Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has published "The Aesthetic Turn in Cervantes" with University of Toronto Press. In this new book, Byrne looks at the central role of early modern Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes in the development of modern-day aesthetics.

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has published an article titled, "A Restless Nature," in Humanities 14.4. The article looks at two Golden Age Spanish adaptations of Plotinian ideas on curiosity, and is part of a special issue of the journal Humanities dedicated to Curiosity and Modernity in Early Modern Spain. Byrne studies…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Le Printemps d'Yver as response to Bandello's Novelle," at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in Boston. She also chaired a session at the same conference, Erasmus in the Renaissance World.

Margaret Harp's (World Languages and Cultures) modern English translation of Jacques Yver's Le Printemps d'Yver, Jacques Yver's Winter's Springtime, has been published by Amsterdam University Press.

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented an invited public lecture titled "Early Modern Aesthetics: A Missing Link" at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. In her talk, she analyzed  the role of creative authors and writers in 16th c. Spain as part of the historical arc of changes in artistic and aesthetic developments. 

Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) presented "Cervantes' Poetic Contributions to Philosophical Change" at the Cervantes Now/Ahora conference held in Albuquerque, NM on September 19-20. Byrne's paper situated the creative author's thought in the trajectory of historical intellectual developments that would create a foundation for later…

Kathy Callahan (World Languages and Cultures, German Studies) received a grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany for its “Germany on Campus” initiative. The grant will be used to showcase academic and economic partnerships between Germany, Nevada and UNLV through a series of events to be held October 8-10. The upcoming events…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) was elected president of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association for the 2026-2027 term. This 56-year-old organization is dedicated to the advancement of learning in global medieval and renaissance studies. It promotes the interchange of ideas among various fields of specialization…

Margaret Harp (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Henry VIII and François I: The Emblematic Field of the Cloth of Gold," at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association. The paper analyzes the imagery found in two poems written by the French Renaissance poet, Clément Marot, in 1520 and the opening…

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) was granted a scholarship to participate in the inaugural professional development training program BELC États-Unis from July 10-14 at San Diego State University (SDSU). Organized by the Embassy of France in the United States, in partnership with the Embassy of France in Canada and the…

François-Nicolas Vozel (World Languages and Cultures) published an essay titled "Under the Cobblestones, Prehistory! Maurice Blanchot, Marguerite Duras, and the Afterlife of May ’68" in Romanic Review 115.1: 190-212 (Columbia University / Duke U.P.).  The essay investigates how Blanchot and Duras experienced May ’68 as a miraculous…

Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) was selected by George Washington University with the French Embassy in Washington D.C. and the Paris Ile-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the French for Professions training program from May 21 to 24 at George Washington University. This is a hands-on training session …