The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures recently made the Brock News! Check out the full article here:
Brock-Niagara French Contest inspires confidence through community
Black Italy: Shifts in Italian Culture
Guest Speaker: Dr. Angelica Pesarini
January 20, 2026, 1:00 pm on Zoom
Join us for an engaging session where Dr. Angelica Pesarini an Assistant Professor in Race and Cultural Studies/Race and Diaspora and Italian Studies at the University of Toronto, will discuss her research on Black Italia.
Experience BU Link: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/317118
Dr. David Yesaya is an Assistant Professor in the French section of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures. His interests include Francophone cultures and literatures, with a specific focus on migrant texts, and racial, postcolonial and decolonial issues. His latest book is entitled La réussite sociale du migrant postcolonial en France (2023). In his talk, Dr. Yesaya will discuss the decolonization of Western ideologies as a key concept to understand the world we live in. Focusing on his research interests in Francophone African writers, he will present their place and impact in the Western world.
All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Join us for our annual MLLC Meet & Greet!
Tuesday, October 7th
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Pond Inlet
For more information please visit the Experience BU link for the MLLC Meet & Greet.
Pizza & Refreshments! Raffle Draw and Prizes, too!
*Meet your fellow Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures students and faculty.
*Learn about our student clubs and upcoming events.
*Learn about Brock’s international exchange programs.
*Receive Campus-Wide Co-Curriculum (CWC) credit.
All MLLC students and their friends are invited to attend for all or part of the evening!
On April 30, Brock University welcomed 75 Grade 10 students from participating schools in the Niagara Region: École Secondaire Franco-Niagara (Welland, Conseil Viamonde) and from the Niagara Catholic School Board, Denis Morris, Holy Cross, Saint Francis, Notre Dame Collège, Lakeshore Catholic and Saint Paul. The participants rotated through different interactive language activities developed to test language proficiency. French language student monitors studying French in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures offered guided tours of campus, giving high school students a glimpse into life at the University. This year, we also had the pleasure of listening to a musical performance offered by students from the École Secondaire Franco-Niagara who, under the guidance of their teacher Mario Descoeurs, provided much-appreciated musical entertainment.
Beginning in 1978, the Brock-Niagara French Contest/le Concours de français Brock-Niagara provides a unique opportunity for upper-grade high school students of the Niagara region to demonstrate their French language skills through a variety of activities. Congratulations to all the student participants! French is alive and well in Niagara. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpXc-GR9O0/
Also, another article was featured in Bonjour Ontario on May 5, 2025: Une journée de découverte au Concours de français Brock-Niagara.
L’article va finalement etre publié en ligne sur un autre de nos journaux, Bonjour Ontario.
Voici le lien : https://bonjourontario.ca/?p=1145
Annual Ernesto Virgulti Lecture – Faking the “Other Voice”: Gender & Literary Forgery in Renaissance Italy
Experience BU Link: https://experiencebu.brocku.ca/event/274269
Brock News: Retired prof’s legacy inspires renaissance lecture series
Join us for our annual MLLC Meet & Greet!
Wednesday, September 25th
6:00 – 8:45 pm
Pond Inlet
For more information please visit the Experience BU link for the MLLC Meet & Greet.
Pizza & Refreshments! Raffle Draw and Prizes, too!
*Meet your fellow Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures students and faculty.
*Learn about our student clubs and upcoming events.
*Learn about Brock’s international exchange programs.
*Receive Campus-Wide Co-Curriculum (CWC) credit.
All MLLC students and their friends are invited to attend for all or part of the evening!
