Humanities Conference & Workshop April 8 – 11 in Figueroa Chapel

April 8 @ 10:30 am -The Fun House Mirror: Reflections on Literary Translation (Prof. Franco Nasi)
April 9 – 11 – Taller de Traducción

For more information, please contact the Humanities Department, Ext. 3846

Successful RUMEGA Sandwich Sale!

On February 16, RUMEGA had a productive morning selling sandwiches and goodies to collect funds. Thank you to all who contributed!
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Buy Your I Love English T-Shirt

If you would like an “I Love English” T-Shirt, please sign up and pay at the Department!

RUMEGA IRB Colloquium Friday, Feb. 26 @ 4:30 in Ch-319

Children’s & YA Literature Workshops

Drs. Nancy Vicente and José Irizarry cordially invite you to participate in a series of workshops that will cover diverse topics of theoretical and pedagogical concern in the areas of Children’s and Young Adult Literatures.

The workshops are co-sponsored by the INGL 6055: Studies in Literature course titled “An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Children’s and Young Adult Literature” and the Mayaguez Children’s Library Inc.

For additional information, see flyer below.

ChildrenYoungAdultLitWorkshops

ENGL 6006 Student Research Presentations

The ENGL 6006: Research Methods class invites the English Department community to our final event of the semester.

On Thursday, December 17 at 7:00 p.m. in Chardón 318 the students enrolled in the course will be presenting their research proposals, which speak to a variety of current topics in English studies such as gender/class representations and identities, queer literature, language and power relations and new technologies and linguistic practices.

Here’s a preview of the presentations.  (For additional information, please see the flyer below or write to jocelyna.geliga@upr.edu)

Kimberly Santiago Vega

“Hablando Como Una Nena”: How Notions of Femininity Are Communicated Through Language in the Domestic Space of the Home–A Discourse Analysis

Ángel Matos Caro

Towards An(O)ther Perspective of El Maricón: A Critical Analysis of Latino Gay Identity in Young Adult Bildungsromans

Lisa Ortiz Guzmán

The Unveiling of Class Identities and Discourses in The Life Stories of Pre-basic English Students at UPRM

Robert Ropiza Rivera

Code-Switching Practices And Notions of Identity, Power and Social Status Among Professional, Bilingual Puerto Ricans

Edward Contreras Santiago

Code Switching en Mensajes de Textos by UPRM students

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Thank you all who attended the Open House Dec. 4, 2009!!

Open House on December 4, 2009 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm

MAEE Paper & Thesis Presentations-Fall 09

Undergraduate and graduate students and faculty are invited!

INGL 6055 – Studies in Literature I: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Children’s and Young Adult Literature