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Boehm Awarded Grant to Develop “Our Knotted Gun” Documentary

July 22, 2024

RCS Spanish Professor Scott Boehm and Peter Johnston (Film Studies), were awarded a Large-scale Development Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) grant to film the new feature-length documentary Our Knotted…

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Prof. Safoi Babana-Hampton Releases Film Trailer

June 22, 2024

Safoi Babana-Hampton, Professor of French at RCS, recently released the official trailer of her HARP Large-Scale Development grant-funded documentary feature "Chœurs atlantiques" (Tales from the Atlantic Beyond). Public release of the…

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“Conversation” Starter: Prof. Alejandra Márquez on Americans Seeking Reproductive Health Services in Mexico

June 7, 2024

RCS Spanish professor Alejandra Márquez' timely article on Americans traveling to Mexico for reproductive health services will reach an estimated audience of over 13 million viewers. The article was published…

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Stacey Barajas Receives Fintz Teaching Award

May 23, 2024

Early this May, Stacey Barajas was awarded the 2024 Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities for her exemplary IAH teaching during the 2023 calendar year. Stacey…

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Updated RCS HARP Grant Recipients

May 6, 2024

Rocío Quispe-Agnoli Scott Boehm In early December, two faculty members Scott Boehm and Rocío Quispe-Agnoli received prestigious grants from the MSU Research Foundation to fund their projects. The Humanities and…

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Prof. Quispe Agnoli Receives WOCC Lifetime Achievement Award

April 12, 2024

On Feb. 23, 2024, Prof. Rocío Quispe Agnoli received the Lifetime Achievement Award at MSU’s 5th Annual Women of Color Community (WOCC) Conference. This award honors a woman of color…

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Scott Boehm Presents at ALCESXXI Colloquium

March 8, 2024

On Feb. 3, Scott Boehm presented a major public humanities project in a virtual colloquium organized by ALCESXXI. Boehm, among four other scholars from separate institutions, were invited to present…

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Second Successful French-Language Film Festival

January 10, 2024

From Monday November 6 to Friday November 10, 2023, RCS' second French-Language Film Festival --newly renamed for the late, beloved Prof. Anna Norris-- drew over 150 enthusiastic viewers to screenings…

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Prof. Jena Whitaker to Begin Advising

October 23, 2023

Welcome to advising, Jena Whitaker! Jena Whitaker, Assistant Professor of French, is also taking on the new role of advising. Jena will be working alongside Jennifer Gansler to provide academic…

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French and Francophone New Curriculum Open House

September 30, 2023

In March 2023, the French and Francophone Studies Program hosted an open house to launch its new degree requirements. Majors, minors, graduate students, faculty and even deans all got together…