Chair of the Department Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal Undergraduate Advisor in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Research Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Portuguese Literature and Culture; Camões; the Maritime Humanities; Lusophone Imperial/Colonial Studies;...
Long Term Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures (French) French Section Leader Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian) Italian Section Leader
Research Interests: Renaissance culture; intellectual history; modern and contemporary Italian novel; literature and politics.... Read more about Francesco Erspamer
(On Leave Spring 2024) William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures Spanish Section Leader
Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Medieval, Arabic, Latin and Hebrew Literatures; History of Religions; Comparative Literature ... Read more about Luis Girón Negrón