On April 3, 2014 at 6:30pm in the Alumni Center of the School of Education, nine students and one faculty member were initiated into the College of Charleston’s Nu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society: Lisa Dealmeida, Dan Gary, Olivia Ghiz, Rachel Ellen Harper, Kellane Kornegay, Henry B. Mullin, John H. Wagstaff, Emily Medhus, Stephanie Meier and Professor Gustavo […]
On March 26, 2014, Professor Joseph Weyers was named the 2014 LCWA Outstanding Faculty of the Year and Thais Vote the LCWA Outstanding Student of the Year during the 9th Annual ExCEL Awards Ceremony.
Professor Nadia Avendaño’s article “Negotiating Identities: Growing Up Female, Jewish, and Mexican” has been accepted for publication in the Bulletin of Spanish Studies.
Professor Carl Wise’s study “América desencuadernada por Lope de Vega: Texto y escritura en El nuevo mundo descubierto por Cristóbal Colón” has been accepted for publication in the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies.
On March 21, 2014, Professor Joseph Weyers presented a talk on sociolinguistic issues in the Spanish speaking world to visiting AP Spanish students from Charleston’s Academic Magnet High School. Professor Weyers’ lecture focused on forms of address (tú, vos, usted, vosotros, ustedes), their meaning and use … en español.
On March 12, 2014, Professor Sarah Owens presented her research in a conference sponsored by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in Mexico City.
Professor Susan Divine’s article “Cityscapes and the novela de autoformación: Elvira Navarro in Valencia” has been accepted for publication in the Bulletin of Spanish Studies.
Dr. Benjamin Fraser (College of Charleston) and Susan Larson (University of Kentucky) will co-edit the new ‘Hispanic Urban Studies’ book series with international academic publishers Palgrave Macmillan.
Professor Ben Fraser’s latest books: Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds: A Philosophy of Painting. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, [Aug] 2014. (174 pp. ISBN 978–1–61148–573–8) http://www.amazon.com/Antonio-López-Garc%C3%ADas-Everyday-Worlds/dp/1611485738/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395158194&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=antonio+lópez+garc%C3%ADa%27s+everyday+urban+worlds Marxism and Urban Culture. Fwd. by Andy Merrifield. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield), [May] 2014. (278 pp., ISBN 978–0–7319–9157–6) http://www.amazon.com/Marxism-Urban-Culture-Benjamin-Fraser/dp/0739191578/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395158502&sr=8-1&keywords=marxism+and+urban+culture
Professor Sarah Owens’ study “Religiosas transatlánticas” has been published in Estudios transatlanticos postcoloniales, III: Imaginario criollo by Ileana Rodriguez and Josebe Martinez (eds.), Anthropos 2014. See http://www.anthropos-editorial.com/libros/documentos/PCPU_213_Sumario.pdf