Caroline Seymour-Jorn, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, has been awarded the 2015 Fromkin Research Grant and Lectureship, along with Anna Mannson McGinty (Geography and Women’s & Gender Studies) and Kristin Sziarto (Geography). They will present their research at the 2015 Fromkin… Read more
The 25th Annual Congress of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH) is meeting in Milwaukee at Marquette University, October 8-10, 2015. Associate Professor Kristin E. Pitt of the Comparative Literature Program will be presenting her research,… Read more
Kudos to French Professor Sarah Davies Cordova who recently presented “Raising Specters:Cargo‘s Socio-Historical Memory” and moderated a panel: “On Olivier Dubois’ Tragédie” at the Joint Conference of the Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) and the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) entitled “Cut and… Read more
GUNIMA Nouvelle africaine du dix-huitième siècleHippolyte CarnotPrésentation de Sarah Davies Cordova et Antoinette SolRécit d’aventure intimement lié à une histoire d’amour, Gunima raconte l’éducation morale du jeune Benjamin qui, muni des principes des Lumières, confronte ses préjugés et l’injustice du régime esclavagiste… Read more
Kudos to French Professor Sarah Davies Cordova who recently presented “Raising Specters: Cargo‘s Socio-Historical Memory” and moderated a panel: “On Olivier Dubois’ Tragédie” at the Joint Conference of the Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) and the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) entitled “Cut and… Read more
Kudos to Italian Professor Simonetta Milli Konewko who recently presented “Images of work in Collidi’s Pinocchio” at the IMAGES–Images of Cultural Values 5th Annual International Conference in Istanbul, Turkey (Sept. 2-3, 2015)!
Professor Sarah Davies Cordova of the French Program and Antoinette Sol (University of Texas at Arlington) published a new edition of Gunima by Hippolyte Carnot, released earlier this month by L’Harmattan. GUNIMA Nouvelle africaine du dix-huitième siècleHippolyte CarnotPrésentation de Sarah Davies Cordova… Read more
Kudos to Italian Professor Simonetta Milli Konewko who recently presented “Images of work in Collidi’s Pinocchio” at the IMAGES–Images of Cultural Values 5th Annual International Conference in Istanbul, Turkey (Sept. 2-3, 2015)!
2015 Languages Poster
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Vilas Professor Emeritus Ihab Hassan, of English and Comparative Literature, passed away this past Thursday evening. A leading figure in the fields of comparative and postmodern literatures and the… Read more