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Jannet participated in the re-edition of a key book of nineteenth-century Peruvian literature: Rasgos de pluma by renowned writer and journalist Abelardo Gamarra (1850–1924), the most important work of this author. The book features an introductory study written by Jannet, offering critical insight into Gamarra’s literary legacy.

Chandler presented his paper "Dentro o Fuera?: Analizando la vision cosmopolitica del narcotraficante mexicano a traves del narcotestimonio," at the University of California, Irvine Mexicanistas Conference May 1-3, 2025 in Irvine, California.

He described his experience:  "Presenting at UCI Mexicanistas was an incredible experience! Not only was I able to workshop a proposed chapter for my thesis, I also got to spend time with some of the brightest minds in the field, not to mention some of the nicest people I have ever met."

Felicitaciones muy especial a lxs editores y colaboradores del último volumen de la revista Brújula titulado "La primera persona en el mundo hispano". Les adjunto el enlace electrónico donde podrán acceder a los artículos de Andrew Maune, Chandler Thompson, Adriana Rojas, Kristin Kawecki y Ross Hernández. En el proceso de edición participaron también Carlos Torres Astocondor, Leigh Houck, y Sara de Blas Hernández. ¡Felicitaciones a todxs!

Presenting at “Entre Lugares” Graduate Conference at Yale University titled,“Como historia de telenovela: evangeliquismo y telenovela en el Brasil contemporáneo”

Presenting "Plain Legal Spanish in Financial Contract: Comparing the US with Spanish-Speaking Countries. 

Prof. Newcomb has edited a dossier of articles for the International Journal of Iberian Studies, entitled “Strategies for Writing Gibraltar into the World” (https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/ijis/browse). He also contributed the introductory article. 

Congratulations to Professor Daniela Gutiérrez Flores! She has been awarded a fellowship to study at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University this summer.  

The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its thirty-second annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies to Charlie D. Hankin, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis, for his book Break and Flow: Hip Hop Poetics in the Americas, published by the University of Virginia Press. 

The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding scholarly work that is written by a member of the association and that involves at least two literatures.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Emily Celeste Vázquez Enríquez for being awarded Symposium's 2023 Harold G. Jones Award for the best essay published in the journal.