We invite you to join us for the 2023 Spring Edition of the ROMS Film Club. This year, we are showcasing movies in Romance languages speaking to the overarching theme of Energy. We will kick off the series with Avril … Read more
Please join us on Thursday, March 2nd, at 6:00 PM in Toy Lounge (Dey Hall 4th floor) for the Angolan film Ar Condicionado (Air Conditioner), by Fradique. Ar Condicionado was awarded the African Studies Association Film Prize in 2020, the "Science New Wave" prize at … Read more
Please, join us on March 31st at 1:30 PM for a fantastic book presentation by professors Luis I. Prádanos (editor) and Jordi Marí (contributor). They will be introducing their latest book, A Companion to Spanish Environmental Cultural Studies. This is a … Read more
Initiation Ceremony for new members of Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honor Society)
This presentation explores the impact that incorporating service-learning and community translation has for language students seeking to develop professional experience before graduation. Furthermore, it explores how this experience is very rewarding for faculty, community members and partners, and students alike … Read more
This film explores the life of a woman who grew up in colonial French Africa. Returning to Cameroon after living in France, she confronts questions of her own race and her connection to her family’s Black servant, which she did … Read more
Please join us on Wednesday, September 20th at 3:30 pm in Toy Lounge for the ROMS Colloquium. The September panel is dedicated to Ecocritical Perspectives on Environmental Crises featuring presentations by Dr. Serenella Iovino, Professor of Italian Studies & Environmental Humanities, and Dr. Sean Singh Matharoo, Assistant Professor … Read more
Director Alain Kassanda, born in Kinshasa and living in Paris, embodies the classic immigrant dual identity: in the Democratic Republic of Congo he is seen as French, while in France he is seen as Congolese. In this documentary, Kassanda sits … Read more
This science fiction film follows the story of two brothers as the world faces an unprecedented alignment of planets that will impact space and time. The film explores questions of race and class through an apocalyptic lens by its emphasis … Read more
This film follows the story of a young woman, Freddie, who returns to Seoul for the first time after being adopted and raised in France. It explores questions of identity, language, and place, and ultimately coming of age through a … Read more
This film follows the story of a novelist observing the trial of a woman accused of killing her fifteen-month-old daughter. But, as the trail unfolds, the film pushes us to question our own judgements and convictions.
This crime comedy thriller follows the stories of two men committing crimes in the name of love. It poses questions of humanity, and plays with the bounds of right and wrong through comedy.
