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Professor Sara Poot-Herrera Receives Amees Award

On March 17, Professor Sara Poot-Herrera was honored to receive the Amees Award 2015. Congratulations!

Professor Sara Poot-Herrera receives the 2015 Forjadores de Cultura Award

Congratulations to Professor Sara Poot-Herrera for receiving the prestigious Forjadores de Cultura award at the Autonomous University of Yucatan and the Feria Internacional de la Lectura Yucatán in Mérida, Yucatán.

Talk: Fernando Pessoa and Álvaro de Campos' Odes: editorial and hermeneutic questions

Please join us on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 3:30pm at the Center for Portuguese Studies (3206 Phelps) for the talk: Fernando Pessoa and Álvaro de Campos' Odes: editorial and hermeneutic questions.

New Book by Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña

Congratulations to Antonio Cortijo on publishing "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o la búsqueda de identidad."

New Book by Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña

Congratulations to Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña on co-publishing "Glosa sobre las Trezientas del famoso poeta Juan de Mena" along with Julian Weiss.

Antonio Cortijo et al. publish eHumanista/Conversos 2

Professor Antonio Cortijo, Rica Amran, Óscar Perea Rodríguez eds. "Estudios sobre minorías hispánicas de la Edad Media y los Siglos de Oro en homenaje a Francisco Márquez Villanueva."

Professor Harvey Sharrer Receives International Homage from University of Granada

It is our pleasure to announce that our colleague, friend and eminent medievalist Harvey Sharrer will receive an international homage at the University of Granada for his pivotal contributions to the study of Arthurian Literature.

Lecture by Associate Professor Marta Hernández-Salván

Join us on Monday, January 26 from 11:00am to 12:15pm in 1006 North Hall to attend Professor Marta Hernández-Salván's “Aimé Césaire’s The Tragedy of King Christophe, or, The Destructive Invention of Revolution."