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Hundreds converge on U of I campus for classics conference

A major classics conference was held at the University of Illinois this semester. More than 400 people came together for the 121st Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), which spanned four days in late March....

Speaker Carolyn Calloway-Thomas addresses crowd at keynote talk

Learning to live by someone else's light

What is empathy—and why does it matter in the 21st century?That was the question intercultural communication expert Carolyn Calloway-Thomas addressed in her spring talk, “Cultivating Intercultural Communication Competence: Learning What It Is Like to Live by Someone Else’s Light,”...

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SLCL students and faculty advocate for humanities in D.C.

The humanities play a critical role in helping us better understand the world—and each other.That was one of the key messages four SLCL students and faculty members shared with members of Congress as part of Humanities Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. this spring.On Humanities Advocacy Day, state-...

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Introduction to Intercultural Competence

Introductory overview aiming to define and practice intercultural competence by examining how to use it in educational, professional, and social settings.

SLCL 110

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Conference Interpreting

Introduction to conference interpreting and its main theoretical concepts.

TRST 542

Religion in Contemporary America

Examines the religious dynamics of the twenty-first century United States.

REL 335

Sacred Sites in Japan

An interdisciplinary study of major sites in Japan that are deemed sacred, and of their visual culture. The art and architecture of sacred sites are examined and positioned within a variety of contexts, such as their cultural, religious, and socio-political significance.

EALC 320

Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture

Comparative study of major works of literature, philosophy and culture in the Western tradition from the Enlightenment to today, from Descartes and Voltaire to Dickinson and Calvino.

CWL 242

Latin American Diaspora through Film: Beyond Braceros, Narcos, and Latin Lovers

Study of the relationships between Latinx and Latin American culture through film, focusing on sociohistorical processes (migrations, assimilation, political struggles, nationalism, globalization).

SPAN248

Russia and Black America

A survey of the interactions and intersections between key African American figures and cultural practices, and Russian imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet culture, in a historical, social, and political context, with emphasis on Russian-sourced cultural transfers that influenced and sometimes shap

RUSS 122

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American Voices: Linguistic Diversity in the US

The United States has a vast and varied linguistic landscape that has been shaped by a unique medley of peoples and cultural practices.

LING 250

Viking Sagas in Translation

Studies Old Norse-Icelandic literature: kings' sagas, family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas, and romances. Texts and lectures in English.

SCAN 252

Choix Goncourt US: US Goncourt Prize Selection

Contemporary Literature in French: Choix Goncourt US 2024

Come and decide who will be the next winner of the Choix Goncourt US! The Prix Goncourt is one of the most prestigious francophone literary prizes, awarded each year since 1903 by the ten members of the Académie Goncourt in Paris.

FR 322

Greco-Roman Antiquity in Native American Literature

Greco-Roman Antiquity in Native American Literature. Engagements with the languages, literatures, mythologies, and histories of ancient Greece and Rome in a selection of Indigenous writers of North America from the seventeenth century to today.

CLCV 220