Harvard RLL

Congratulations to @NeigeSinno, winner of the 2024 US Goncourt Prize for “Triste tigre”! Awarded by a jury of students from 10 US universities, the prize was conferred Sunday in a ceremony hosted by National Book Award shortlisted author @DDiop_ecrivain. villa-albertine.org/the-villa/gonc…

Harvard Mahindra Humanities Center's France and the World Seminar & the Department of Romance Languages Literatures presents Bruno Perreau "Sphères d'injustice: Pour un universalisme minoritaire" Wednesday, April 10 @ 5:00PM Boylston Hall, Room 335 Reception to follow

Looking forward to seeing you all Today!

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures invites you to the Annual Raimundo Lida Memorial Lecture: Archaeology and Mexican Literature Keynote Speaker: Juan Villoro Tuesday April 9th, 5pm Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall *This lecture will be held in English*

We are hiring for a tenure-track position in 17th- and 18th-century French Studies. Candidates with PhDs from disciplines other than French Studies will be considered. Applications are due October 21 through academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11584.

Scholars in literature, history, performance studies, anthropology, sociology, political sciences, philosophy, cognitive science, and neuroscience will exchange views with artists... read more bit.ly/3ipdYLC

The book honoring Christie McDonald contribution to the humanities has now appeared. Encounters in the Arts, Literature, and Philosophy: Chance & Choice, co-edited by Jérôme Brillaud & Virginie Greene is available. ow.ly/PRv550EOn9b

We are currently accepting submissions for the Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Prize, awarded for the best paper about Portuguese culture or literature. ow.ly/uFb050EJWNU

The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures is currently accepting submissions for the Cecília Meireles Prize, awarded for the best paper about Brazilian culture or literature. ow.ly/8TQL50EJX4Y

The Susan Anthony Potter Prize is accepting essays. Awarded annually for the best essay on Spanish Literature of the Golden Age, two monetary awards will be given. ow.ly/DLU150EBZXE

Evenings with an Author: Alice Jardine [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required] Please join us as we welcome Alice Jardine, author of At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia Kristeva. ow.ly/g3oF50BaAH6

Winner of Best Documentary at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, The Cordillera of Dreams resonates deeply at a time when urgent political change seems within reach but still so very far away. bit.ly/3c0Cw8l

Orly: In many respects, Paris’ Orly Airport is an ideal setting for Schanelec's fragmentary, shifting, refracted cinema. In the transience and commotion, people’s stories alternately emerge and recede. #frenchfilm #germanfilm bit.ly/2u7fkUE

"Tito and the Birds" is a candid political allegory for young audiences, teaching them about exploring fear in oneself and the role it plays in society at large. Directed by Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto & Gustavo Steinberg #portuguese #film bit.ly/2rxWS6n

This one-day conference will assess the reception and impact of this missing volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality. bit.ly/33MkL7q

A surprise but well-deserved winner of the coveted Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, "Atlantique" establishes Diop as a central figure in a new wave of politically charged yet lyrically shaped art cinema... bit.ly/335S99q

Open your senses to a refreshingly original, uniquely animated feature film from Brazil. #brazilianfilm #animation bit.ly/2mbmW4e

A poetry series cosponsored by LatinxProject, Borders & Diasporas, the Department of English, & the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. The first in the series with be a reading & conversation with Aurora Levins Morales. #poetry #latinx bit.ly/2rdfFTZ

Renowned multidisciplinary artist & 2019-20 Visiting Lecturer Xaviera Simmons is the Dept of Art, Film, & Visual Studies’ inaugural Solomon Fellow. bit.ly/2NaCEGp