The new book of Professor José María Rodríguez-García, The City of Translation: Poetry and Ideology in Nineteenth-Century Colombia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), has won the 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the category of Literature, Language, and Linguistics -- one of several American Publishers Awards for Scholarly and Professional Publishing handed out every year. The book was also a finalist in the Humanities category. The City of Translation sets out to answer two questions: how did poetry,… read more about Rodriguez-Garcia wins 2010 PROSE Award »
Joan Clifford was nominated by colleagues for service as one of the “madres fundadoras” of service-learning within the Spanish Language Program at Duke, and has won the 202 Alden Service-Learning Award. In the words of one nominator, Joan “believes in the ideals of service-learning and has shown a steadfast commitment to the community partners that she has sought out and maintained… never content just to have students in Spanish happen to ‘volunteer’ somewhere where people might speak a word of Spanish, but insisting on the… read more about Clifford wins Alden Service-Learning Award »
Laurent Dubois, who holds joint appointments in the Departments of Romance Studies and History, received the 2012 Howard D. Johnson Award. The Howard D. Johnson Award is one of four Trinity College teaching awards. The four awards recognize faculty who have broad knowledge of an academic field, theability to consistently communicate well to students, demonstrate responsiveness to students' needs, skillfully and creatively organize courses, encourage intellectual excitement, inspire the discovery of knowledge, foster… read more about Dubois Wins Howard Johnson Award »
In May, 2014, the Dean’s Leadership Award, intended to recognize the outstanding combined efforts of a group, went to the Spanish Language Program’s Civic Engagement Initiative. The team includes: Eileen Anderson, Joan Clifford, Rebecca Ewing, Bethzaida Fernandez, Lisa Merschel, Joan Munne, Liliana Parades, Maria Romero, Melissa Simmermeyer, Rosa Solorzano, Graciela Vidal, and William Villalba. The effort to incorporate civic engagement into the curriculum goes back a decade with the launch of a service-learning course… read more about Spanish Language Program wins Dean's Leadership Award »
On April 17, 2013 in the beautiful Gothic Reading Room, Professors David Bell and Michele Longino received the prestigious des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) presented by the Consulat Général de France à Atlanta, Denis Barbet. Also present were Nicolas Florsch, Scientific Attaché, David Kibler, Cultural attaché and Marie-Claire Ribeil, Honorary Consul. read more about Bell and Longino Receive des Palmes Academiques »