Tag: Romance Languages and Literatures

  • Nation & World

    Reality, fiction in Italy’s empire

    GSAS doctoral students create an exhibit to feature personal albums, photographs, postcards, and maps from Harvard’s rich trove of 20th-century propaganda related to Italy’s late participation in the colonial “scramble for Africa.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Poets, meet translators

    Noted Spanish-language poets are visiting Harvard this week in a first-of-its-kind event that pairs the poets and their works with top translators in the field.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Creating the digital humanities

    Jeffrey Schnapp, professor of Romance languages and literatures, is using his academic passions to explore and experiment with the emerging field of digital scholarship.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Claudio Guillén

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 1, 2011, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Claudio Guillén, Harry Levin Professor of Literature, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Guillén was a tireless promoter of comparative literature.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Language of learning

    With a culturally diverse student body and more than 80 languages and several hundred courses available for study, Harvard’s commitment is unmatched nationally.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences

    In the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, faculty and staff are honing in on saving energy and materials, helping the University to significantly reduce its greenhouse emissions by 2016.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Wilga Marie Rivers

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 21, 2008, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Wilga Marie Rivers, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Rivers was an international authority on language learning and teaching.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Five honored as Harvard College Professors

    In this 10th anniversary year of the prestigious Harvard College Professorships, five FAS faculty members have been honored for their particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching, advising, and mentoring.

    7 minutes