Enthusiasm is high this semester for RCS' long-running Spanish conversation group, Pláticas. The group meets four times a week in Wells Hall for informal chats or "pláticas" in Spanish. The…
On May 8, the university-wide spring Student Success Summit took place. Nominated by German professor Senta Goertler, the language programs in RCS and LiLaC were recognized for being outstanding, innovative,…
In April, the Italian Film Festival USA --now in its 20th year-- made MSU's East Lansing campus one of the successful stops in its nationwide tour. The Festival USA (link:…
On Feb. 12, students from our department’s Italian program ventured to Detroit for a series of events by Afro-Italian rapper Amir Issaa to celebrate Black History Month. The morning of,…
On Mar. 13th, the RCAH Center for Poetry is partnering with MSU's Arts Living-Learning Community (ALLC) to present an evening of untranslated poetry for the first time since 2020. The…
The MSU Latinx Film Festival (LxFF) is returning this year after a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus. Scheduled for Feb. 15-18 at several different venues across the Michigan State University campus and in the Lansing and East Lansing communities, the 2024 festival will continue its tradition of screening ground-breaking independent cinema from Latin America, Spain, and the United States while shining a cinematic light on various social issues.
On Tuesday, December 5th, GSA-TROPOS welcomed Dr. Ndiaye to speak about her book, Scripts of Blackness: Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race. Her academic work examines how…
Last month, former students who now teach Romance languages at various institutions had the opportunity to reconnect with their former professors at the Michigan World Language Association Conference (MIWLA '23).…
In March 2023, the French and Francophone Studies Program hosted an open house to launch its new degree requirements. Majors, minors, graduate students, faculty and even deans all got together…
It may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Peru, but the Andean country has a fascinating cultural scene centered on speculative fiction or…