The Department of Modern Languages and Classics was well represented at the recent Fall Graduation, with several of our students completing their programs. In the pictures below you can see Cole Lewter, Michaela Nuesser, Julius Zirngibl, Timothy Alford, Katherine Lightfoot, and Marcel Foerster, during the event, accompanied by our chair Dr. Douglas Lightfoot and Dr. […]
Read Moreabout MLC congratulates its newest MA and PhD graduates
Congratulations to Mike Picone on the Alabama World Languages Association Award for Excellence in Teaching (Post-Secondary)! This recognition will take place at the spring joint AWLA/SCOLT meeting in Mobile March 26-28, 2020. This award makes him the AWLA nominee for the same award at the regional level in the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT). […]
Dr. Kirk Summers has received the Douglas Murray Prize for his article, “Reformation Humanism: Reading the Classics in the New Theology” in the journal Reformation and Renaissance Review (Volume 20, 2018 – Issue 2), published on May 6th, 2018. Award information can be found here: https://tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=yrrr20 Article can be found here: https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14622459.2018.1468603 […]
Deproux Kadji and Maxime Vignon, both students in the French PhD program, received prestigious Southern Regional Education Board dissertation fellowships. […]
Read Moreabout Two students in French PhD program receive SREB fellowships
Congratulations to Resha Swanson on her graduation this December! Resha is getting her Bachelor of Social Work & Bachelor of Arts in Spanish/ Minor in Political Science. Resha has been the President of the Spanish Club: Alabama Students without Borders for the past year. She has been a dedicated and valued member of this student […]
Emily Morgan, an undergraduate student in the French program, writes “Why Should College Students Learn a Foreign Language?” for the online magazine, HER Campus. […]
Read Moreabout Undergraduate student in French writes article for online magazine
Congratulations to Claudia Martínez on passing through the semi-finals 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) round in competition with graduate students from across Colleges here at the University. Well done, Claudia! And congratulations to her advisor Dr. O’Rourke. […]
Dr. Goethals is announced as the recipient of the Best Article Prize for 2017-18 in Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal for her contribution “The Bizarre Muse: The Literary Persona of Margherita Costa.” This is her second “Best Article” award recently—quite an achievement! […]
Read Moreabout Dr. Goethals (Italian) receives Best Article Prize
The French FLEX undergraduate volunteer program was featured in a recent Crimson White article. See link for details: http://cw.ua.edu/44631/culture/french-department-grows-flex-program/. […]
Read Moreabout French FLEX program featured in the Crimson White
