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Professor Vitulli publishes new book on Juan de Espinosa Medrano
Professor Juan Vitulli has published the book Amar su propia muerte de Juan de Espinosa Medrano. This is the first annotated edition of Espinosa Medrano’s only Spanish play. Vitulli’s edition includes a 70-page introduction and over 400 bibliographical, linguistic and cultural notes. The book was published in 2011 by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas / The Spanish National Research Council (Madrid, Spain) for its collection “Clásicos olvidados” / “Forgotten Classics” The CSIC is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Secretary of State for Research, its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and foreign entities in order to achieve this aim. Through their collaborations, CSIC researchers build up a close network of international relations on a daily basis, while CSIC, as an entity, establishes institutional relations with research organisms and entities in a growing number of countries, and is participating actively in the construction of the European Research Area. The book was published thanks to the financial aid provided by ISLA.
Announcing the Year 2012 Annual Awards of the Albert Ravarino Italian Studies Travel Scholarship
Rousseau exhibit to focus on dignity of the human person
Julia Douthwaite, professor of French in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, is organizing a series of events to honor Swiss philosopher and writer Jean–Jacques Rousseau’s 300th birthday and stimulate a cross–disciplinary discussion on social justice and human dignity.
The project, called “Rousseau 2012: On the Road to DIGNITY,” will be part of the curriculum for more than a dozen courses throughout the College of Arts and Letters and the Law School and will feature both guest lectures and an Amnesty International photography exhibit on poverty and human rights that includes portraits from Mexico, Egypt, Nigeria, India and Macedonia.
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Rousseau 2012/DIGNITY to arrive at Notre Dame this Spring
Spring semester 2012 will see the Notre Dame join a world-wide examination of the legacy of the Swiss philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The Notre Dame events, titled “Rousseau 2012 / DIGNITY”will explain why we should keep reading Rousseau today through the lens of key concepts on political justice, power relations, and religious liberty. The visual centerpiece will be the large and gripping photographic DIGNITY exhibit in the Snite Museum of Art.
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Spanish Professor Receives Service-Learning Award from Indiana Governor
In recognition of her collaboration with a local community center, Marisel Moreno, assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Service Learning.
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Olivier Morel Shares Veteran Stories in Class and on Film
Olivier Morel was in his car one day when a story came on the radio about suicide among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the report, eight to 10 veterans were taking their own lives each day.
The news was like a punch in the stomach for Morel, a Notre Dame faculty member whose research focuses on fiction and trauma.
“I was trembling,” he recalls. “I was angry, and I felt helpless … I was thinking, ‘This is unacceptable.’”
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Exhibit Highlights Notre Dame's Investment in Italian Studies
The phrase “All Roads Lead to Rome” connotes the cosmopolitan culture that has long been present in the Eternal City. It’s also the title of a Notre Dame exhibit running through the fall 2011 semester to highlight spectacular acquisitions by the University’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections in conjunction with the new interdisciplinary Italian Studies at Notre Dame program.
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ROFR News: Record Number of ROFR students receive grants for research in Paris, France during fall break 2011!
Please join us in congratulating the following students on their successful grant applications (and wish them “Bon voyage!”)
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Julia Douthwaite presented the keynote speech, "From the Wild Girl of Champagne to the French Frankenstein: Missing Links in European Literature, Anthropology, and Political Thought, 1731-1862," at the Équinoxes Graduate Student Conference, Brown University, April 16, 2011.
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Encarnación Juárez-Almendros took her graduate students to the Cervantes Symposium at the Instituto Cervantes in Chicago on April 29, 2011.
Juan Vitulli will be the keynote speaker at JALLAE Lima 2011.
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Junior major in French and English wins annual award for best undergraduate essay in French
Claire Reising, a junior major in French and English, won the annual award for best undergraduate essay written in French by a non native speaker of French, from the national association of Women in French, an affiliate of the Modern Language Association, which counts approximately 500 members in the United States.
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