Language, Literature and Culture Department Archives

Language, Literature and Culture Department

Guest lecturer, author recalls flight from fascism, shares life lessons

More than a survivor: Miriam Lipschutz Yevick, 88, shares journey of a buoyant spirit and ever-searching mind As part of an eloquent introduction of guest lecturer Miriam Lipschutz Yevick, associate professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures Belén Atienza remarked that the speaker had “come to the right place when she came to speak at Clark, a place where…
LEEP springs ahead with kickoff celebration and conversation

Students streamed into Tilton Hall yesterday to launch themselves off a platform, strike mid-air poses, and land in the welcome padding of a high-jump mat, their indoor flights caught on camera for posterity. These aerial acrobatics — executed, appropriately, on Leap Day — heralded the official announcement of LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice), Clark…
Difficult Dialogues event melds poetry, resilience and LEEP

“People have been trying to kill me since I was born.” The line opens “Immigrant Blues,” the autobiographical poem by Li-Young Lee that illuminates his family’s history of traumatization, assimilation and survival. China’s Cultural Revolution led to the torture and murder of Lee family members, and Li-Young’s father, once a personal physician to Mao Zedong,…
University offers new concentration in Latin American & Latino Studies

Census data from 2010 indicates that there are now 50.5 million Latinos in the United States — one sixth of the U.S. population. These figures represent more than a 46 percent increase in the Latino population since 2000 and reveal that Latinos are far and away the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Thus,…
Clark English professor celebrates master’s candidates’ success

Clark University English Professor SunHee Kim Gertz used a different approach last fall when she taught her Introduction to Graduate Studies seminar, adding a requirement that paved the way for her students to achieve on a level usually reserved for Ph.D. candidates. Professor Gertz added to her seminar a new emphasis on the professional aspects…

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Language, Literature and Culture Department

Guest lecturer, author recalls flight from fascism, shares life lessons

LEEP springs ahead with kickoff celebration and conversation

Difficult Dialogues event melds poetry, resilience and LEEP

University offers new concentration in Latin American & Latino Studies

Clark English professor celebrates master’s candidates’ success