LengUA Lab

B.B. Comer 252

The LengUA Lab is a working group of graduate students and faculty who meet regularly during the semester to discuss research in Spanish linguistics.

Research Strategies for Graduate Students

33 McClure Library 918 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL

Have a research project/assignment? This session will guide Education students through the process of choosing a research topic, crafting a research question, identifying search terms, and conducting initial searches using Scout and relevant education databases.

FREE

Graduate Student Assembly in Ferguson Forum

Ferguson Student Center , United States

The annual fall General Assembly of all MLC graduate students, graduate advisors and LPDs will take place on Friday, Sept. 15, beginning at 2 PM, in the Forum at the

Lecture: Queer Studies in Threatening Times

324 Lloyd Hall

A free public talk by Dr. Donald Hall, Herbert and Ann Siegel Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of English at Lehigh University, reception to follow.

LACLS Film Series 2017 – Hija de la Laguna

105 Ten Hoor

Follow an Andean woman's fight to stop a mining firm from evicting her from her land in order to access the gold under her community's lake.

Free

LACLS Film Series 2017 – También la Lluvia

105 Ten Hoor

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.

Free

Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace

Gorgas Library 205 , United States

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…

Free and open to the public.

Forging a Rewarding Career in the Humanities-Advice for Graduate Students

Gorgas Library 205 , United States

Ellen Mayock, Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish at Washington and Lee University, will speak to and with graduate students about preparation for future professions.  Professor Mayock will highlight key advice from her co-edited (with Professor Karla P. Zepeda) volume, Forging a Rewarding Career in the Humanities, and will speak specifically about preparing for the job search.

Free and open to the public