Modern Languages and Cultures-FIT

Today we miss our in person events. This a lovely memory that appeared in our timeline of an incredible concert by Italian Egyptian rapper Amir Issaa a few years ago. We cannot wait to be back in person, to dance to some incredible music, learn some new moves from our professor Pilar Blanco Ruiz, and learn about post-colonial Italy.

Literary cats for our very own Pilar Blanco

Think you are getting the whole story when you read subtitles? One more reason why knowing languages can help!

Each language is a powerhouse of deep passion, kept latent most of the time by those who speak it. Harish Bijoor talks on passions for languages and their futures, focusing on the variegated language culture in India:

Make sure you attend the World Affairs Lecture on November 11. See poster below for details. Thanks Professor Praveen K Chaudhry for putting such an interesting event together.

Looking for something spooky to read for Halloween, All Saints Day, or Day of the Dead? Look no further than Latin America, where there is a rising trend in gothic and macabre fiction:

"Translation itself is a daring field in Nigeria as publishers are often unwilling to risk of publishing works translated from indigenous languages because of the obscurity of the names behind the books" lájídé Salawu on the linguistic debate central to Nigerian literary publishing:

"In sum: not only did Napoleon possess a traveling library, but when that traveling library proved too cumbersome for his many and varied literary demands, he had a whole new set of not just portable book cases but even more portable books made for him."

"Little known today, Wroth was notorious in her time. A noblewoman at the court of King James I, Wroth was a published author at a time when the culture demanded a woman’s silence and subservience."