Josiah Blackmore

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;...

Verena Andermatt Conley

Long Term Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures (French)
French Section Leader
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Research Interests: Cultural Theory; Politics and Aesthetics; Ecology and Technology; Contemporary Fiction and Film... Read more about Verena Andermatt Conley

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Dana Palmer 202

vconley@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9712

Office Hours: Thursdays 3:00pm-5:00pm and by appointment

Francesco Erspamer

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

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Boylston Hall 331

erspamer@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-4940

Office Hours: Contact faculty for office hours

Luis Girón Negrón

(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
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Dana Palmer House 104

giron@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-2567

Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30am-11:30am or by appointment

Department of Romance Languages & Literatures

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Josiah Blackmore

Verena Andermatt Conley

Francesco Erspamer

Luis Girón Negrón

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