Language House opens to students learning ASL
Students who want an immersive on-campus experience with American Sign Language (ASL) can now sign up to live in the Language House.
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The Department of Romance Studies gives voice to the literatures and cultures of those parts of the world where French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are or have been spoken. The undergraduate and graduate programs offer students a broad range of opportunities for language acquisition, as well as the chance to become sophisticated interpreters of cultures and deliver intellectual engagement across linguistic and textual boundaries.
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Romance Studies News
Book plumbs AI’s potential to reinvigorate the humanities 
In his new book, “Humanities in the Time of AI,” professor Laurent Dubreuil argues that the arrival of AI may present an opportunity to “re-create scholarship.”
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Professor’s book probes afterlife of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela
The works ponders how “ghosts” can help a state secure its survival and ground its authority in moments of crisis, such as the one Venezuela is experiencing now.
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Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event
The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.
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Three A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring
This semester, visiting A.D. White Professors-at-Large will explore themes of democracy, reparatory justice and Latin American narratives during public talks.
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University Lecture examines ‘The Narrative Brain’
Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.
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Bohannon, Manne event focuses on female body image, evolution
"Is Fat Female? Evolution, Feminism, and Getting the Story Right” takes place in person March 5; a virtual conversation between the two will be livestreamed March 6.
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New Klarman Fellows to join the College of Arts and Sciences
Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
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Apr
11
Friday
12:20 PM
Apr
18
Friday
10:00 AM
Archives in Transit: Todosomos and the Venezuelan Migration Crisis
A.D. White House
Guerlac Room
Apr
21
Monday
04:45 PM
Apr
23
Wednesday
04:45 PM
Undergraduate Program
The Department of Romance Studies offers three majors and four minors for undergraduate students, along with coursework in Polish. Explore the links below for detailed information each program:
- French (major and minor offered)
- Italian (major and minor offered)
- Portuguese (minor offered)
- Spanish (major and minor offered)
- Polish Language Program
Graduate Program
The Department of Romance Studies strives to create an atmosphere of intense intellectual engagement across linguistic and textual boundaries.