Department of Romance StudiesDepartment of Romance Studies 13th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium - 2023
Old Worlds, New Worlds, Future Worlds
Friday, March 24, 2023
Holsti-Anderson, Rm 153 Rubenstein Library
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome & Introductory Remarks – José María Rodríguez García, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
9:15 – 10:00 Challenges and Opportunities for Healing in Global Health Perspectives
Moderator: Hélie Vigor
Respondents: Marcos Canteli Vigón, Emma Howell
Peter Caragol Breast Cancer Treatment in Spain: Problematizing Screening Practices and Global Health Inequities
Phelan Mahoney Narrative Medicine: The Importance of a Humane and Personal Approach to Medicine
Camille Krejdovsky Dance as a Medium for Exploring the Experience of Refugees
10:00 – 10:45 Situating Planning and Policy: Evolving Subjectivities, Expanding Localities
Moderator: Leonardo Bacarreza
Respondents: Lisa Merschel, Sandy Valnes Quammen
Thuan Tran The Present and Future of Urban Design Policies in Latin America
Daniel Sutton Language and the Gendered Self: Addressing Grammatical Gender in the Italian Language
Audrey Costley Linguistic Policy and Planning in Francophone Louisiana: An Analysis of the State and Outlook of French in Louisiana
10:45 – 11:15 Saludos y Despedidas: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Greeting and Farewell Practices in the Spanish-Speaking World
Moderator: Rebecca Ewing
Respondents: Mattia Begali, Joan Munné
Presenters: Lydia Cox, Teddy Hur, Athena Yeung
11:15 – 12:00 Visions of Excess in Modern French Literature and the Arts
Moderator: Anne-Gaëlle Saliot
Respondents: Kate Driscoll, Elvira Vilches
Gwyneth Bernier From Flaubert's Sins to Van Gogh's Sunflowers: The Hallmarks of a Shared Obsession in Two Artistic Titans
Ethan Chen Animal Magnetism in 19th Century French Literature
Stephen Atkinson Decadent Discipline in Early 20th Century French Literature
12:00 – 12:30 BREAK
12:30 – 1:00 Engineering in Francophone Countries
Moderator: Deb Reisinger
Respondent: Laura Florand
Presenters: Roxana Haas, Lizzy Jones, Marie Lowry, Emily Yagoda
1:00 – 1:45 Circulations and Negotiations of Cultural Memory
Moderator: Helen Solterer
Respondents: Joseph Mulligan, Saskia Ziolkowski
Andres Cordoba Objects and Memorials as Variable Fixing Points in Memory
Dani Rubio Absence and Erasure: The Impact of Change on Memorialization
Meghna Parameswaran Beyond the Tangible: Memorials as Sites of Cultural Exchange
1:45 – 2:30 Subverting the Gender Binary in Socio-Cultural Practices: Between Oppression and Nonconformity
Moderator: Sarah Quesada
Respondents: José María Rodríguez García, Harry Karahalios
Justin Xavier Foundational Legacies of Colonialism: Gendered Perspectives
Steven Powell La amenaza del homosexual: The Creation, Oppression, and Proliferation of the Homosexual Under the Franco Regime in Spain
Laila Khan-Farooqi France’s Gender Binary: Perspectives on Masculinity, Femininity, and Gender Nonconformity in 19th Century Literature and Art
2:30 – 3:00 Le Creuset de Cultures: The American Immigrant Experience through a Culinary Lens
Moderator: Magda Silva
Respondents: Luciana Fellin, Melissa Simmermeyer
Presenters: Melanie Chen, Jeremiah Hodges, Neha Vangipurapu
3:00 Closing Remarks – Laura Florand, Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies