Foreign Languages and Literatures
Kiira Benzing ’07 is Comfortable in the Spotlight
As a student at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), Kiira Benzing ’07 found herself calling on her Lafayette education in a way she couldn’t have imagined. During her senior year at Lafayette, Andy Smith, assistant professor of English and chair of the American studies program, introduced her to a film called [...]
Students Will Visit the Far East in January Faculty-Led Course
The syllabus reads like a travel brochure: Visit the Imperial Palace and Nishiki Market–Make folding fan at Maisendo–Zen meditation at Kenninji temple–Hiking in bamboo forest in Arashiyama. Those are a few of the experiences awaiting students enrolled in “A History of Japanese Culture and Government: 400-1600 A.D.” For three weeks in January, they will be [...]
Author and Holocaust Scholar Nechama Tec Will Discuss ‘Defiance as a Book and Film’ Oct. 21
Talk is the inaugural Howard J. Marblestone Memorial Lecture Award-winning author and Holocaust scholar Nechama Tec will discuss her book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, which was made into a 2008 movie by director Edward Zwick, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104. The film, starring Daniel Craig and Liev [...]
International Film Festival Brings French Language and Culture to Campus
Six movies will be screened from Oct. 14-Nov. 18 Lafayette’s Tournees Francophone Film Festival will provide the campus with a window into the various cultures of French-speaking people in countries around the world. Under the theme of “Power, Politics, and Perspectives in Francophone Film,” the festival’s six films represent genres from documentaries to dramas shot [...]
College Introduces New Major in Asian Studies
Program will help expand the geographical and cultural scope of the College’s global offerings Lafayette is offering students a new avenue to study the culture, traditions, history, and politics of the major regions of Asia. The faculty approved an interdisciplinary major in Asian studies at its May meeting. The College previously offered a minor in [...]
German Author and Professor Michaela Holdenried Will Discuss Intercultural Literature April 8
The 2009 Max Kade Distinguished Professor for German Studies is teaching an interdisciplinary course on poetry and film of New York City and Berlin Michaela Holdenried, a German author and professor and Lafayette’s 2009 Max Kade Distinguished Professor for German Studies, will present a lecture, “Contemporary German-speaking Literature – An Intercultural Melting Pot,” at 4:10 [...]
Professor Sidney Donnell Works to Reconstruct 400-Year-Old Play
He will travel to Spain, Portugal, and France to perform archival research A copy of a copy is never quite as good as the original. Working from that premise, Sidney Donnell, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, is studying copies of copies of copies to get as close as possible to the original version [...]
Students Will Spend Winter Break all Over the Globe
Locations include New Zealand, South Africa, Guatemala, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and the Czech Republic More than 140 students will be studying in New Zealand, South Africa, Guatemala, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and the Czech Republic during the winter break. This is the 31st year in which Lafayette is offering concentrated, three-week courses during the [...]
Providing the Tools to Succeed
Joey Haymaker ’09 writes about his research on the Lafayette World Languages Portfolio Project with Professor Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci Joey Haymaker ’09 (Hellertown, Pa.), a Spanish and economics & business double major, spent his summer as an EXCEL Scholar working with Michelle Geoffrion-Vinci, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, on the Lafayette World Languages Portfolio [...]
Professor Juan Rojo Will Visit Mexico to Research the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre
His work will be included in a book focusing on people’s memories of the event In October, Juan Rojo, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, will visit Mexico to conduct research for an upcoming publication focusing on the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre, in which Mexican police and militia opened fire killing hundreds of student demonstrators [...]
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