modern languages and literatures

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…

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…

"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…

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…

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Slow Food Movement courses in French and Italian will host two cooking demonstrations by chef Julie Berchoux from Paris. Cooking demonstrations will be held Monday, Nov. 12, and Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the kitchen of…

Gilbert Doho, associate professor of French and founding director of the Ethnic Studies Program, was invited to be a keynote speaker at the seventh international colloquium of Le Biennale de la Langue Francaise, co-sponsored by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie in Paris,…

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host Mabel Cuesta, an associate professor at the University of Houston, for a talk titled “Lives in the Margins: Neither Militia Mothers nor Normalized Lesbians—The Constant Act of Queering the Cuban Revolution.” Cuesta’s presentation will be…

Cheryl Toman, professor of French, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, was invited by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)—the French equivalent of the United Nations with 84 observer states—to…

The Japanese Studies Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures was awarded a $200,000 salary assistance grant from the Japan Foundation, an organization established by the Japanese government in 1972 for “cultivating friendship and ties between Japan and the world.” The grant…

Cheryl Toman, professor of French and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, spoke at the Belgian Embassy in Paris for Panorama de la Francophonie: des projets structurants (Overview of Francophonie: growth-generating projects), hosted by a diplomatic group representing…