2019-08-30 - Adam Newman is a new Lecturer in Religion. He received his PhD in 2019 from the University of Virginia. His research interests include Hinduism, the religious and political history of South Asia, Sanskrit literature, Purāṇas, sacred space and landscape, and religious conceptions of the body. During...
2019-08-28 - John Levi Barnard is a new Assistant Professor of Comparative and World Literature. His research interests include American Literature and Culture, African American Literature and Culture, and Environmental Humanities. He is the author of “Empire of Ruin: Black Classicism and American Imperial...
2019-08-28 - Maria Hadji (Hadjipolycarpou) is a new Lecturer in Modern Greek Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. Before coming to Illinois she taught at Columbia University (2014-2017) and at The City University of New York, Queens College (2017-2019). Her...
2019-08-23 - Even before Janani Comar was enrolled in an eight-year-long Medical Scientist Training Program in New York City, she said she had her doubts about whether she’d finish the curriculum. Of course, that was in retrospect, as in May of this year she completed her Master’s Degree in Religion at...
2019-07-17 - Two University of Illinois undergraduates who are minoring in Arabic, Enddy Almonord and Barghav Sivaguru, are among 244 students nationwide awarded David L. Boren Scholarships, with a third Illinois student named an alternate. Enddy Almonord, of Champaign, a 2018 graduate of Central High School,...
2019-07-16 - Eduardo Ledesma, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, is the recipient of a Conrad Humanities Professorial Scholar award beginning in 2019-2020 and continuing through 2023-2024. The award is designed to recognize tenured faculty members in LAS who are established or emerging leaders...
2019-07-16 - Anna María Escobar, Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, is the recipient of the Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS). Professor Escobar has had a major impact on graduate student scholarship and professional...
2019-06-27 - {Ryan Shosted, Associate Professor of Linguistics, was recently interviewed for an article about immigrants to the US who speak indigenous languages. As part of his commitment to public engagement, Professor Shosted has since 2008 collaborated with the local Q'anjob'al (Maya) community of...
2019-06-27 - Harriet Murav, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Comparative and World Literature, has been named the Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies. Murav earned her PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University in 1985. She joined the U of I...
2019-06-25 - Three SLCL graduates are among 13 U of I students or young alumni/ae who have accepted student Fulbright grants to pursue international educational, research and teaching experiences across the globe this coming year. Sean Chapman, of Joliet, Ill., received a BA in linguistics in December. Chapman...
2019-06-17 - Professor Eric Calderwood's book, Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture (Harvard University Press, 2018), has been translated into Spanish. Calderwood is an Associate Professor of Comparative and World Literature at Illinois. Colonial al-Andalus...
2019-06-12 - Ryan Mills, a 2019 graduate with a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study critical languages during the summer of 2019. ...
2019-06-12 - Antony Augoustakis, Professor of Classics, has been named a University Scholar for 2019-22. The University Scholars program aims to recognize outstanding members of the faculty and to provide each with a funding allocation to enhance her or his scholarly activities. University Scholar awards...
2019-05-29 - Rini Mehta, Assistant Professor of Comparative and World Literature, and Religion, Mehta has been named a Faculty Fellow for 2019-2020 by The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) for her project, “The Big Picture: Media, Capital and Networks of...
2019-05-29 - Carolyn Fornoff of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese is one of five assistant professors from across the U of I campus selected to participate in the 2019-2020 National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity – Faculty Success Program (NCFDD) organized by the Provost Office. The...