The College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University is mourning the passing of Virginia Ruifernández-Conde, an Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies.…
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…
The MSU Latinx Film Festival (LxFF) is returning this year after a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus. Scheduled for Feb. 15-18 at several different venues across the Michigan State University campus and in the Lansing and East Lansing communities, the 2024 festival will continue its tradition of screening ground-breaking independent cinema from Latin America, Spain, and the United States while shining a cinematic light on various social issues.
On Tuesday, December 5th, GSA-TROPOS welcomed Dr. Ndiaye to speak about her book, Scripts of Blackness: Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race. Her academic work examines how…
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies congratulates French and Spanish majors graduating in December, 2023: Megan Baechle (French) Karla Flores (Spanish) Tyler Lee (Spanish) Tanner Russ (Spanish) Vidhula Srinavasan…
SS24 The Final Frontier extends beyond the Global North. To explore brave new, speculative worlds, consider enrolling in a new course on Peruvian science fiction and futurism. This course offers…
Last month, former students who now teach Romance languages at various institutions had the opportunity to reconnect with their former professors at the Michigan World Language Association Conference (MIWLA '23).…
Since she was a kid, Ana Patricia Ponce Castañeda has loved horror films and fondly remembers watching scary movies with her mom as she was growing up in Mexico. Now,…
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…
With knowledge gained from her MSU education and experiences, Hannah Diggs-King, a senior who is double majoring in Marketing and Spanish, won an internship competition for which she was flown to New Jersey to meet…