Faculty

Daniel Aguirre Oteiza

Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

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

Sarah Axelrod

College Fellow in Italian

Research Interests: The tre corone, the literary monument, Boccaccio’s vernacular and Latin prose, humor and laughter in medieval literature, and fiction and narrative in modern and contemporary literature.

Office Hours (Spring 2018): Wednesdays, 11-12 and Fridays, 1-2
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Boylston Hall 323

slaxelrod@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-6026

Janet Beizer

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

Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-Century French Literature; Feminist Studies; Narrative Theory; Psychoanalysis and Literature; Cultural Studies;...

Josiah Blackmore

Chair of the Department
Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal
Portuguese Section Leader

Research Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Portuguese Literature and Culture; Camões; the Maritime Humanities; Lusophone Imperial/Colonial Studies;...

Sidney Chalhoub

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

Office Hours (Spring 2018): Wednesdays, 2-4pm

Robinson Hall, Room 212

chalhoub@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3551

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

Verena Andermatt Conley

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

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

Sergio Delgado Moya

Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Modern Latin American literature and visual arts, Mexican literature and culture, Brazilian literature and culture, modern poetry, media and cultural...

Elvira G. Di Fabio

Director of Language Programs
Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian)
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies

Italian Phono-Morphology; Literary Translation; Language across the Disciplines; Professional Development and Teacher Preparation

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Francesco Erspamer

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Italian)
On Leave (Fall, 2017)

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

Lorgia H. García Peña

Roy G. Clouse Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) and of History and Literature

Contemporary U.S.Latino/a literature and cultures, Caribbean literature and cultures, performance studies, race and ethnicity, transnational feminism, migration, human rights, Dominican and Dominican diaspora studies.
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Barker Center 147

garciapena@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 495-0801

Mary Gaylord

Sosland Family Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
On Leave (2017-18)

Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Latin American Colonial Literature; Hispanic Poetry; Poetics; Literary Theory; History and the Novel... Read more about Mary Gaylord

Boylston Hall 424

mgaylord@fas.harvard.edu

p: (617) 496-6027

Luis Girón Negrón

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) and of Comparative Literature
Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature

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