modern languages and literatures
January 03, 2023
Alan Rocke’s 22-year friendship with Christine Cano began with a single question. Then a first-year faculty member at Case Western Reserve, Cano had approached the endowed professor of history after a research presentation. Her “penetrating” query was posed “with such intellectual intensity,”…
November 02, 2022
Animated movies such as The Book of Life (2014) and Disney's Coco (2017) propelled Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) into the mainstream globally, prompting mass production of merchandise and paraphernalia. But did you know this annual two-day observance dates back more than 3,000 years? …
October 25, 2022
Majors: Electrical engineering, computer engineeringMinor: FrenchYear: Fourth year In high school, Grace Wilcox came across her childhood Nintendo DS while cleaning out her closet and felt inspired to repair it. Thinking a fuse had blown, Wilcox went through the trouble of finding a replacement on…
October 17, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a book launch for the translation of contemporary Chilean author Beatriz García Huidobro’s Hasta ya no ir (Until She Goes No More) by Jacqueline Nanfito, associate professor of Spanish. The book launch will be held Wednesday,…
October 14, 2022
Undergraduate students are invited to join the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures for International Tea Monday, Oct. 17, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Guilford House lounge. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the department, mingle with faculty members, sample…
October 14, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community have planned the first major international symposium to focus solely on the literary translations made in socialist countries (both in Eastern Europe and Latin America) from 1959 to 1990. Many studies have been devoted to translation studies…
October 13, 2022
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host a book launch for Margaretmary Daley’s Great Books by German Women in the Age of Emotion, 1770–1820. David Price, professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University, will present during this event, which will be held today (Oct. 13)…
October 12, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to attend the Cleveland premiere of the 2022 Italian film Takeaway Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. The film’s director, Renzo Carbonera, also will be in attendance for a Q&A following the showing. This…
September 16, 2021
Join La Alianza, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and the vice president for student affairs in celebration of 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month with a lecture by Brenda Domínguez-Rosado. She will speak about her book, The Unlinking of Language and Puerto Rican Identity: Reflection of…
August 17, 2021
Year: Rising senior Major: Environmental geology, Russian language, political science Kyle Rickert has always had an affinity for learning about the Earth, its innerworkings, and how humans have interacted with it throughout history. Unlike some who are drawn to these topics after reading science…