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Romance Languages and Literatures

Sills Hall Directory

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Bowdoin engages students and faculty in a variety of collaborative pedagogical and research experiences and approaches to further expand  knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Francophone, Italian, and Hispanic cultures.

  • Bowdoin students in the renovated Peucinian Room, 2026
    Renovated Peucinian Room Connects the New and the Old
    The newly renovated Sills Hall contains a space with strong links to Bowdoin’s past: The wood-paneled Peucinian Room, home to the eponymous debating society formed over two centuries ago, maintains an “intentionally Luddite” atmosphere as a place of learning with limited technology.
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    The Complicated Barriers Preventing Immigrants from Learning to Swim
    When Bowdoin senior Siara Soule learned that accidental drownings in the US disproportionately affect immigrant communities, she decided to do something about it.
  • prof hall and students presenting research in florence italy, dec 2025
    Bowdoin Students Join Professor Crystal Hall to Present Research in Italy
    Digital humanities scholar Crystal Hall and two of her students address a literary conference in Florence, Italy, thanks to funding from the Office of Student Fellowships and the Digital and Computational Studies Program. The subject under the spotlight: women’s rights at the turn of the twentieth century.and DCS Enrichment Grants

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Gustavo Faverón Patriau
Department Chair 

Kate Flaherty
Academic Department Coordinator
kflahert@bowdoin.edu
Telephone: (207) 725-3357
Fax: (207) 725-3348

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