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Spanish Major Sarah Mizra named Harry S. Truman Scholar

The Department of Romance Languages would like to congratulate Spanish and Geography major Sarah Mizrah on winning the prestigious Harry S. Truman scholarship!


Congratulations to Amélia Hutchinson on Translation Grant

Dr. Amélia Hutchinson's Fernão Lopes project has been awarded a translation grant from the Luso-American Foundation to continue its work translating medieval Portuguese author Fernão Lopes' chronicles.


Spanish Professor Betina Kaplan wins university Service Learning Excellence Award

Congratulations to Dr. Betina Kaplan, who has been awarded one of two university-wide Service Learning Excellence Awards for her work engaging Spanish students with service projects in Buenos Aires and as well as with the Hispanic population of Athens.


Congratulations to Dr. Peter Gachanja

The Department of Romance Languages would like to congratulate Peter Gachanja on defended succesfully his dissertation on “Ousmane Sembene: The Aestheticization of Memory and History.”


Congratulations to Graduate Student Cristiane Lira

Join us in congratulating Cris Lira, a PhD student concentrating on Brazilian literature, for her succesful application for a Graduate School Dean's Award to help fund her research on the convergence of women's writing with militant political activity during dictatorships in Latin America.…