-15, 2025  
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Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo Named 2025–2026 Aspire Fellow

The Department of Romance Languages is proud to announce that Dr. Sharina Maíllo-Pozo, Associate Professor of Latinx Studies and Spanish, has been selected as one of the University of Georgia’s 2025–2026 Aspire Fellows. The Aspire Fellows program, coordinated by UGA’s Office of Faculty Affairs, supports mid-career and senior faculty in completing a signature project that extends their professional impact. Fellows engage in interdisciplinary…

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Bridging Worlds Through Language: A Fulbright Teaching Assistant Shares Her Journey

Welcome to Mariana Ribeiro Rodrigues! This is her first semester teaching Portuguese to UGA students as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FTLA) in the Department of Romance Languages. She shares her reflections on being a cultural ambassador:Coming from small town, I, like many of my friends, am a first-generation college student. For us, going to university represented a chance of studying the subjects we most enjoyed on a deeper…
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From engineering to language teaching, Fulbright Teaching Assistant shares her journey

Welcome to Késsia Shingu! This is her first semester teaching Portuguese to UGA students as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FTLA) in the Department of Romance Languages. She shares her reflections on being a cultural ambassador:  As a child and teenager, my interests varied a lot. I enjoyed all subjects, sports, music, and movies. However, I would say reading and studying the English language were big hobbies of mine.…
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left to right: Pedro Alfaro (ILCL Director), Luis Correa-Díaz (UGA), Francisco Simon (UPLA), Elvira Hernández, Andrés Melis Jiménez (UV), Claudio Guerrero Valenzuela y Ana María Riveros (both PUCV)
Distinguished Research Professor Presents New Book in Chile

In August, Luis Correa-Díaz, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Romance Languages, was invited by the Instituto de Literatura y Ciencias del Lenguaje (ILCL) at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso to present his new edited volume: La Bandera de Chile es extranjera en su propio país. Estudios sobre la poesía civil/insurrecta de Elvira Hernández. (Kassel/Barcelona: Edition Reichenberger, Colección Problemata…
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