The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) in The College of Arts and Sciences announced its spring schedule of events. The events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For more information, call 315-443-2175.
“This lineup is one of our most ambitious yet,” says Gail Bulman, associate professor of Spanish and chair of LLL. “The array of events speaks to the breadth and depth of the department. There is something here for everyone, whether you’re a student, a professor or a member of the campus community.”
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, March 19
101 Steele Hall
3:45 p.m.
Reading in Spanish by Puerto Rican author Eduardo Lalo, best known for “Simone” (Corregidor, 2012), winner of the 2013 Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize
Thursday, March 20
The Leonard and Ruth Sainsbury Library, Tolley Humanities Building
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
LLL Faculty Working Papers Series, featuring Kathryn Everly, professor of Spanish literature and culture; and Rania Habib, assistant professor of linguistics and Arabic, co-sponsored by the SU Humanities Center
Monday, March 24
Phoebe’s Restaurant and Coffee Lounge (900 E. Genesee St., Syracuse)
1-4 p.m.
Retirement party for William Ritchie, professor of linguistics, as well as undergraduate and general graduate advisor for the Linguistic Studies Program
Wednesday, March 26
Venue TBA
3:45 p.m.
Lecture and screening, presented by Monica Facchini, assistant professor of Italian at Colgate University
Thursday, March 27
Kilian Room, 500 Hall of Languages
4 p.m.
Lecture: “Why Do We Repeat?” by Seiichi Makino, professor emeritus of Japanese and linguistics at Princeton University, funded by the Japan Foundation
Thursday, April 3
Venue TBA
4 p.m.
Lecture by Meera Lee, faculty fellow in the humanities and affiliated faculty member in the Asian/Asian-American studies program
Wednesday, April 9
Kenneth A. Shaw Quadrangle (H.B. Crouse Hall Breezeway)
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
World Cultures event
Tuesday, April 15
311-A H.B. Crouse Hall
11 a.m.
Lecture: “Política cultural y teatro clásico en la España última” (“Cultural Politics and Classical Theater During the Spanish Golden Age”) by Luciano García Lorenzo, professor of language, literature and anthropology at the Council for Scientific Research (Madrid)
Time and venue TBA
Presentation on American Sign Language by Carol Neidle, professor of linguistics and French at Boston University
Wednesday, April 16
Time and venue TBA
Linguistics lecture by Neidle
Thursday, April 17
108 Hoople Special Education Building
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Discussion about the state of the Latino/a graphic novel by Frederick Luis Aldama, Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University
3:30-5 p.m.
Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library
Lecture: “The Science of Storytelling” by Aldama
Friday, April 18
Venue TBA
noon-1 p.m.
Future Professoriate Program (FPP) Lecture: “Techniques for Language Teaching From the Method of (De)Suggestopedia,” by Iara Mantenuto, teaching assistant at SU and assistant researcher at Alfred State College
1-2 p.m.
Venue TBA
FPP panel discussion with Mantenuto, Lily Jaffie-Shupe and Yue Wu, all of whom are LLL teaching assistants at SU
Friday, April 25
Hillyer Room, Bird Library
9 a.m.-noon
French Graduate Student Colloquium
Kittredge Auditorium (room 340), H.B. Crouse Hall
2:30-5 p.m.
Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Award Ceremony
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Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for the Time Magazine story “Big Tech’s Crackdown on Donald Trump and Parler Won’t Fix the Real Problem With Social Media.”…
Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, wrote an op-ed for History News Network titled “Images of the Capitol Riot Reflect a National Crisis.”…
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