SOLAL Features

The faculty, staff and students of the School of Languages and Literatures and the University of Guelph community are all deeply saddened by the death of Professor Joubert Satyre, who passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023, after a short illness. With Joubert’s passing we have lost a dear colleague, a caring educator,and a talented researcher, novelist, and poet.

Le corps professoral, le personnel et les étudiants de l'École des langues et des littératures ainsi que la communauté de l'Université de Guelph sont tous profondément attristés par le décès du professeur Joubert Satyre, qui nous a quittés le dimanche 15 janvier 2023, après une courte maladie.  Avec le décès de Joubert, nous avons perdu un cher collègue, un éducateur attentionné et un chercheur, romancier et poète de talent.

For the 2022-23 academic year, bursaries are available from the ACUFC for students wishing to begin a major in French Studies.

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Deadline: April 15, 2022

Professors Denise Mohan, Dorothy Odartey-Wellington, and Rosario Gomez were invited by the Canadian Hispanic Congress to talk about their work and research in Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, to celebrate the Hispanic Heritage Month in the fall semester, 2021. Watch it here! (In Spanish)

SPANISH AND HISPANIC STUDIES

at the University of Guelph equips you to speak, read and write the world’s second-most widely used language, and adapt to its multinational, multiracial culture.

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De l’enfance,
de l’âge et de la dépense du temps.

Dr  Maïté  Snauwaert
University of Alberta

Lundi, 22 mars 2021
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Congratulations to Prof. John Walsh, who has published a graphic novel, The Poppies of Troy (Kendall Hunt, 2021).

Prof. Stephanie Nutting wrote this tribute to Franco-Ontarian playwright Jean Marc Dalpé, published and translated into English on the site of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

"Language is entering into other people's mental spaces, and there is no better way of doing that than through their art."

Prof. Stéphanie Nutting recently published a tribute to Franco-Ontarian playwright Jean Marc Dalpé (pictured), on the National Arts Centre's website. 

Prof. Stephen Henighan recently published a book review in the Times Literary Supplement in London.