Sarah Davies Cordova, UWM professor of French, is the co-editor of the new volume Écrire, traduire, peindre–Véronique Tadjo–Writing, Translating, Painting, along with Désiré Wa Kabwe-Segatti. The volume was just released by Présence Africaine in Paris. Prof. Davies Cordova also co-authored … Continue Reading »
MALLT alum Michèle Kenfack publishes critical re-edition of 1903 Marcelin novel
Michèle Kenfack (MALLT ’13, concentration in French-to-English translation) recently published a critical re-edition of Frédéric Marcelin’s 1903 novel, Marilisse: roman haïtien. Kenfack, who is now a PhD student in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Chicago, provided the introductory material … Continue Reading »
Caroline Seymour-Jorn’s digital translation of Ibtihal Salem’s A Small Box in the Heart
Congratulations to Caroline Seymour-Jorn, whose translation of Ibtihal Salem’s novel A Small Box in the Heart is now available through UWM’s digital commons. This fictional history of a woman’s life and experiences in Egypt in the decades leading up to … Continue Reading »
Simonetta Milli Konewko publishes Neorealism and the “New” Italy: Compassion in the Development of Italian Identity
Congratulations to Simonetta Milli Konewko, whose Neorealism and the “New” Italy: Compassion in the Development of Italian Identity was published earlier this month by Palgrave, aiming to reconsider and redefine our understanding of neorealism and its role in shaping conceptions … Continue Reading »
UWM Chosen to Host Next ATISA Conference in 2018
The Board of Directors of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA) has unanimously chosen UWM as the next ATISA conference site (2018), recognizing Translation and Interpreting Studies as one of the leaders in the field nationally. Congratulations!… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Associate Professor Joe Peschio
Congratulations to Associate Professor Joe Peschio, Foreign Languages and Literature (Russian), who has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend to support his research on Russian literary censorship.… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Caroline Seymour-Jorn, Anna Mansson McGinty, and Kristin Sziarto
Congratulations to Caroline Seymour-Jorn (French, Italian and Comparative Literature), Anna Mansson McGinty (Geography and Women’s Studies), and Kristin Sziarto (Geography) who presented a seminar and participated in a workshop on the Milwaukee Muslim Project at the Université Paris-Est during Spring … Continue Reading »
A New Publication from Professor Sarah Davies Cordova
The Department of French, Italian and Comparative Literature, and the French program at UWM are proud to announce the publication of “African Refugees Asunder in South Africa: Performing the Fallout of Violence in Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking” in the … Continue Reading »
Leah Leone Awarded Community University Partnership Grant
Leah Leone was awarded a Community University Partnership grant from UWM to bring Spanish language storytelling to all of Milwaukee, and the culminating event, Ex Fabula Puente Project:Bilingual Story Slam, will take place in early March.… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Michael Mikos
Congratulations to Michael Mikos (FLL), whose paper was just published in Cracow, Poland: “Powstanie i upadek Katedry im. Adama Mickiewicza at Columbia University in New York (1948-1954),” Arcana, 126, 2016, pp. 112-145. Translation: “Rise and Fall of the Adam Mickiewicz … Continue Reading »