The Department of Romance Studies gives voice to the literatures and cultures of those parts of the world where French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are or have been spoken. It offers students a broad range of opportunities for language acquisition, as well as the chance to become sophisticated interpreters of the literature, film, philosophy and material culture produced within and influenced by the Romance languages (i.e., those languages ultimately derived from the language spoken by the ancient Romans).
The classes are intimate, idea-driven, and student-centered. The Department of Romance Studies strives to create an atmosphere of intense intellectual engagement across linguistic and textual boundaries, and students are encouraged to take advantage of the wide array of on-campus lectures, events and resources available to them (including the Language House), as well as Cornell's extensive Study Abroad programs. The department is also home to diacritics, a distinguished journal of literary and cultural theory.
Associated Faculty
- Gerard Aching
- Ti Alkire
- Silvia Amigo-Silvestre
- Giulia Andreoni
- Diego Arias-Fuentes
- Ewa Bachminska
- Anindita Banerjee
- Michela Baraldi
- Estela Bartol-Martín
- Ernesto Bassi
- Nicole Benevento
- Anne Berger
- Tomás J. Beviá
- Monica Bevia
- Ross Brann
- María Luciana Cadahia
- Timothy C. Campbell
- Peter Caswell
- Flaminia Cervesi
- Mario Chacón
- Julia Chang
- Liliana Colanzi
- Alice Colby-Hall
- Chad Córdova
- Raymond B. Craib
- Valeria Dani
- Laurent Dubreuil
- Irene Eibenstein-Alvisi
- Emily Epperson
- Pedro Rabelo Erber
- Juan Manuel Escalona Torres
- Elise Finielz
- Carolyn Fornoff
- Valentina Fulginiti
- Nelly Furman
- María Antonia Garcés
- Flavien Glidja
- Esperanza Godoy Luque
- Mitchell Greenberg
- Vanessa Gubbins
- Simone Harmath-de Lemos
- Cary Howie
- Nicholas Huelster
- Emilia Illana Mahiques
- Patricia Keller
- William John Kennedy
- Souad Kherbi
- Richard Klein
- Cecelia Lawless
- Philip Lewis
- Chenyun (Montse) Li
- Alisa Linarejos Jimenez
- Kathleen Perry Long
- Joanna Luks
- Nilsa B. Maldonado-Mendez
- Anthony Mangeon
- Alice McAdams
- Tracy McNulty
- Claire Menard
- Marilyn Migiel
- Magali Molinie
- Jonathan B. Monroe
- Colleen Moorman
- Brisa Núñez García
- Jura Oliveira
- Denise Osborne
- Edmundo Paz-Soldan
- Marina Peñalosa Montero
- Miguel Piery
- Simone Pinet
- Karen Pinkus
- Mary K. Redmond
- Itziar Rodriguez de Rivera
- Adam Schoene
- Nagore Sedano
- Graciela Speranza
- Daryl Spurlock
- Brice Tabeling
- Macarena Tejada López
- Imane Terhmina
- Brisa Teutli
- Thierry Torea
- Enzo Traverso
- Irina Troconis
- Marie-Claire Vallois
- K.E. von Wittelsbach
