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Open House: Department of Language, Literature & Culture

Estabrook 310

The Department of Language, Literature & Culture will hold an Open House on Thursday, November 16. Join us from 12:00 - 1:00 in Estabrook 310 to learn more about our majors, minors, concentrations and multiple language programs. LLC faculty and current majors will be available to answer any questions you may have. Light refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture

Race Matters in World Language Study: The Case of African Americans Speaking Blackness in Brazil

Higgins School of Humanities, Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

This talk addresses how African Americans can more actively and meaningfully participate in language programs to show that identities and investments in diverse communities within and outside classrooms greatly influence Black students’ success in our field.

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture

International Conference of Hispanic Women Filmmakers (CIMCiH): Chronographies

Higgins School of Humanities, Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

The International Conference of Hispanic Women Filmmakers (CIMCiH) intends to actively contribute to the body of scholarly work on Women Directors, specifically those whose films are conceived and conducted in Spanish. The second edition of CIMCiH, entitled "Chronographies", is an invitation to reflect on the power of time in front of and behind the camera. In film, is time friend or foe? To what extent is gender capable of subverting the rules of the temporal?

Sponsored by: Higgins School for Humanities

The Horizontal Gaze or the Portrait as a Mirror

Higgins School of Humanities, Dana Commons 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

In this talk, Óscar Fernández Orengo, a photographer specialized in portraying filmmakers, will explain the genesis of “La mirada horizontal” (“The horizontal gaze”), a series of 26 portraits of women in the film industry while reflecting on his experience as a portrait photographer, and the power of a photo as a vehicle of both individual and collective discovery.

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture

Languages Beyond the Requirement: A conversation with David Dallaire ’86

Estabrook 310

David Dallaire ’86 will discuss his experience as a Clark graduate, the power of languages, and the benefits he has received in his career thanks to his language and intercultural competencies.

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture

Afro-Brazilian Community Data Networks: Technological Hybridity, Data Decolonization and Human Reaffirmation

ASEC 303

In this talk, Eduard Arriaga will present an overview of his research on Afrolatinx digital culture in the Americas, emphasizing how Afro-Brazilian groups and organizations are creating networks of hybrid technologies in search of data and technological decolonization. Dr. Arriaga will show how the studied groups adapt and adopt diverse media, digital tools, and platforms […]

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture

Arab American Heritage Month

Goddard Library

Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month throughout the month of April.

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture

Nefesh Mountain Concert

Tilton Hall Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center

Free concert by Progressive Folk/Americana band Nefesh Mountain.

Sponsored by: David & Edith Chaifetz Fund for Jewish Studies

Across Languages: A Writers’ Roundtable

Four authors discuss the process of creative writing and translating, while giving glimpses into their forthcoming work. 

Sponsored by: Department of Language, Literature and Culture