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SPS Fall/Winter 2017

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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: SPS Graduate Program

A particularly rewarding role for graduate faculty members is the opportunity to foster the academic and professional growth of our MA and PhD candidates as they transition from being our students to becoming our eventual colleagues. That is, in short, the goal of our graduate program — to form professionals in the fields of Hispanic […]

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Crystal Marull, PhD

A summer trip to Spain with her high school’s Language Club “changed everything” for Crystal Marull: her desire to be able to return to Spain eventually led her to select Boston University for college. Crystal participated in their study abroad program in Madrid twice as an undergraduate, and she was invited after graduation to serve […]

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Francesc Morales

Francesc’s dissertation project offers an original blend of historical and literary analysis —within the broader framework of cultural studies — with the purpose of exploring the role played by fictional representations of archaeologists and archaeological work in the development of modern Spanish national identity. Spanish nationalism(s), either in singular or plural, is presently a highly debated […]

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Diego Pascual, PhD

Diego Pascual PhD’13 was born in Madrid, Spain, and grew up in Granada. Diego recalls his first reflections about language as “a really cool thing” to observe and to study came while visiting family in Valencia: “It amazed me to see my relatives switch back and forth effortlessly between [Spanish and Catalan]. It amazed me […]