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The Graduate Student Association of the Romance and Classical Studies Department officially announces its Second Annual TROPOS Film Series.
We would like to ask you to share and encourage your students (graduate and undergraduate) to attend this film series. It is a great opportunity to engage in a dialogue about recent and past violence from different perspectives.
Introduction and discussion will be lead by graduate students of the Romance and Classical Studies Department.
Food and refreshments will be provided. Remember, this is a free event and open to the public!
See flyer for more information.
The Graduate Student Association of the Romance and Classical Studies Department officially announces its Second Annual TROPOS Film Series.
We would like to ask you to share and encourage your students (graduate and undergraduate) to attend this film series. It is a great opportunity to engage in a dialogue about recent and past violence from different perspectives.
Introduction and discussion will be lead by graduate students of the Romance and Classical Studies Department.
Food and refreshments will be provided. Remember, this is a free event and open to the public!
See flyer for more information.
Join us at the TESOL International Conference in Seattle! As the largest organization for English language educators, TESOL International Association hosts more than 6,500 people annually from around the world at its convention. Educators at all levels attend to exchange ideas and connect with a dynamic professional community.
The convention begins on Tuesday night with the opening keynote and closes on Friday evening with a celebratory event. During those three-plus days, attendees can choose from nearly 1,000 educational sessions and visit the more than 120 exhibitors in the English Language Expo.
Washington State Convention Center, 705 Pike Street Seattle, WA.
Headquarters Hotel: Sheraton Seattle.
The Korean Program presents: The Bacchus Lady
A Special Screening and Q&A with Director E J-‐yong
Friday, April 7, 2017
Reception: 6:00-7:00 P.M.
Screening: 7:00-9:30 P.M.
International Center 115
Free and Open to the Public
Synopsis: So-‐young makes a meager living by selling
herself to old men. She is a “Bacchus lady”, an elderly
prostitute who approaches potential clients with a
bottle of the popular Korean energy drink Bacchus and
the phrase “Care for a drink?” As a young woman, she
used to sell herself to American soldiers. Perhaps driven
by the painful memory of giving up her half-‐black infant
son for adoption, she is unable to ignore the
motherless Korean-‐Filipino child she meets while
visiting the hospital. Despite help from her social
outcast neighbors like Madame Tina, her transgender
landlady, or Do-‐hoon, a poor young man with a
prosthetic leg, she struggles to care for the child. One
day, Jae-‐woo, a former client, informs her that Song,
another regular, has been hospitalized following a
stroke. She visits the hospital to discover the man
completely paralyzed. Song begs her to end his life, a
request that causes her both bewilderment and dismay.
This film contains adult content and themes. Viewer discretion is advised.
A five-stop tour with events at:
Penn State University (April 1)
Ohio State University (April 3)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (April 5)
University of Minnesota (April 6)
Michigan State University (April 7)
In collaboration with OSU’s Institute of Korean Studies, the film screening at Michigan State University is made
possible by the Korea Foundation, the Korea International Trade Association, the Asian Studies Center and
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages at MSU.
Drawing Lives, Writing Worlds: A Graphic Narratives Symposium sponsored by German Studies
Michigan State University
Drawing Lives, Writing Worlds: A Graphic Narratives Symposium sponsored by German Studies
Michigan State University
Join us for the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, which will be in Flagstaff, Arizona, at Northern Arizona University!
The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism at the University of Reading is delighted to welcome you all to EuroSLA 27 from 30th August until 2nd September, 2017 in Reading, UK.
The theme of SLRF 2017, “Growing Connections in Second Language Research,” focuses on these developing links. Consequently, we invite proposals for paper and poster presentations that in some way discuss connections: amongst methodologies, fields, and people.
WRAC, the CAL Citizen Scholars Program, the English Language Center and the MSU Library will be hosting an exhibit of the Refuge Lansing project on October 13th and 16th.
Through this special exhibit created by local writers and photographers working with the Refugee Development Center, we welcome members of the MSU and local communities to learn about and celebrate twelve stories of resettlement to the Lansing area. Their experiences as refugees invite dialogue about our perceptions and understanding of the backgrounds, struggles, triumphs, and contributions of those who join our communities from elsewhere. There are now more refugees world-wide than ever before, many fleeing unbearable violence, destruction, and loss. The exhibit itself, and the surrounding events, highlight the positive effects of a more open refugee policy, and of Lansing’s commitment to welcoming those who seek the opportunity to create a new life for themselves and their families.
Opening reception:
Friday October 13, 2017, 12-5 p.m.
2nd floor atrium, Wells Hall.
Featured speakers:
Erika Brown-Binion, Executive Director, Refugee Development Center
Ruelaine Stokes, contributing writer, Refuge Lansing project
Download the Refuge Lansing: Stories of Resettlement in Mid-Michigan flyer