Kim Potowski, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics, has been named Linguistic Diversity Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity. Kim is globally recognized as one of the leading experts on…
Congratulations to the Italian program, in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies, on receiving a contribution of 20,000 euros from The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support courses in Italian Studies…
Luis López, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and director of the Bilingualism Research Laboratory, has received a scholarship from the Dutch Research Council to do research in Leiden as a Visiting Scholar next Spring.
José Ángel Navejas, PhD candidate in the Hispanic and Italian Studies Department at UIC, will be presented with Pilsen Fest’s 2019 José Revueltas Award for Literature. Named after the renowned Mexican writer and…
Rodrigo Delgado, PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to study Portuguese in Brazil for the 2019-2020 academic year. Boren Fellowships provide funding for graduate students in the U.S.…
Chiara Fabbian, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Italian program, has been elected Italian Convener for the American Association University Supervisor and Coordinators (AAUSC).
Four PhD candidates in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies recently successfully defended their dissertations. Yanire Márquez – dissertation: “Shattering the Limits of Visual Cinema: Haptic and Sensorial Visuality in Spanish Women…
Meloddye Carpio Ríos, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies, has received the Tumi Award. This recognition is given by the Peruvian community in recognition of outstanding students of Peruvian descent in…
The Italian program recently hosted an event entitled “From Book to Sound: Italian Singer-Songwriters and their Literary Heritage” that was both a lecture by Professor Francesco Ciabattoni of Georgetown University and a live…
The jury of the first Ciudad Ñ Literary Contest is pleased to announce the the following: First prize: Michael Ordower “Cinco microcuentos” for the “great sophistication in language, mastery of genre and originality”.…
