International/Cultural Studies

Anna Ballinger

Assistant Professor, French, Francophnoe and Italian Studies
843.953.6721

• French Revolution
• French Renaissance
• 19th-century France (economy, arts, architecture)
• French art
• French cinema

Emily Beck
Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.5412

• Spanish medieval and early modern literature
• Chivalry in history and literature
• Relations between Christians, Jews, and converts on the Iberian Peninsula
• Women and gender

Tim Carmichael
Associate Professor, History
843.953.7326

• Horn of Africa
• African History
• Islam in Africa

Timothy Coates
Professor, History
843.953.8031

• Portuguese-speaking world

Lisa Covert
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.5711

• Modern Latin America
• U.S.-Latin America relations
• Tourism (specifically in Latin America)
• Expatriation (specifically in Latin America)
• Mexican history to the present
• Cold War Latin America
• Public history (specifically in Latin America)
• Economic history (specifically in Latin America)

Maria Colomina-Garrigos
Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.7128

• Dictatorship and post-dictatorship fiction of the Southern Cone
• Narratology
• Contemporary Spanish American fiction

Mark P. Del Mastro
Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.6748

• 19th and 20th century Spanish literature
• Identity and psychoanalysis in Post-Spanish Civil War narrative
• National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society

Stephen Della Lana
Senior Instructor, German and Slavic Studies
843.953.5774

• German business
• German business ties with South Carolina
• German Internships
• German club events

Douglas Friedman
Director/Associate Professor, International and Intercultural Studies
843.953.5701

• Latin American politics
• U.S. foreign policy in Latin America
• Political economy in Latin America
• Cuba

Michael Gómez
Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.7125

• 19th and 20th century Spanish literature and philosophy

Robyn A. Holman
Associate Professor, French, Francphone and Italian Studies
843.953.5459

• French linguistics

Meglena Miltcheva
Adjunct Faculty, German and Slavic studies
843.953.1995

• Bulgarian, Russian languages/translation
• Bulgarian and Russian area studies
• Comparative literature
• Russian literature and folklore
• Multilingual publishing

Jose Antonio Moreira
Adjunct Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.5318

• Portuguese: translation; radio and publicity
• Contenmporrary Brazilian business, culture, custom, soccer, sport and tourism

Luis Linares-Ocanto
Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.7783

• Cuban theater; Homosexual representation in New Cuban theater
• Afro-Cuban religion “Santeria”

Malte Pehl
Assistant Professor, International and Intercultural Studies
843.953.3388

• Politics in India
• Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
• International relations in South Asia
• Modern German politics and history

Peter A. Piccione
Associate Professor, Comparative Ancient History; Egyptology
843.953.4861

• Arabic studies (history, languages and civilization)
• Modern Middle East and connections to ancient eras
• Ancient Egypt and the Near East

Bernard E. Powers, Jr.
Professor, History
843.953.8127

• Arabic studies (history, languages and civilizations)
• Modern Middle East and connections to ancient eras
• Ancient Egypt and the Near East

Dale Rosengarten
Historian/Curator of Jewish Heritage, Special Collections
843.953.8028

• Southern Jewish history and culture

Andrew Sobiesuo
Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.5537

• Global education
• Study abroad, student visa and immigration matters
• Contemporary Spanish literatures and cultures, Afro-Hispanic literatures
• African affairs

Godwin O. Uwah
Professor, French
843.953.5723

• Business opportunities in West Africa
• French for business and marketing
• French/Caribbean affairs
• African affairs

Robert Westerfelhaus
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.6533

• Popes (especially Benedict XVI)
• Film, television
• Popular Culture