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Romance Languages and Literatures

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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.

  • Dancing the afternoon away at the Multilingual Mainers celebration
    Multilingual Mainers Celebrates a Record-Breaking Year
    This academic year, Multilingual Mainers had its largest cohort of Bowdoin students volunteering to teach languages at the local elementary school. To celebrate, they threw a playground fiesta in May with live music and dancing.
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    Nineteen Fulbright Grants Awarded to Bowdoin Students to Teach or do Research Abroad
    Sixteen graduating seniors and one graduate have received Fulbright grants to teach English or conduct research overseas.
  • Talk poster
    How Pasta al Pomodoro Changed Everything
    Mexican author Álvaro Enrigue gave a recent talk at Bowdoin about how the world changed after the Spanish Conquistadores defeated the Aztec empire 500 years ago.

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Hanétha Vété-Congolo
Department Chair 

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

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