Bellini Colloquium

The Bellini Colloquium is a lecture series sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. It is an opportunity for Modern Language faculty to show their research.

The Colloquium is named after the first Professor of Modern Languages at William & Mary, Carlo Bellini, a native of Florence, Italy and close friend of Thomas Jefferson. Bellini taught French and Italian from 1779 until 1803, and holds the distinction of being the only Professor to stay in residence at W&M when classes were suspended for two years during the Revolutionary War.

Please join us for this exciting series! 

Spring 2026 Program

• Matias Oviedo, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies, Anticipatory Memory and the Future Reader in "Todo se esta despidiendo" by Cristina Rivera Garza, Tuesday, February 24, 3:30 in Washington Hall 315 (download event flyer)
• Robert Greeley, Visiting Teaching Professor of Arabic Studies, "Markets! Markets! Lebanese Farmers, Global Consumers and Opaque Commodity Chains," Tuesday, April 21, 2:00 in Washington Hall 315

 Fall 2025 Program

• William Weihe, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of German Studies, "Counterrevolution, Fears of Miscegenation, and Black Rebellion in Kleist's Verlobung in St. Domingo." Tuesday, December 2, 3:30 in Washington Hall 315 (download event flyer)

Spring 2025 Program

• Michael Cronin, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies, "Another 1995: Encountering Possible Pasts."  Thursday, March 27, 3:30 in Washington 315  (download event flyer)
• Francie Cate,  Professor of Hispanic Studies, "Popular Memory and Franco's 'Disappeared' in Spain."  Thursday, April 17, 3:30 in Washington Hall 315  (download event flyer)

Fall 2024 Program

• Corinne Stokes, Assistant Professor of Arabic Studies, "Performing Khaleejiness on Instagram: Authenticity, Hybridity, and Belonging." 
  Thursday, October 17, 3:30 in Washington 315
• Rebeca Pineda Burgos, Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies and Miguel Dominguez Rohan, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Hispanic Studies, "Bodies and Dissidence: Art and Literature in Latin American Culture." (download event flyer) 
  Thursday, November 7, 3:30 in Washington Hall 315.