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Department newsletter available: Communiqué (Summer 2009) (pdf)

2009 Photo Gallery (photos added November 2009)

Professor Mullen reception

The Department honored Professor Edward Mullen with a May 14 reception celebrating his retirement. Professor Mullen's career at MU began in 1971 when he joined the Department. Congratulations, Professor Mullen!

Ed Mullen and Flore Zéphir
Professors Ed Mullen and Flore Zéphir

Ed Mullen and Flore Zéphir

Department Chair Flore Zéphir (speaking) and Ed Mullen (listening)

Ed Mullen and his wife Helen Mullen
Ed Mullen, his wife Helen Mullen and their little grandson

Members of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Professor Mullen’s family
Members of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Professor Mullen’s family

Béa Gallimore and Joseph Otabela
Béa Gallimore and Joseph Otabela

Russ Zguta, Erick Blandón, and Carlos Barriuso
Russ Zguta, Erick Blandón, and Carlos Barriuso

Mamadou Badiane, Béa Gallimore, Monica Marcos-Llinas, Nancy Molavi and Russ Zguta
Mamadou Badiane, Béa Gallimore, Monica Marcos-Llinas, Nancy Molavi and Russ Zguta

crowd at reception 2
front row:  Asier Alcazar, Roberta Tabanelli and John Zemke

crowd at reception 3
Members of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
seated in front graduate students Jose Carreño and Monique Quayle


Alberto Moreiras

Alberto Moreiras, sixth century professor of modern thought and Hispanic studies at the University of Aberdeen, spoke to a group of students, faculty and staff on Monday, April 13 in the Memorial Union.

Moreiras’ lecture was titled “Common Political Democracy: The Marrano Register.”

Through the stories of James Maley, a Scottish worker who became an International Brigadist in the Spanish Civil War, and Benedictus Spinoza, a 17th century philosopher of Portuguese descent, this lecture tried to propose a particular figure for political existence today.

The lecture was sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Department of German, Russian and Asian Studies, the Center for Arts and Humanities, and the MU Lectures Committee.

Alberto Moreiras, Carsten Strathausen, and Flore Zéphir
Alberto Moreiras; Carsten Strathausen, Chair of German and Russian Stuides; and Flore Zéphir, Chair of Romance Languages and Literatures

Alberto Moreiras
Alberto Moreiras

Moreiras Audience
Alberto Moreiras' Audience


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events

Check the department calendar for events.
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Robert J. Goldstein Lecture: Political Theater Censorship in 19th Century France in Comparative European Perspective
October 30, 2009

(flyer in pdf)
(also see 2009 Photo Gallery)

An evening with Caridad Svich: The Art of Theatre Adaptation and Translation
October 28, 2009

(flyer in pdf)
(also see 2009 Photo Gallery)

Professor Mullen's retirement announcement (pdf)
(also see 2009 Photo Gallery)

Romance Languages & Literatures
143 Arts & Science Bldg.
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211 USA
tel. 573-882-4874
fax. 573-884-8171
general inquiries: romancelanguages@missouri.edu
graduate program: rlgrad@missouri.edu