NEW COURSE (SPRING 2022): SPAN/MARS 3Q63 – AFRICANS IN THE EARLY MODERN IBERIAN ATLANTIC
New Course (Spring 2022): SPAN/MARS 3Q63 – Africans in the Early Modern Iberian Atlantic
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Display Case Contest
Contest sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MLLC):
All students are welcome to find the answers to the following questions, which are based on the posters on display both in the library near the Ask Us desk and in the Thistle corridor outside of the library!
1] Find a composer and provide his name, as well as the name of one of his compositions.
2] Find a Surrealist painter and provide his name, as well as the title of one of his paintings.
3] Find a philosopher who was also a prolific author and provide his name as well as one of his famous quotes.
4] Find one of the most well-known symbols of an ancient Empire and state what it represents.
Hint: each image is located in one of the four language groups on the posters respectively. You may use a search engine as an aid.
The first correct respondent will receive a cash credit on their Brock card! Please send your responses to: dbielicki@brocku.ca by Friday, October 15.
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Haiku Contest!
Submit a “Haiku” in English that expresses how you feel about the language(s) that you are studying in MLLC! Please include your Haiku within the body of your email to dbielicki@brocku.ca by Thursday, Oct. 7. Winners will receive cash credit on their Brock Card!
Although a Haiku is an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively, we will adhere to a (much) looser structure! Purists are welcome to follow a stricter format.
Sample:
Travelling the Globe
Exploring, Laughing, Learning,
Simply to Grow
K. M-FotovatPlease include your permission to post your poem in a public space.
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Brock students provincially recognized for preserving Italian immigrant stories
The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures is pleased to announce that students Daniella Pace, Elizabeth Colantoni and Sam Caravaggio won the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Youth Achievement and Young Leaders. The archival work was initially conducted in ITAL/CANA 2P98: Italians in Canada and Italy-Canada Relations, with the guidance of their instructor Teresa Russo.
Brock students provincially recognized for preserving Italian immigrant stories
More information about their specific projects can be found at:
https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/pages/programs/recognition-programs/2020-recipientsCategories: News
