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Safoi Babana-Hampton, professor of French and Francophone Studies, has been awarded the Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) large-scale development grant

January 24, 2022

Professor Safoi Babana-Hampton is the inaugural recipient of the Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) large-scale development grant. Presented for the first time in 2021, the $100,000 award is funded…

Dr. Rocío Quispe-Agnoli

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Professor Rocío Quispe-Agnoli gives keynote presentation on Speculative Fiction and Genre Bias in Peruvian Literature

December 11, 2021

Professor Rocío Quispe-Agnoli was one of the invited presenters on the XIII Annual Colloquium for Literature Students at the Federico Villarreal National University (XIII Coloquio Annual de Estudiantes de Literatura,…

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Professor Meagan Driver starts as the director of new Romance and Classical Studies Multilingual Lab

December 7, 2021

The Multilingual Lab conducts and supports scholarly work that explores both the benefits of multilingualism, as well as the social challenges that are faced by many multilingual and marginalized communities,…

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Giovanni Salazar Calvo, PhD Candidate in RCS, will join the Research Methods Workshop for Early-Career Graduate Students at the Newberry Library (Chicago)

November 29, 2021

Giovanni Salazar Calvo, PhD Candidate in Hispanic and Cultural Studies in our department, has been accepted to the Research Methods Workshop for Early-Career Graduate Students, organized by the Newberry Library…

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Spanish Major Uses Her Language Skills While Interning Remotely

October 20, 2021

Waking up to text messages from a supervisor in Spain with a six-hour time difference became part of Kaitlyn Wehner’s daily routine this past summer as an intern for Youlosophy,…

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A Love of the Spanish Language and Its Impact on Recent Alum

October 7, 2021

Enrolled as a child in a Spanish immersion program, Allie Virginski’s childhood interest in the language blossomed into an integral part of her life, education, and career. “Spanish is such…

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MSU Saved My Life

October 5, 2021

The National Cancer Institute was established by the National Cancer Act of 1971, signed into law by President Richard Nixon. It represented the U.S. commitment to what President Nixon described…

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EVENT 9/22/21: Tips and Tricks for Incoming Graduate Students in Languages and Linguistics

September 20, 2021

Tips and tricks for incoming graduate students in languages and linguistics September 22, 2pm EST Free Zoom event (registration required) Registration: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf--sqjMtGdc1_iyecPWL70bEArd9TPSt PhD student Leonardo Guédez (Michigan State University, Second Language Studies) will be…

Sweet & Greet 2021

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2021 Homecoming Event: Sweet & Greet

September 20, 2021

The College of Arts & Letters is hosting the 2021 Homecoming event, Sweet & Greet 2021, on Friday, October 1, between 2-4 p.m. There will be an event tent located between Kresge Art Center…

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Alumnus Wins Hearst National Championship First-Place Award

September 14, 2021

Joe Freihofer, an MSU alumnus with dual degrees in Journalism and Spanish, recently received first place in the National Television Broadcast News Category of the Hearst National Championship for his video, Sandy Sings On, which tells the story of a Nashville business owner whose store was destroyed during the 2nd Avenue Christmas day bombing in 2020. 