As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local citizens rise up against plans to privatize the water supply to the city.
Ellen Mayock, Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish at Washington and Lee University, will present on her 2016 book Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace, which examines colleges’ and universities’ uneven gender and intersectional dynamics across the spectrum of sexual discrimination, harassment, and retaliation and sexual assault and violence. In this talk, Mayock will address in…
3 animated short films will introduce Latin American Indigenous communities' connections with nature.
Dr. Jorge Pérez, Professor of Iberian Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Texas, Austin will present on the critical role of costume design in cinema. In this talk, Pérez will examine the significant use of Chanel garments in three films from Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar: Tacones lejanos (1991), Todo sobre mi madre (1999), and Los…
Dr. Angelika Kraemer, Executive Associate Director of the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University, will give a workshop on "Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning" February 1, 2018 3:30 to 5:30 pm 203 BB Comer Hall
Dr. Chikako Maruta, Visiting Scholar at Columbia University’s European Institute and Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Economics at Keio University (Japan), will give a talk on "Francisco Ayala and Literature in Exile": Thursday, February 1st Morgan Hall 301, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
The University of Alabama Languages Conference is an annual conference organized by the graduate students of The University of Alabama’s Department of Modern Languages & Classics, in collaboration with the graduate students of the Department of English and the TESOL program, as well as the College of Education.
Come join us for our monthly culture nights! These are monthly events where UA students are invited to join Alabama Students Without Borders in learning about different Latinx cultures through games, movies, guest speakers from UA and more! Culture nights will typically include free food and are open to all students at the University of Alabama.
We offer a tasting of different countries’ EXOTIC foods, made by students from all around the world. Come and join UA students/community to share, enjoy, learn and appreciate global environment and cultural diversity.
La Última Letra is pleased to present the guest speaker for Spring 2018. We will be hosting Dr. Bernard Issa from UT Knoxville to give a talk related to his research in eye-tracking within second language acquisition. View flyer and abstract: LUL-Dr. Issa flyer
