UPCOMING EVENTS
The Annual Hanna Geldrich-Leffman Colloquium on
Language, Literature, and Society
Global Travelers: Migrants, Exiled and Displaced Communities
Wednesday, April 3 in McGuire Hall West
11.00 am - Professor Paul Michael Luetzler, Washington University
Transatlantic Travelers and Exiled Writers on Europe as an Imagined Community
12.00 pm - Professor Barbara Franz, Rider University
Young Turks: The Marginalization of Migrants and Other Second Generation Problems in
Europe Today
2.00 pm - Professor Grace Bullaro, Lehman College
Building Personal and National Identity in the New Pluricultural Italy: An Exploration
of Lakhous' Clash of Civilization Over and Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
3.00 pm - Professor Lori Wallach, Public Citizens' Global Trade Watch
Trade Down: The Shocking Story of Trade Agreement Attacks on Livlihoods, Human Rights, and
the Environment
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, Office of the Dean of First-Year Students, Center for
Community Service and Justice, and Office of Student Activities.
German Month
Tuesday, April 2 - Mr. Wilhelm from German Consulate, 5.00-6.00 pm in MH 442 (Lab II)
Friday, April 5 – German Film & Lecture, 5.00-7.00 pm in KH B01
Tuesday, April 9 – Song Recital by Anaïs Murphy, 3.00-5.30 pm in the Alumni Chapel
Thursday, April 11 – German Alpine Dancers, 6.00-8.00 pm in the 4th Floor Programming Room
Wednesday, April 17 – Best of Back Performance by Eston Teter, 7.00-9.00 pm in the Alumni Chapel
Tuesday, April 23 – Lecture by Joann Halpern, 5.00-6.00 pm in CO 133
Wednesday, April 24 – Poetry Reading by Prof. Potash-Suhr, 5.00-6.30 pm in MH 442 (Lab II)
Italian Week - Spring 2013
Film Giorni e Nuvole (Days and Clouds) by Silvio Soldini
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 5.00 pm, Loyola/Notre Dame Library Auditorium
Lecture "Io non Enea, io non Paulo sono" (Inferno II, 32): Travelling in the Otherworld before Dante
presented by Dr. Stefano Mula, Associate Professor of Italian at Middlebury College
Monday, February 25, 2013 - 4.00 pm, KH B03
Mass in Italian
Tuesday, February 26 - 5.30 pm, Alumni Memorial Chapel
Lecture "Many Galileos: A New Look at the Scientific Revolution"
presented by Dr. Mark Peterson, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Mount Holyoke College
Wednesday, February 27 - 5.00 pm, Andrew White Student Center 4th Floor Programming Room
Cooking Demonstration
Thursday, February 28 - 6.00 pm
Space is limited; registration required. Please email grissorobberto@loyola.edu .
Medieval Studies Event
Dr. Marianne Ailes will give a lecture called "La Manche, Barrier or Channel?" on Tuesday, March 12 at 4.30 in the 4th Floor Programming Room of the Student Center. For more information, contact Dr. Leslie Morgan at lmorgan@loyola.edu or Natalie Rock at nrock@loyola.edu.
Chinese Club Activity Schedule for Spring 2013
Chinese Language and Culture Table in the second Video Viewing Room (MH442)
January 29, 5.00 pm: Chinese New Year
February 15, 11.00 am: Chinese Music
February 26, 5.00 pm: Chinese Tradition Desserts
March 15, 11.00 am: Intro to Western China
April 9, 5.00 pm: Asian Fashion
Chinese Movie Viewing: on Sundays from 6:30-8:30pm in the second Video Viewing Room (MH442)
January 27: Happy Times
February 17: The Road Home
March 17: Curse of the Golden Flower
April 14: Mulan
Chinese New Year Celebration
February 10: Attend the Walter's Art Museum's Chinese New Year Celebration and have dinner at a Chinese restaurant (ticket $7.50 per person)
For more information, contact Kayla Lewis at kelewis@loyola.edu, Jessica Peters at jlpeters1@loyola.edu, Dr. Jinghua Wangling at jwangling@loyola.edu, or Dr. Qinna Shen at qshen@loyola.edu.
The Mrs. Regina Ann Haig International Film Series
This is a series of international films. This year's theme is "children." Various professors from the department will present and lead a discussion of each film. Food will be served. All films will be shown in the Loyola/Notre Dame Library Auditorium. For more information, contact Dr. Matthew Harper at mlharper@loyola.edu.
Cria Cuervos - Spanish
5:30 P.M. January 31, 2013
Presented by Ana Gomez-Perez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish
The 400 Blows - French
5:30 P.M. February 20, 2013
Presented by Andrea Thomas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of French
The White Ribbon - German
5:30 P.M. March 19, 2013
Presented by Randall Donaldson, Associate Professor of German
Spanish Events
Monday, March 18: 4.00 pm, CO 133 - Mary Berg, resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, will give a lecture called “The Life and Times of Clorinda Matto de Turner.” For more information, contact Dr. Thomas Ward at tward@loyola.edu or Natalie Rock at nrock@loyola.edu.
Monday, March 25: 4.30 pm, the Reading Room o nthe 3rd Floor of the Student Center - Jose Lezcano will give a performance and play his Spanish guitar. For more information, contact Dr. Thomas Ward at tward@loyola.edu or Natalie Rock at nrock@loyola.edu.
Rendezvous Haiti
Visit the
Rendezvous Haiti webpage to learn more about an exciting new service program in Haiti coordinated by French instructor Catherine Savell.
updated 3/12/13 ner