News and events

• Voyage of Discovery: French, Italian, German, and Hispanic and Latin American Cultures

  Sunday, September 15, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures has mounted an exhibit in the Learning Commons and Thistle hallway showcasing various aspects of French, German, Italian, and Hispanic and Latin American Cultures.  We invite you to view the intriguing assortment of items on display and win a prize by successfully answering a skill-testing question each week. The questions will be posted on various sites and all are welcome to respond.

  Place: Display cases in the Library Commons and Thistle corridor

  Date:  Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 27

• Dr. Nigel Lezama receives Distinguished Teaching Award and Gives the FoH Convocation Address

  Friday, June 14, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  Brock’s 105th Convocation comes to a close

   

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• New course connects students with Niagara’s francophone community

  Tuesday, May 28, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  New course connects students with Niagara’s francophone community

   

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• Italian Canadian Archives Project’ (ICAP) Conference – October 25-26, 2019

  Friday, May 24, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  MLLC is hosting the Ninth Annual Conference of the ‘Italian Canadian Archives Project’ (ICAP) on the theme: Italian-Canadian Experiences in Canada’s Work Force from October 25 – 26, 2019 at Brock University.

  Call for Papers deadline for submissions on Friday, June 7, 2019. Confirmation of acceptance will be communicated by June 28, 2019.

   

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• Voix plurielles (April-May 2019)

  Monday, April 22, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  The April-May issue of Voix plurielles (16.1, 2019) includes five articles on literary works dealing with different forms and places of colonization (from Canada to Africa), beautiful creative work by Arnold McBay, and fourteen book reviews, including some MLLC members Nigel Lezama, Nicholas Hauck and Julien Defraeye.

  https://journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/voixplurielles/issue/view/113

   

   

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• Francophone Career Fair – February 26, 2019

  Friday, February 22, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  Resources fair to be held for French-speaking students

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• Brock groups aim to extend African Heritage Month conversation beyond February

  Friday, February 08, 2019 | Posted by vclitheroe

  Brock groups aim to extend African Heritage Month conversation beyond February

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• EXHIBITIONS: Manifestos in a Room and Sauti za Afrika/African Voices/Voix Africaines

  Monday, December 10, 2018 | Posted by vclitheroe

  Community voices expressed through Brock art exhibitions

   

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• French students make radio waves

  Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | Posted by vclitheroe

  French students make radio waves

   

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• Italian Canadian Diaspora Speaker Series: Gianna Patriarca

  Wednesday, November 14, 2018 | Posted by vclitheroe

  All are welcome to attend the next Italian Canadian Diaspora Speaker Series event on November 19 at 5 p.m. in Plaza 600F.

  GIANNA PATRIARCA – My Voice in Three Languages

  Gianna Patriarca is an award winning author of 8 books of poetry , a children’s book and a collection of short fiction. Her work is extensively anthologized in Canada, Italy and the USA and appears on University courses in all three countries. Her work has been adapted for Canadian Stage and CBC radio drama and featured in numerous documentaries. Italian Women and Other Tragedies, is in its 4th printing, translated into Italian and launched at the University of Naples Orientale and Bologna. Gianna is featured at the museum Pier 21 in Halifax. She is the first recipient of the Science and Cultural Award from the Italian Chamber of Commerce, awarded the Farfalla D’Argento from Rome in 2016, and in 2017 was awarded the Spirit of Ontario medal from the Congress of Italian Canadians. Her collection of short fiction All My Fallen Angelas, was long listed for the Griffin prize in 2016. She has read her work at Yale, Purdue, Paterson New Jersey and numerous universities and cities in Canada. She is currently working on a collection of poems, Time to be Old, and a novel, The Sicilian’s Bride.

  Click here for event information.

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