modern languages and literatures
October 13, 2017
Jacqueline Nanfito, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, received accolades for her translation of acclaimed Chilean-Jewish poet Marjorie Agosin from The Poetry Foundation on Oct. 6. The foundation chose one of the poems translated by Nanfito for…
October 02, 2017
For a complex set of reasons, the story of Spanish immigration to the United States is practically unknown. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tens of thousands of Spaniards settled in compact enclaves all over the country, including large numbers in the Cleveland and Canton areas. James…
September 22, 2017
The university community is invited to join a campus Russian singing group, led by the pianist, movement specialist, singer and ethnomusicologist Terry Boyarsky of the “Russian Duo.” Those who participate will learn to sing Russian romances, songs and more. The group will meet Tuesdays from 6 to…
September 19, 2017
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host Susanne Vees-Gulani, associate professor of German, for a Faculty Work-in-Progress presentation Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Vees-Gulani will give a talk titled “The Air War in the Museum: The Bombing of Dresden as…
April 13, 2017
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host a screening of the documentary Pushkin Is Our Everything Thursday, April 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Guilford House, Room 323. In the documentary, Michael Beckelhimer goes on a journey through Russia to find out how Russia’s most famous…
April 10, 2017
The 2017 edition of Italian Film Festival USA – Cleveland will open today (April 10) with a screening of The Road to Reconciliation (La Via Della Conciliazione) at 7 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. The plot of the film is: The Via della Conciliazione with St. Peter’s Basilica in the background is…
April 01, 2017
The 2017 edition of Italian Film Festival USA will come to Cleveland April 10-21, with Case Western Reserve University’s Strosacker Auditorium as one of the venues. CWRU will hold showings at 7 p.m. on the following dates: Monday, April 10; Wednesday, April 12; Monday, April 17; and …
March 03, 2017
Paris: L'Harmattan published a book by Gilbert Doho, associate professor of French, last month, about a set of executive orders that were conceived and used by French colonial administrators to control, oppress and punish indigenes in their territories. His book is titled Le Code de l'Indigénat ou…
January 23, 2017
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the CWRU Film Society will co-sponsor the Cleveland premiere of Fred Kuwornu's 2016 film documentary Blaxploitalian – 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema. Black actors have appeared in Italian cinema since 1915, yet it’s a population of…
January 13, 2017
Cheryl Toman, associate professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, was named president of the Biennale de la Langue Française in December in Paris. Toman becomes the first female and the first American to lead the 54-year-old institution, which is registered…