Spanish and Portuguese at Emory

Hello everyone! If you know someone who is interested in doing a PhD in Hispanic/Lusophone studies, please direct them to Dr Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas ([email protected]). Our department is accepting applications. If the candidate is selected, they will have 5 to 7 years of secure funding, and research support. This Wednesday, November 13 we will have a virtual open house (see below) to answer questions. Please circulate widely among your circles! We encourage people from Latin American countries to apply!

Giving Week starts today! Let's raise awareness and financial support during 2O36 Giving Week so students can thrive at Emory and beyond. Learn more at https://dayofgiving.emory.edu/giving-day/78775/department/80157

Congratulations to this year's ECLC Excellence in Language Studies Award recipients. Parabéns! ¡Felicidades!

Congratulations to this year's Department of Spanish and Portuguese award-winning graduates! Parabéns! ¡Felicidades!

Join us this Wednesday and Thursday for a series of events engaging with contemporary poets Ada Limón, Fernando Valverde, and Carolyn Forché.

Wednesday at 6:30 in the Oxford Presentation Room, a reading and signing for Valverde's book America, translated by Forché.

Thursday from 3 to 7 in Ackerman Hall (third floor of the Carlos Museum), Forché, Limón, and Valverde will engage in conversations with students and faculty on "Writing Poetry in the Landscape of 'America' Today" (3:30 to 4:30 pm) and on "Navigating Poetry in/ and Translation" (5 to 6 pm).

Limón will speak in a free public event sponsored by the Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Glenn Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 11th at 3 pm.

Take a look at today's Noticias Literarias featuring a book by Professor García Blizzard! https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-White-Indians-of-Mexican-Cinema

Read all about one of Professor Lisa Dillman’s recent translation releases, Canción: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eduardo-halfon/cancion/.

Our informal Spanish-language conversation hour is getting started. Join us for Tertulias Thursdays at 5:30 pm in Callaway C-101. All levels and accents welcome!

Join us for a panel and discussion.

Emory is collaborating once again with the LAA on the LYLC, this time responding to the COVID circumstances with a hybrid version of the LYLC. On Saturday, November 6, we will have about 100 middle and high school students on campus, along with their teachers, for a reduced version of the usual LYLC.

We need university student (undergraduate or graduate) mentor-guides. There are 15 slots for students to sign up to participate as mentor-guides.

If interested, register at
https://tinyurl.com/LYLCMentors21

Open rank Professor of Spanish and/or Portuguese

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University invites applications for two faculty positions, beginning in August 2022, at the level of either assistant or associate professor. Candidates at the full professor level with proven leadership and administrative experience will also be considered. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a relevant field (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies or related discipline or interdisciplinary degree) by time of appointment and have native or near-native proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese and English. We are especially interested in candidates whose research and teaching address issues of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity in the cultures of Latin America, Africa, Iberia, and/or the United States. Emory University places a high value on both teaching and scholarship, and the candidate must show experience with, knowledge of, and sensitivity to the needs of a culturally diverse student body. Of special importance is a willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration with other departments and programs at Emory, such as African Studies, Anthropology, Global Health, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Linguistics.

Review of applications will begin October 29, 2021. Full consideration will be given to all applications received by Nov. 30, 2021. Applicants are asked to submit their materials using the following link: http://apply.interfolio.com/95576. At this time, we ask applicants to submit a cover letter including a discussion of their teaching, research, and service; a CV; a writing and research sample; the names and contact information for three references; and a statement of commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, student success, and working with a broadly diverse community, including relevant experience (max. 1 page). Candidates will be asked to submit additional supporting materials if selected to participate further in the recruitment process. Please address letter of application to Prof. James Melton, Chair of the Search Committee. Contact for questions: [email protected].

For additional information see http://college.emory.edu/faculty/documents/faculty/faculty-responsibilities.pdf

Emory University is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to abide by the faculty responsibilities outlined by the Emory College of Arts and Sciences (ECAS Faculty Senate Statement).

http://apply.interfolio.com/95576.

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