Category Archives: Research
Mba Ekani on colonial violence in writings of Beti and Sembène
Ph.D student in French Lise Mba Ekani is the author of the recently published article entitled “Représenter la violence coloniale : Humanisme et chosification de l’Autre chez Mongo Beti et Ousmane Sembène.” (Representing Colonial Violence: Humanism and Objectification of the Other in Ousmane Sembene and Mongo Beti). Her essay has appeared in a special issue more…
Pedro García-Caro interviewed by University of Puerto Rico radio on his translation of Wallace Shawn’s The Fever
Prof. García-Caro was interviewed last January for the cultural radio program 123 Probando by actress and director Rosa Luisa Márquez and artist Antonio Martorell. Here are the two links (first part, second part) to listen online to the hour-long interview. The Fever / La fiebre is a critical bilingual flip book edition of Wallace Shawn’s 1991 monologue, co-translated into Spanish more…
Rigoletto publishes book of essays on Popular Italian Cinema
Assistant Professor of Italian and Cinema Studies Sergio Rigoletto has published a co-edited volume entitled Popular Italian Cinema (Palgrave Macmillan). The collection includes two essays by Prof. Rigoletto: “The Fair and the Museum: Framing the Popular’ (co-written with L. Bayman) [Open Access Postprint] and “Laughter and the Popular in Lina Wertmüller’s The Seduction of Mimì” more…
Lollini and colleagues study effect of technology on Humanism
Professor of Italian Massmo Lollini, editor of Humanist Studies & the Digital Age, is pleased to present the latest issue, entitled The Mobile Text: Studying Literature in the Digital Age. The issue is entirely devoted to the proceedings of a symposium held at the University of Roma Tre, “Il testo è mobile. Studiare la letteratura dopo more…
Gladhart publishes translation of novel Trafalgar by Argentine novelist Angélica Gorodischer
While teaching in the AHA study abroad program in Rosario, Argentina in fall 2011, Professor of Spanish and RL Department Head Amalia Gladhart was also able to work on a translation into English of Trafalgar, by well-known local writer Angélica Gorodischer. The title character, Trafalgar Medrano, is an intergalactic merchant who remains firmly anchored in Rosario, more…