Department of Modern Languages Events

2011

April 21, – Kebir Ammi's writings often deal with cross-cultural connections, shifting identities, exile, and migrations. The Moroccan born, Algerian writer lectures on Le Voyageur Malgre Lui,  6p.m. in the Parents' Room, at the Athenaeum. He will also visit Prof. Aitel’s French 132 class from 12:00 – 1:10 pm

April 21, – Argentinean cultural food, ‘Empanadas’.  Come practice your Spanish and try chicken and beef empanadas from 5:00 – 6:00 pm

April 26, – Modern Languages & Literatures Department Books and Publications Salon, 4:30 - 5:45 pm, at the Athenaeum, in the Freeberg Lounge.

April 13, – Spanish movie night, “El hijo de la Novia”, directed by Juan Jose Campanella in Bauer Center 36, 7:30 - 9:30

March 31, – Come enjoy drinking ‘Mate’ and eating pastries with ‘Dulce de Leche’ in I-Place, 5:00 - 6:00 pm

March 9, – Spanish movie night – “La Mirada Invisible”, Argentinian film written and directed by Diego Lerman, in Bauer Center 36, 7:30 - 9:30

February – "Asado argentino" (Argentine barbecue)

2010

December 1 – Sigma Delta Pi informational lunch meeting of the 5C Spanish students of all levels, at noon in the Collins dining hall (west dining room)

October 13 – Abdourahman Waberi, Visiting Professor hosts, “Lumumba” a film by Raoul Peck 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Office of Black Student Affairs, 139 East 7th St., Pomona College

October 8 – Bruce Begout, writer, will lecture at Pomona College on his book “Culture Crisis”, followed by a Q&A and a reception in Mason Hall Fireside Lounge

Thursday Lunch and Conversation Series:
September 16, – The Making of a Nation; a Work in Progress: The Centennial of the Mexican Revolution” - Maria Martinez, Visiting Professor of Modern Languages, Claremont McKenna College

2009

November 3, 2009 – Anna Moi, writer of Francophone literature will lecture in the Freeberg Lounge, in the Athenaeum at 4:15 p.m.

Thursday Lunch and Conversation Series at International Place:
February 9, – Raquel Vega-Durán presentation entitled “Journeys of Identity: Emigrant Memories and Immigration in Contemporary Spanish Culture" on.

Thursday Lunch and Conversation Series at International Place:
February 5, – Megan Saltzman presentation entitled "Post-Francoist Barcelona: Spatial Tactics Make History”

2008

Thursday Lunch and Conversation Series at International Place:
October 30, – Arabs and Poetry: Life and Art Interconnected”- Bassam Frangieh, Professor of Arabic, Claremont McKenna College

Thursday Lunch and Conversation Series at International Place:
March 26 – "Haitian Writers and the American Occupation (1915-1934)"- Marie-Denise Shelton, Professor of Modern Languages, Claremont McKenna College

Academic Year 2007 – 2008

November 2 ¬ Adrian Buono, guitar; Santiago Lee, guitar; Jose Agote, guitar; Juan Manzur, guitar; Juan Manuel Leguizamon, percussion; artists on albums Live in Los Angeles (2005) and Peripecias (2006); "Los Pinguos: A Musical Celebration for the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies Conference" (12:30 p.m.)

Thursday Lunch and Conversation Series at International Place:
September 20 – “Mexican Arts and Identity” - Carrie Chorba, Professor of Modern Languages, Claremont McKenna College

2006

April 5 – Sung-Joo Han, President, Seoul Forum of International Affairs; former South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs, former South Korean Ambassador to the United States; author, Korea in a Changing World (1995) and Korea Diplomacy in an Era of Globalization (1995); "Revisiting the Korea-U.S. Alliance

March 30  – Sal Castro, political activist, former Lincoln High School history teacher; "Mexican Americans and Their Contributions to the United States" (12:15 p.m.)

March 23 – Charles Smith, professor of near eastern studies, University of Arizona; author, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1988) and Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt (1983); "Chaos and the Illusion that Peace is Attainable: What is Really Going On in Israel/Palestine"

February 23 – Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor of Arab Studies, Middle East Institute, Columbia University; author, Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East (2004) and Palestinian Identity (1998); "Iraq and American Empire"

February 9 – John Demos, Samuel Knight professor of history, Yale University; author, The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America (1994) and Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England (1982); "In the Shadow of the Founders: The Meaning and Significance of "Generations" in American History"