Faculty

Daniel Aguirre Oteiza

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
Director of Graduate Studies

Modern Spanish Peninsular Literature; Spanish Civil War, Exile, Historical Memory; Modern Peninsular and Latin American Poetry; Translation

Boylston Hall 321

daguirre@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-5478

Janet Beizer

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (French)
C. Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France

Academic Degrees: B.A. in French, summa cum laude, Cornell University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph. D. in French with Secondary Field in...

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;...

Claire-Marie Brisson

Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (French)

Academic Degrees: Ph.D. in French (Cultural History), University of Virginia; M.A. in French (Cultural History), Wayne State University; B.A in French Studies and Secondary Education, Minors in German and Political Science, University of Michigan-Dearborn.... Read more about Claire-Marie Brisson

cmbrisson@fas.harvard.edu

Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja

On leave until 2023

Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja...

acpistoja@fas.harvard.edu

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Bruno Carvalho

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies
Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative
Affiliated Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design

Bruno Carvalho works on...

Sidney Chalhoub

Affiliate Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (Portuguese)

Robinson Hall, Room 212

chalhoub@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3551

Emanuele Coccia

Visiting Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures.
Spring 2022

ecoccia@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-4250

Tom Conley

Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (French) and of Visual and Environmental Studies

Early Modern French Literature; Film and Media Studies; Intersection of Literature and Graphic Imagination... Read more about Tom Conley

Boylston Hall 509

tconley@fas.harvard.edu

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Verena Andermatt Conley

Long Term Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures (French)
French Section Leader

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

Dana Palmer 202

vconley@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-9712

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Francesco Erspamer

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian)
Italian Section Leader

Renaissance culture; intellectual history; modern and contemporary Italian novel; literature and politics.... Read more about Francesco Erspamer

Boylston Hall 331

erspamer@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-4940

Office Hours: (On Leave Fall 2021)

Luis Girón Negrón

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) and of Comparative Literature
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

Dana Palmer House 104

giron@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-2567

Office Hours: Wed 2-4pm and by appointment

Virginie Greene

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (French)

Virginie Greene is a Professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, at Harvard University. She is a specialist of medieval...