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May 25, 2015

Una noche de poesía … A Poetry Night with Sigma Delta Pi

“Each poem is unique,” Mexican poet and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz once said, and “all poetry, with greater or lesser intensity, is latent in each work.” And that precisely is what AP Spanish students learned last April when the NC State chapter of the Spanish Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi held a “Poetry Night” for students from…

Apr 23, 2015

Jordi Marí Receives the 2014-2015 Lonnie and Carol Poole Award for Excellence in Teaching

Foreign Languages and Literatures professor Dr. Jordi Marí received the 2014-2015 Lonnie and Carol Poole Award for Excellence in Teaching during a ceremony celebrated on April 21, 2015 in Caldwell Hall Lounge. The Lonnie and Carol Poole Award recognizes outstanding NC State faculty for their excellence in teaching. A native from Barcelona, Spain, Marí has been…

Apr 20, 2015

VOLAR Team Receives 2015 Opal Mann Green Engagement Award

On Monday April 13th, at 4:30 p.m., the VOLAR leadership team and Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty Shelley Garrigan, James McConnell, and Debbie Kane received the Opal Mann Green Engagement Award during a ceremony celebrated in the McKimmon Center. The event is part of the Annual Outreach and Engagement Awards Celebration organized by NC State Office of Outreach…

Apr 6, 2015

French Scholar Janet Beizer Talks about Harlequins, Patchwork Eating in 19th Century France

On Tuesday, March 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Withers 331, Dr. Janet Beizer, Professor of French and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Romance Languages at Harvard University, gave a talk entitled, “Savor the Harlequins:  Patchwork Eating in Nineteenth-Century Paris.” Her presentation, accompanied by slides of archival images, focused on “the harlequin” or recomposed…

Apr 1, 2015

Learn Japanese Theater the Noh Way

Watching a performance of Japanese Noh theater is like traveling in time and space to medieval Japan. Now's your chance to visit that era: the co-founder of a modern Noh troupe will lead a four-day program of workshops and demonstrations at NC State to explore this fascinating art form.

Mar 30, 2015

NC State Welcomes the World of Noh from April 9-12

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at NC State is pleased to present a special four-­day program on the celebrated noh theatre of Japan conducted by Theatre Nohgaku. Noh is a perfectly balanced stage art that incorporates subtle poetry, deeply expressive music, tautly controlled dance, and exquisitely crafted costumes and masks. Enjoyed by the…

Mar 25, 2015

Cultural Critic Luis Duno-Gottberg Visits NC State

On March 19th Dr. Luis Duno-Gottberg, associate professor at Rice University, gave a talk at the Department of Foreign Languages entitled: “Lumpen Sovereignty: Mutations of ‘The People’ and The State in Contemporary Venezuelan Politics.” Dr. Duno-Gottberg is the author of La humanidad como mercancía: La esclavitud moderna en América (2014) among other books, and specializes in…

Mar 23, 2015

In Language Acquisition “Rules” Don’t Matter, Says Renown Expert Bill VanPatten

When it comes to acquiring a second language, “rules” — in the traditional sense of the word — don’t matter. That was the controversial message that Dr. Bill VanPatten conveyed to his audience during a recent invited talk at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. The talk was part of the department’s Spring 2015 Brownbag/Research Talks series…

Mar 2, 2015

Alum’s Think and Do Response To Children’s Cancer

Through Headbands of Hope, Jessica Ekstrom (Communication '13) embodies NC State's Think and Do approach to addressing challenges, even those faced by little girls who have cancer.

Feb 11, 2015

Student Researches Electronic Music Subcultures, Immigrant Treatment

The subculture of electronic dance music. How immigrants are represented in national media. Undergraduate Shelby Coury (sociology and anthropology) says the research she’s conducted in these disparate areas has been challenging, eye-opening, and hugely beneficial. She has gained experience, knowledge and confidence in her abilities as a researcher.