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20 Feb: ROMS Graduate Teaching Fellows Santi Giron Gesteira and Emanuele Stefanori Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
Two ROMS Graduate Teaching Fellows have been awarded UNC’s prestigious 2024 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Assistants. Santi Giron Gesteira (Spanish)…
2 Feb: Prof. Lorna Aviles Honored with a 2024 Johnston Teaching Excellence Award
Teaching Assistant Professor Lorna Aviles has been awarded a 2024 Johnston Teaching Excellence Award by the University Teaching Awards committee at UNC. Based on evidence…
10 Apr: COMMUNITY OUTREACH TALK
Dr. Alicia Rita Rueda-Acedo Associate Professor of Spanish Translation and Literature at The University of Texas at Arlington Successful community outreach: how to incorporate community…
18 Jan: Carolina Conference for Romance Studies
Our Committee for the Carolina Conference for Romance Studies is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for our Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference: Nostalgia:…
10 Jan: Rafael Núñez Rodriguez receives Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants
Congratulations to Rafael Núñez Rodriguez on receiving a 2023 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants! A PhD candidate in Iberian…
10 Jan: Prof. Tacia Kohl honored with a Chapman Family Teaching Award
Congratulations to Prof. Anastacia Kohl, recipient of a 2023 Chapman Family Teaching Award from UNC! The award committee cites Dr. Kohl for her ability to…
14 Nov: ROMS “Open Doors”
Several ROMS undergraduate classes are opening their doors in the concluding weeks of the semester to share some of the exciting projects students have been…
5 Oct: PhD Candidate Colleen McAlister Finalist in 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Romance Studies PhD candidate Colleen McAlister has advanced to the top 10 in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final Competition scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11…
27 Sep: Now Launching – The ROMS Podcast
We’re happy to announce that the ROMS Podcast has just launched its first episode, devoted to the experiences of graduate exchange students in the department….
23 Sep: Coming Soon
Join us for the first episode of our departmental Podcast.
6 Sep: ROMS Alumnus Will Thomason on his Fulbright Fellowship
Will Thomason graduated from UNC with a major in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures. Here, he shares his experiences as a Fulbright Fellow teaching in Colombia:…
11 Mar: Exhibit at Wilson Library Features Student Work from Prof. Maggie Fritz-Morkin’s “Contagion and Culture: Lessons from Italy” Class
An exhibit co-curated by Assistant Professor Maggie Fritz-Morkin and librarian Rachel Reynolds recently went up at Wilson Library. With poet RK Fauth (creator of the UNPRECEDENTED Project),…
1 Mar: Romance Studies Represented at Faculty Appreciation Day for Women’s Lacrosse
Sunday, February 27 UNC Women’s Lacrosse held Faculty Appreciation Day with a halftime recognition of the team’s professors. Romance Studies was among the departments represented….
9 Feb: Congratulations to Sarah Booker on her translation of Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda
PhD Candidate Sarah Booker has just published her translation of Jawbone, a novel by Mónica Ojeda, with Coffee House Press. An accomplished translator, Sarah has…
1 Feb: Dorothea Heitsch among 2022 Schwab Award Recipients
Dorothea Heitsch among 2022 Schwab Award Recipients Dorothea Heitsch is one of the recipients of the 2022 Schwab Academic Excellence Award from the UNC Institute…
1 Dec: Assistant Prof. Lamar Graham Featured in Endeavors Magazine
Lamar Graham Lamar Graham is an assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Studies within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. He…
5 Oct: Rosa Perelmuter’s Essay in Latinx Voices at Carolina
Read all the essays here. Latinx Voices at Carolina Rosa Perelmuter Professor, Romance Studies My identity — or the person I thought I was —…
16 Sep: UNC and Université Paul Valéry Montpellier win Transatlantic Mobility Grant 2021-2022
ROMS Faculty Dorothea Heitsch, Montpellier Faculty Nicolas Gachon, and Resident Director of UNC in Montpellier Programs Carol Huber win Transatlantic Mobility Grant jointly funded by…
7 Sep: Summer Research Fellow Spotlight: Elena Peña-Argüeso (’19 MA)
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight: Elena Peña-Argüeso (’19 MA) Source: https://gradschoolmagazine.unc.edu/2021/08/summer-research-fellow-spotlight-elena-pena-argueso-19-ma/ International Ph.D. student Elena Peña-Argüeso (’19 MA) completed her undergraduate studies in English literature at the University…
30 Aug: Serenella Iovino’s “Italo Calvino’s Animals” is out from Cambridge University Press
Serenella Iovino’s “Italo Calvino’s Animals” is out from Cambridge University Press A new title enriches the fields of Italian Studies and Environmental Humanities: Serenella Iovino’s…