The Department of Romance Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, stands in unequivocal solidarity with members of our Black Community. We mourn deeply the loss of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and all those who before them … Read more

Italian Plague Stories and the Meaning of Pandemics Maggie Fritz-Morkin, assistant professor of Romance studies, discusses the themes of Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, which is set in Italy during the bubonic plague. Fritz-Morkin studies 13th-14th https://soundcloud.com/user-388925195/italian-plague-stories-and-the-meaning-of-pandemics

On April 29, Faculty Co-Advisor Martha Alexander initiated six new members, all graduating Seniors, into the Zeta Psi Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society from her home, via Zoom.  Since the regular initiation ceremony is postponed … Read more

Thanks to a generous gift from Professor Joel Walz (UNC B.A. in French, 1969), the Romance Studies department will soon be offering an annual fellowship to assist undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs in France or Quebec. The fellowship … Read more

Get ready! The 2020 Carolina Conference for Romance Studies will take place from March 26 to March 28 !  

HAVE YOU TAKEN A CLASS ABOVE SPAN 261 or SPAN 267? Undergraduates and Graduates are encouraged to apply. The initiation ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 15 at 5:30pm in Toy Lounge. Please mark your calendars. This is the link for the application … Read more

Spanish Service Learning Project in collaboration with Carrboro Elementary School dual-language students This fall, 19 students from UNC’s Spanish for the Professions Minor (Heather Knorr’s SPAN 329 class) visited Carrboro Elementary School where they collaborated with 24 dual-language 3rd graders … Read more

We, the faculty, graduate students and staff of the Department of Romance Studies condemn the recently-announced plan for the UNC system to provide $2.5 million dollars to the Sons of Confederate Veterans to preserve and display the Silent Sam monument.  … Read more

“Undergraduate Laura Wilder Investigates the Lace-Making Industry in Burano, Italy.” By Laura Wilder This summer, I had the opportunity to study and research the lace-making industry in Burano, Italy after receiving the UNC Robinson Honors Fellowship. My goal was to … Read more

I am thrilled to announce that the following volume is scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2020 by University College of London Press. Estigarribia, Bruno. Forthcoming Fall 2020. A Reference Grammar of Paraguayan Guarani. Grammars of World and Minority … Read more