november 28
Linguistics Majors: "How to: Grad School" Workshop & Employing Linguistics workshop
november 18
Kaffeestunde w/ the USF German Culture Club
Come enjoy some coffee & pastries while practicing your German conversational skills!
Dr. Grieb will be providing tutoring aid for ANY level of German.
November 1-2
Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) w/ El Club de Español
Come join the USF Club de Español for our Día de Muertos event!
october 27
Oktoberkfest 2022
The USF German Culture Club and USF Department of World Languages invite you to our
Oktoberfest at event! Food and refresments will be provided.
october 15
Hispanic Writers in the United States: V
We (The Spanish/Latino section of WLE and the Spanish Graduate Student Association)
will hold our Fifth Installment of the Hispanic Writers in the United States series
face-to-face for the first time in two years! On this occasion, Dr. Elguera and Dr.
Brescia will be reading fiction and talking about the “aesthetics of displacement
in the United States”.
october 13
Bridging the Gap: Research and Writing Strategies for Multilingual Scholars
International and other multilingual scholars may encounter unique challenges in the
academic writing process, especially when it comes to publishing empirical research.
In this workshop, attendees will be guided through key strategies for navigating these
challenges, including developing an awareness of reader expectations, drawing on available
resources and networks, and editing for grammatical clarity. By the end of this workshop,
attendees will have learned about and practiced valuable skills for writing and revising
research articles.
september 30
Charting Uncharted Territory- Affect and Effect
Dr. Blitvich will be delivering the inaugural presentations of our annual “Behind
the Screen” speaker series, sponsored by the Digital Discourse, Media & Writing Lab
in WLE. In her talk, "Charting uncharted territory – Affect and effect," Blitvich
will discuss her ground-breaking work which examines the role of language in online
cancel culture. Blitvich will share how she navigated methodological challenges and
how her research on this topic has changed her own thinking about online aggression.
september 21
Cine Foro "También la Lluvia"
Cine Foro "También la lluvia"- Movie and discussion. Christian Elguera from St. Mary's University/Pablo Brescia from USF/Heike Scharm from USF
On the day that appears in the calendar alternatively as “Columbus Day” and "Indigenous Peoples’ Day” , we will watch a movie about representation of the conquest and of indigenous people in Latin American cinema.
A film that has been described by Mick Lasalle (San Francisco Chronicle) as an "irresistible thing - a movie about the making of a movie - combined with a bit of a history and a political message."
september 18
The Racialized Future in "O Presidente Negro" by José Monteiro Lobato: Science Fiction
and Race in Brazil and USA
USF ISLAC (Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean), the USF Library,
and the Spanish section of the USF Department of World Languages invite you to this
lecture in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Featuring Dr. Christian Elguera,
who is this year’s recipient of the Latin American Science Fiction Travel Grant.
September 14
Translation Workshop with Daniele Pantano
Daniele Pantano will be conducting a Workshop on Translation for the USF Department
of World Languages. Pantano, who is a Reader (Associate Professor) and Leader of Creative
Writing at the University of Lincoln in the UK is a prolific poet, critic, artist,
and translator. Students, Faculty, and Staff are invited to attend. Part of his presentation
will involve interactive activity that should be both instructive and stimulating.
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