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November 7, 2022
Upcoming Event: Academic Conference on Salsa Music
The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures invites you to the Academic Conference on Salsa Music taking place virtually on November 11 and 12 at 3PM. Please visit the attached flyer for more information.
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October 11, 2022
Congratulations to the Winners of the Concursos de Escritura Panoramas Fall 2021 and Spring 2022!
Fall 2021 Click the links below to read each winner's article.Alyssa Noval, "Laviolencia endémica que enfrentan las mujeres en El Salvador"
Joseph Coutinho, "Deconstruirel sistema de la lengua: el lenguaje inclusivo en relación con la RAE"
Kathryn Deitch, "La discriminación en el sistema de salud peruano : cómo la marginación delas poblaciones indígenas aumenta la vulnerabilidad a las enfermedadesinfecciosas"
August 3, 2022
Congratulations to Kelvin Durán Berríos on successfully defending his dissertation and becoming Dr. Durán Berríos
Titled UNA SONDA HACIA EL VACÍO: "LO ONDO i LO DESATADO," Kelvin Durán's PhD dissertation was successfully defended on August 2, 2022. His committee included Prof. Aurea María Sotomayor (Thesis Director), Prof. Francisco José Ramos (External Examiner, Institute of Hispanic Buddhist Studies), and Professors Juan Duchesne-Winter and Elizabeth Monasterios (Internal Examiners). Kelvin's dissertation offers the first comprehensive study of Contemporary Puerto Rican poet Joserramón Meléndes. We wish him all the best in the next steps of his academic career!
August 2, 2022
Doctoral Defense: Congratulations to Paul Guillén, PhD
On August 1, 2022, Paul Guillén successfully defended his PhD dissertation, ¡HASTA LA VISTA, BABY! UNA MIRADA FRACTAL Y TRANSANDINA DE LOS ANDES Y LA AMAZONÍA". Paul's PhD committee consisted of his advisor, Prof. Elizabeth Monasterios, Profs. Aurea Maria Sotomayor and Juan Duchesne-Winter (internal examiners) and Prof. Juan Ulises Zevallos Aguilar, of Ohio State University (external examiner).
May 3, 2022
Doctoral Defense: Congratulations to Naira Corzón, PhD
Congratulations to Naira Corzón on completing her dissertation and receiving her PhD on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Written under the direction of Prof. Juan Duchesne-Winter and titled "EL LENGUAJE DE LAS COSAS: EL SONIDO Y LA VOZ EN LAS ARTES Y LITERATURAS DE BOLIVIA (2003-2019),” Naira’s dissertation addresses recent Bolivian arts and literary expressions from the perspective of Sound Studies.
March 31, 2022
Doctoral Defense: Congratulations to Manuel Garzón, PhD
Manuel GarzónWe are delighted to announce that on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, PhD Candidate Manuel Garzón successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "DECOLONIAL BAROQUE: BAROQUE ASPECTS OF INCA GARCILASO DE LA VEGA.” His committee included Prof. Gonzalo Lamana (Thesis Director), Prof.
March 24, 2022
Spanish Major student presented at the 2022 Spring Undergraduate Research Fair
Judy Zhang delivering her presentation at the fair.Judy Zhang (double major in Biological Sciences and Spanish 2022) successfully delivered a presentation at the 2022 Spring Undergraduate Research Fair with the topic “The Stigmatization of Menstruation: Causes and Consequences”.
March 22, 2022
Congratulations to Ricardo Vasquez, PhD
The department is proud to announce that on Friday, March 18, 2022, Ricardo Vazquez successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "A sonic island: aurality, literature and politics in the written and radio works of Severo Sarduy (Cuba, 1937-France, 1993),” under the direction of Prof. Daniel Balderston. We wish him the best in all his future endeavors.
February 8, 2022
Spring 2021 Concurso de escritura Panoramas
The Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures would like to congratulate the following students for winning the Spring 2021 Consurso de Escritura Panoramas.
December 1, 2021
Doctoral Defense: Congratulations to Mercedes Dollard, PhD
This Hispanic Literatures and Languages Department is delighted to announce that on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, PhD Candidate Mercedes Dollard successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "THE HIDDEN SIDE OF NARRATIVES OF ADVOCACY." Her committee included Prof. Jerome Branche (Thesis Director), Prof. David Pettersen (External Examiner, Department of French and Italian, University of Pittsburgh) and Profs. Daniel Balderston and John Beverley (Internal Examiners). We would like to congratulate her warmly and wish her all the best for her future career.
September 2, 2021
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Emy Takada Lang's for successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on Wednesday, July 28, 2021
We are delighted to announce that on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, PhD Candidate Emy Takada Lang's successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, titled SHAPES OF NIKKEI FEELINGS: TIZUKA YAMASAKI’S CINEMA OF EMOTION IN THE MILLENNIUM FILMS. Her doctoral committee included Prof. Dan Balderston (Thesis Director), Profs. Aurea María Sotomayor and Serena Rivera (Internal Examiners) and, as External Examiner, Prof. Terry Smith, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory, University of Pittsburgh.
February 18, 2021
César Romero Fernández's Successful Doctoral Defense 2021 Primary tabs
We are delighted to announce that on Monday, 15 February 2021, PhD Candidate César Romero Fernández successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "Subvirtiendo las masculinidades racializadas: la negritud y el indigenismo en el Perú de la segunda parte del siglo XX.” His committee included Prof. Gonzalo Lamana (Thesis Director), Prof. Jorge Coronado (External Examiner, Northwestern University) and Profs. Jerome Branche and Junyoung Verónica Kim (Internal Examiners). We would like to congratulate him warmly and wish him all the best for his future career.