About the Department
Through scholarship and teaching, the Department demonstrates the importance of knowing languages and knowing the world through languages.
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures represents a vital
intersection of intellectual, artistic, and cultural traditions within
a globalized network of contemporary humanities scholarship and creative
expression. Read more >
Programs
The Department offers undergraduate programs in French, Italian, Portuguese, Romance Languages, and Spanish; and graduate programs in French and Francophone Studies, Iberian and Latin American Studies, and Italian Studies.
News & Events
OPEN POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Monday & Tuesday, November 16-17, 2009
Symposium: "The Place of Islam in Contemporary
European Literature"
McKenna Hall - More Information
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 4:30 p.m.
Department of Special Collections, Hesburgh Library
Cathy Jrade lecture
December 3, 2009 - 5:00 p.m.
119 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Prof. Chris Bongie lecture
December 4, 2009 - 3:00-5:00 p.m. - Coleman Morse Lounge
Graduate Colloquium
Julia Douthwaite, professor of Romance languages and literatures recently published an article that reveals the existence of a French “Frankenstein,” 28 years before the publication of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece. More Information
A Successful Exchange
by Mollie Zubek and Gail Hinchion Mancini
Exchange program with Université of Rennes 2, France
