Important Event for Spanish Speakers

On Thursday, October 1, Professor Horacio Legrás will speak on 1921, como la cultura inventó un país para la revolución Mexicana.  Professor Legrás, from the University of California at Irvine, is a well-known specialist in cultural studies, and this lecture is an introduction to his next book.

A reception will follow the lecture.

Date: Thursday, October 1
Time: 6 p.m.
Place: Jepson 118

Interested in Africa? Interested in Film?

Join us at the African Film Series!

For the fifth year, the University community will gather with guest experts to view and discuss films from Africa or with African themes.  This year the series features three original adaptations–two made in Africa–of Prosper Mérimée’s Carmen, which has been adapted for film 52 times.

Each film in this special program will be preceded by comments and followed by a discussion led by Dr. Kenneth Harrow, Professor of English at Michigan State University, who specializes in African Literature and Cinema, Caribbean Literature, Third World Cinema, and Postcolonial and Feminist Theory.  There will be a luncheon buffet following the screening of Carmen Jones.

Special Pre-Series Lecture: On Thursday, September 24, Professor Kandioura Dramé, of the University of Virginia, will speak on  ”Pierre Boilat, the 19th-century Senegalese Philosopher: An Early Counter-Discourse of Africa as the Dark Continent.”   This lecture will take place from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. in Weinstein Hall’s Brown-Alley Room.

Film Schedule (all showings in Jepson 118):

Friday, September 25, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.:
Karmen Gei, Joseph Gaye Ramaka, Senegal, 2002

Saturday, September 26:

9:30 a.m.: Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger, Germany, 1954

1:00 p.m.: U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, Mark Dornford-May, South Africa, 2005

Learn with Ads from Around the World

What products are advertised in Argentina, Brazil, or Japan? Are ads for Nike and Gatorade the same everywhere? Culture Pub: Le site de toutes les publicités du monde collects television/video ads from around the world.  The site is in French, but the ads are from everywhere.  You can sort by country, brand, product, theme, and decade.  Enjoy!

Cercle Français Interest Meeting Tuesday and Wednesday

Fromage à toi! The Cercle Français is having an interest meeting with cheese, sparkling cider, and juice. Date:  Tuesday, Sept. 8 AND Wednesday, Sept. 9 Time:  5 – 7 p.m. Location:  Westhampton Hanging Lounge

See World News at a Glance

Newsmap lets you see headlines from countries around the world that use roman character sets to write.  (Sorry, there is no Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, etc.)  You can display one or multiple countries and filter by topic.

Here are health headlines from France.  The bigger the text, the more hits on the headline.  Rolling over a headline provides the first lines of the article.

Here are technology headlines from Spain.   When you click on a title, you are taken to the article.  Other countries available include Brazil, Austria, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Argentina.

Need More Choices?

If your area or language isn’t covered by Newsmap — or if you just want more choices — try the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages feature.