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Clemencia El Antouri Awarded Pickering Fellowship

Congratulations to Clemencia El Antouri for receiving a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship for students interested in careers in the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service. A major in Romance Languages (Spanish and French) and International Affairs, she will receive a scholarship of $84,000 for graduate school, an internship at Capitol Hill, an internship at a US embassy abroad, and entrance after graduate school into the Foreign…

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Dr. Fernanda Guida and Spelman Portuguese Program Visit Portuguese Flagship students at UGA

On October 31st, the Portuguese Flagship Program at UGA hosted Dr. Fernanda Guida (Spelman College), three students from Spelman College (Amyre Hobbs, Annis Baron, Latisha Jones), one student from Morehouse (Carleon Outlaw), and Portuguese Fulbright Teaching Assistant (Yasmin Paiva de Siqueira). This event promoted a student-student, student-faculty and faculty-faculty interaction through a collaboration of the Portuguese Programs at UGA and…

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It's National French Week

Join in celebrating French and Francophone culture with students and faculty across campus and the Department of Romance Languages: Nov 1-9, Francophone Trivia: Complete this online quiz on the francophone world by 5 p.m. on November 9th for a chance to win a prize! Winners will be chosen at random from those who score the highest. Nov 7, 3-5pm, Pétanque, School of Art: Learn how to play this classic French boule game with the Boule Dogs - the…

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Special Issue of "Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea"

Cecília Rodrigues, Cris Lira, and Ligia Bezerra (Arizona State U) have edited a special issue of the prestigious literary journal Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea housed at the University of Brasília. Titled “Occupying Spaces: Legitimation of Contemporary Brazilian Women Writers,” and featuring ten articles, one book review, and two interviews, the dossier aims to highlight the fertile literary production of women writers…
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Congratulations to Emily Haden on her selection for NALCAP!

The Department of Romance Languages congratulates recent graduate Emily Haden on her acceptance to the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program (NALCAP)! From October through May, Emily will work as an English Language Assistant  alongside a teacher at a primary school in Sevilla, Spain. Her responsibilities will include helping teach English as well as serving as a cultural ambassador. An immersive, hands-on program, NALCAP…

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ALAS Graduation Event Recognizes Ximena Luna

Ximena Luna, M.A. in Spanish, accompanied by her parents and Dr. Sharina Maillo-Pozo, was honored at the ALAS graduation in Spring '23 along with Spanish undergraduates minors and majors during the graduation event recognizing UGA's Latinx students. Congratulations to Ximena, who will be an Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages this academic year!  To see more photographs and learn about the Hispanic Student…

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New Romance Linguistics faculty publication

The article "La lingüística y sus beneficios para la enseñanza del español" (Linguistics and its benefits for the teaching of Spanish) appeared in the academic journal Hispanic Studies Review on July 7, 2023. Dr. Gupton collaborated on this project with colleagues Dr. Laurel Hodges (University of Southern Mississippi) and Dr. Stephanie Knouse (Furman University).  Congratulations to Dr. Gupton and his co-authors!
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New Romance Linguistics Faculty Publication

The article "Why we need a gradient approach to word order" recently appeared (ahead of print) in the journal Linguistics. An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences. This project was led by Dr. Natalia Levishna (Max Planck Institute) and Dr. Savithry Namboodiripad (University of Michigan), and was co-authored by a team of international researchers including Dr. Timothy Gupton. ​​​​This paper started as collection of separate…
Linguistics, Spanish, Romance Languages

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Two Faculty honored at Active Learning Summit

The University of Georgia hosted its inaugural Active Learning Summit to celebrate how this method of learning is already changing instruction across campus and to explore ways to expand that culture in the future. Approximately 270 participants gathered at the Tate Student Center on Feb. 14 for the event. The Active Learning Initiative builds on existing programs such as the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Active Learning Summer…

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New Romance Linguistics faculty publication

The article "Focus at the syntax–discourse interface in L2 Spanish: Optionality and unaccusativity reconsidered", by Dr. Timothy Gupton (UGA, Romance Languages) and Dr. Silvia Sánchez Calderón (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain) recently appeared in the journal Second Language Research. Data for this project was gathered at UGA and in Valencia, Spain with the cooperation of UGA en España. Congratulations to Dr. Gupton!
Linguistics, Spanish
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