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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Upcoming Events
Mar
20
Thursday
05:00 PM
Jamie Staples, "Scandalous Devotion: Queer Affection and the Making of a Modern Medieval Subculture"
A. D. White House
Guerlac Room
Mar
21
Friday
12:20 PM
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
Romance Studies News
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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Fulginiti wins book prize
Fulginiti’s novel, “Il dolore degli altri” (“The Pain of Others”), was chosen from among 114 competing manuscripts and will be published soon by Italian publisher ExCogita.
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Klarman Fellow co-edits trilingual ‘Queer Latin American Voices’
Romance studies scholar Romina Wainberg is co-editor of a collection which contains brief texts and illustrations by Latin American LGBTQIA+ writers and artists, accompanied by responses by queer academics in Spanish, Portuguese or English.
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Engaged faculty network grows with 28 new fellows 
Fellows will spend the year developing a community-engaged course, project or publication, while also joining a network of scholars committed to advancing the university’s public engagement mission.
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A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network
“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
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