Modern Languages News - Georgia Tech

Ivan allen College Tours Offered Every Monday During the Summer

Fri, 31 May 2013 08:43:00 -0400

The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is pleased to offer building tours and information sessions every other week throughout the year. Special group tours can also be set up by contacting Elizabeth Miller, 404.894.0513.

These tours are led by our charismatic and knowledgeable Ivan Allen College Student Ambassadors. Prospective students and parents will have the opportunity to meet current students, see classrooms up close and enjoy a vibrant tour of our six schools.

Join us. Learn about how Georgia Tech is leading the way in innovative approaches to liberal arts!

Announcing the new 'Modern Languages Introductory Seminar in Cross-Cultural Understanding' for students at Georgia Tech for Fall 2013

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:32:00 -0400

The School of Modern Languages will launch a new seminar for Georgia Tech students titled, "Modern Languages Introductory Seminar in Cross-Cultural Understanding" begining Fall 2013.

The goal of the seminar is to offer students an in-depth understanding of cross-cultural differences by exploring major concepts of human conditions. One selected concept (for example, fear, marginalization, friendship etc.) is examined through a close reading of the major literary works representing different languages and cultural traditions.

The topic for the first seminar being launched Fall 2013, is "Think Globally, Act Locally" and the concept of marginalization and nonconformity is examined through a close reading of the major literary works representing different languages and cultural traditions.

The seminar will feature texts originating from 7 languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish) and 9 world regions (China, France, Francophone Africa, Germany, the Hispanic Caribbean, Japan, Latin America, Russia, and the United States). The seminar will be team-taught by 8 stellar Modern Languages faculty. Each faculty member will select their assigned text, giving guest lectures and leading discussions on the text, assigning a written essay prompt and grading student essays, and participating in the collective assessment of students’ final course projects.

In agreement with GT Mission and Strategic Plan, The Modern Languages Introductory Seminar in Cross-Cultural Understanding will contribute to the task of preparing good global citizens and world leaders while pursuing globally significant grand challenges that will help improve the ̈human condition.

This is a 3 credit class and students can register for this course in Oscar. The course number is ML 2813. https://oscar.gatech.edu/.

The School of Modern Languages launches a new Staff Award for 2013

Thu, 30 May 2013 11:43:00 -0400

THE SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES STAFF AWARD

The School Chair, Dr. Dina Khapaeva is pleased to announce the Administrative Staff Award to recognize administrative services staff that provide outstanding and ongoing service to faculty, students, staff and vendors throughout the year. ML faculty and staff are called to nominate candidates for this award by August 30, 2013.

Administrative Services Award – 1 award at $1000.00

Purpose:

To recognize the extraordinary professional contributions and quality service of staff and their role in advancing the School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College and Georgia Tech mission.

Eligibility:

Any regular staff member or Academic Professional with a minimum of 1 year continuous regular service at The School of Modern Languages staff and IT staff who provide services to The School of Modern Languages is eligible to be nominated, provided they are in good standing with the school and IAC.

Nomination Criteria:

Administrative Services Award

Recipients will be selected on the merits and strengths of the following contributions:
Enhancing the quality of work‐life in ways that make a significant difference for colleagues or customers.
Providing outstanding and ongoing excellence in services to faculty, staff, students, and/or other customers.
Setting an example of leadership, commitment and a strong work ethic.

Nomination Process:

To nominate a staff member for an award, please submit the following by August 9, 2013:

A completed nomination form which includes;

Nominee name, email, position, unit, phone.
Nominator name, email, title, unit, phone.

Provide a brief statement of the nominee’s involvement according to the selection criteria and why you believe they should receive the award.
Provide three letters of support from anyone who has personal knowledge of and who has benefited from the nominee’s services.
A statement from the person submitting the nomination. This statement should cite specific accomplishments and services of the nominee.
Three letters of support from anyone who has personal knowledge of and who has benefited from the nominee’s services.

When your nomination package is complete, please submit by email attachment to the school chair by email or campus mail to;

The School of Modern Languages, Swann Building, 613 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0375.

All nominations and corresponding forms will be kept confidential before, during and after the selection process.

Modern Languages Faculty Seminar: Dr Peter Brecke from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs presents - The emergence and spread of 'things'

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:42:00 -0400

A Presentation on:

The Emergence and Spread of Things

The presentation will outline the importance of this notion in creating the foundation for modern representative democracy that explains the migration of different populations from Sweden to Northern Europe.

Thursday April 18, 2013

School of Modern Languages

Auditorium 115, Swann Building

Time: 3:30pm

Cities as Classrooms: Experiential Learning at Home and Abroad

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:03:00 -0400

Join us for a discussion on how cities can be used to teach a variety of language, cultural, and public policy topics, as well as for service learning projects while students engage actively with urban environments.

Panelists:

Kelly Comfort, Associate Professor Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Assistant Professor Osvaldo Cleger, Assistant Professor.

School of Modern Languages
&

Taneisha Lee, Program Director for Student Success Initiatives Sirocus Barnes, Education Outreach Coordinator.

Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)

Friday, April 19th

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

GT Student Center, Ballroom

Lunch will be provided.

To register please got to:

http://www.cetl.gatech.edu

ONLINE SPANISH 1001 AND 1002 AVAILABLE STARTING FALL 2013!

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:37:00 -0400

Striving to take advantage of major technological innovations in second-language acquisition, the School of Modern Languages will offer SPAN 1001 and 1002 online beginning in academic year 2013-2014. The content of these courses will be enhanced to make the study more entertaining and engaging. Online beginning language courses combined with in-class instruction at intermediate and advanced level represent top-notch methodology that is followed by GT peer institutions. This innovation allows the School of Modern Languages to concentrate on its majors and minors to considerably improve the quality of instruction offered. Students are invited to take SPAN 1001-1002 online courses to fulfill their Humanities requirement, or they can pursue other GT courses (including courses in other languages) that can be applied toward the HUM requirement.

Classroom-based SPAN 1001/1002/1101/1102 sections will continue to be offered during summer semesters, including Summer 2013, and we encourage students interested in this learning environment to schedule these sections.

Classroom-based sections of SPAN 1002 and 1102 have been added to the Fall 2013 schedule so that students currently in 1001 and 1101 may complete their sequence without necessarily doing so in an online format.

The Spanish faculty of the School of Modern Languages is committed to providing a rigorous, high quality learning environment in our online courses just as in our on-campus courses, and this commitment will be evident to the students who take the online courses.

The School of Modern Languages hosts the 20th

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:28:00 -0400

This year Georgia Institute of Technology hosts this annual event for academics throughout the world who study the cultures of French-speaking countries. The conference will feature 400 academic participants from North America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, who will be giving scholarly papers.

While official registration is mandatory for participants, the conference is also open to the public. The honorary speaker, award-winning French author Pascal Quignard, has won France’s highest literary prize, for a screening and discussion, as well as Marie Laberge, an award-winning Canadian playwright, in addition to academic professionals at the top of their field. The program includes film screenings, speeches from invited guests from France, the US, and Canada, and receptions. The event will conclude with a jazz banquet followed by dancing.

The event will be held at the Georgian Terrace hotel, Atlanta.

For more information: http://frenchconference2013.gatech.edu/

Two Chinese Government Scholarships Available to GT Students!

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:40:00 -0400

The most prestigious scholarship awarded to American students by the Chinese Embassy and Consulate Generals in the United States and the Ministry of Education in People’s Republic of China is available for the academic year of 2013-2014. Two scholarships are available to GT students.

For more information visit http://modlangs.gatech.edu/study-abroad/Chinese

Modern Languages Faculty Seminar - April, 4, 2013.

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:23:00 -0400

Jan Uelzmann, assistant professor in the School of Modern Languages, will give a talk entitled "Building Consensus for the Chancellor: West German Newsreel Special Features and Konrad Adenauer’s Media Image" as a part of the school's new Faculty Seminar Series.

Modern Languages Faculty Seminar - March 14, 2013

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:20:00 -0500

Faculty Seminar Series: Dr. Dina Khapaeva, Chair - School of Modern Languages presents "Vampire: A Challenge for Humanity?"

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:33:00 -0500

Commemorative Celebation of Dr. Phil McKnight

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:59:00 -0500

The School of Modern Languages celebrates the memory Dr. Phil McKnight

The School of Modern Languages invites friends and colleagues of Dr. Phil McKnight, former chair of the School of Modern Languages, who passed away in September 2011, to attend a commemorative celebration in his honor.

Event begins at 5:00pm, Tuesday January 15th, with readings, reflections and research presentations in Swann 115, followed by a reception at 6:30pm in the Swann Building Lobby.

Event Details

Date/Time:
January 15, 2013
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location:
Swann Building

Presentation Program: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Christophe Ippolito (Assistant Professor, French). “Poems for Phil.”
Poems from Nadia Tueni speak about life and death at a crucial moment for Lebanon.

Britta Kallin (Associate Professor, German): "Tolerance in Academia and Society: Phil McKnight's Outreach to the Public". Dr. McKnight’s views on: the necessity that those in the ivory tower stay connected with the rest of society and his letter to the AJC on lesbian and homosexual relationships, how literature and foreign languages teach students to be more tolerant, and how the interaction with foreign cultures enhances the human condition.

Stephanie Boulard (Assistant Professor, French): “Art, Courage and Integrity: Remembering Phil McKnight.” Agreeing with critics who praise the universal appeal of Christoph Hein's work, Phil McKnight saw this prolific German author as a leader of Eastern Europe's innovative literary community. Reading Christoph Hein, or reading Phil McKnight reading Christoph Hein, is also reading things that mattered to Phil: art, courage and integrity in the apathy of the post-revolutionary world.

Jin Liu (Assistant Professor, Chinese). "Signifying the Local: Cultural Studies from the Perspective of Language.” Prof. Liu presents excerpts from her book on research contributing to themes of globalization, comedy study and audience study.

Stuart Goldberg (Associate Professor, Russian). "Poetics and the 'Sincerity'/'Insincerity' of Derzhavin's Odes 'Felica' and 'Felica's Portrait.'" A discussion of the poetic devices through which ‘sincerity’ becomes or fails to become inscribed in the poetry of the major 18th-century Russian poet, Gavrila Derzhavin.

Osvaldo Cleger (Assistant Professor, Spanish), Kelly Comfort (Associate Professor, Spanish) and Juan Carlos Rodriguez (Assistant Professor, Spanish). "The City as Classroom: Experiential Learning at Home and Abroad."

Masato Kikuchi (Associate Professor, Japanese). "Episodes from a Trip to Japan with Dr. McKnight.” Reflections on a 2006 trip to Japan with Dr. McKnight to build relationships with Japanese universities for the development of exchange programs and the summer LBAT-Japan.

German Day!

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:38:00 -0400

Information Sessions

Stop by German Day tables on Skiles Walkway and Swann to get more information about the German opportunities at GT and taste authentic Bretzen!

11:00 – 1:00 pm

Tree Planting Ceremony

Please join us behind the Swann building for a tree planting ceremony, in honor of Phil McKnight.

3:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion

An Education for Global Competence: The Case of Germany & the US Meet representatives from German Industry, Sponsors, and past participants in the Clary Theater. Reception to follow.

4:00 – 5:00 pm