modern languages and literatures

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 wri...

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 for Professio...

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 thos...

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 Frenc...

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 celebra...

Linda Ehrlich, associate professor emerita of modern languages and literatures, will return to Cleveland to introduce and answer questions after a screening of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku). The screening will be held Monday, March 25, at 6:45 p.m. at the Cleveland Institut...

Since 2016, Cameroon has been plagued by bloody conflict and unrest, which threatens to escalate into a civil war in this strategically located nation in Central Africa. Gilbert Doho, associate professor of French, is organizing a working conference titled “Fragmented Nation or The Anglophone/Fran...

"Living the Classical Life," an online series produced by Jutta Ittner, associate professor of German, was chosen by Classical Post as the 2018 Most Innovative Presenter: Media. The series began with a short documentary project in 2012 to aid the career of Zsolt Bognár, a graduate of the Master of P...

In conjunction with the fourth annual French Food Festival, "à la carte 2018," organized by the French Consulate in Chicago, Chris Terry, head chef at Edwins Restaurant, will host a cooking demonstration Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. in The Village at 115, House 5. Terry will prepare Artichaut...