modern languages and literatures

From left to right: Student Kimberly Osbern; Lilas Al Dakr, senior Fulbright scholar; Charlotte Sanpere, full-time lecturer in French; Fabienne Pizot-Haymore, a full-time lecturer in French and director of the French for Specific Purposes Center; and Cheryl Toman, the Eirik Børve Professor of…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to hear the Russian 305 Ensemble perform vocal music accompanied by piano, guitars and violins. This Russian Song Performance will be held today (Dec. 3) at 5:30 p.m. in Denison Hall.

This year, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is hosting senior Fulbright scholar Lilas Al Dakr, a Jordanian professor from the University of Petra. Al Dakr will teach courses in French and women's and gender studies at Case Western Reserve University while conducting research on…

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host a lecture titled “Cannibals in Paris: The Selk’nam from Tierra del Fuego at the 1889 Universal Exhibition” by Argentine writer, scholar and translator Carlos Gamerro Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Gamerro will talk about his…

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host Anna Lidia Vega Serova, a Cuban-Russian writer, for a talk titled “Moving across Cultures: Writing between Russia and Cuba” Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. About the talk Many bi-national Russian-Cuban…

The French-American Chamber of Commerce recognized Case Western Reserve University’s new French for Professional Skills Center with a 2019 “Innovation without Borders” award for outstanding project development in French-American markets. Fabienne Pizot-Haymore, director of the French…

Senior Elizabeth Spila and junior Kimberly Osbern won first and third prize, respectively, in the College Division Competition sponsored by the Maison Française de Cleveland. Each Northeast Ohio college and university is invited to send two students to the annual competition, which recognizes…

Cheryl Toman, professor of French, chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and director of Women’s and Gender Studies, and Gilbert Doho, associate professor of French, recently authored a book containing 13 essays in literature and cultural studies (half in English, half in…

For the 12th year, Case Western Reserve University will host the Italian Film Festival USA – Cleveland, with showings in Strosacker Auditorium April 9, 11, 16 and 18 at 7 p.m. A double feature will be held April 19 at Cuyahoga Community College’s Black Box Theatre for closing night. All films are…

June Chen, an undergraduate student in Intermediate Japanese II, won the first-place prize at the 2019 Japan-America Society of Central Ohio (JASCO) Japanese Speech Contest, held at Dublin Integrated Education Center, near Columbus, Ohio. The speech contest is held annually by JASCO, and to…