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History of Religion in America
This course examines the religious history of the lands that have become the United States and the people who have become known as Americans through texts written by and about people of all races and creeds.
Enlightenment to Romanticism
Romanticism is one of the most significant movements in Western intellectual history. And, it supposedly ended around 1850. In this course, however, we will test the notion that Romanticism is still with us, in various guises.
Greco-Roman Antiquity and US Minority Cultures
Engagements with ancient Greece and Rome by Native American, African American, Latino, Asian American, or other racially or ethnically minoritized writers, artists, or filmmakers.
Introduction to Russian Culture
What is Culture? What is the difference between Culture and culture? How does C(c)ulture relate to the state? This semester, we will delve into these complex questions, focusing on contemporary Russian Culture.
Language in Globalization
Introduction to the role of language in globalization by examining communication issues concerning language use across cultural, political and geographic boundaries.
French in the Community
Introduction to French-speaking communities in the Champaign-Urbana area. Students collaborate with community partners who serve French-speaking populations, developing contextualized oral proficiency and civic engagement.
Translation and Culture: Intercultural Encounters Across Media
Through discussion of primary texts, movies, and hands-on experience in translation workshops, this course aims to take students beyond the linguistic definition of translation and invites to explore translation in several media.
Scary Stories: The Strange, the Monstrous, and the Supernatural in Spanish and Latin American Texts
Scary stories help us process deep human fears and anxieties, but they also offer a reflection of larger cultural anxieties. We’ll examine stories and films from a variety of historical periods and Spanish-speaking regions.
Global Consciousness and Lit
Exploration of the cultural and historical roots of globalization and the development of global consciousness from ancient Greece to the present, as reflected primarily in literature, but also with reference to historiography, cartography, religion, art, politics, economics, and popular culture.
Chinese Cinema
Explores the cinematic conventions and experiments employed by Chinese filmmakers over the past one hundred years. Unique Chinese film genres such as left-wing melodrama and martial arts, as well as three "new waves" in China’s recent avant-garde cinema, will be examined.
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Second Language Teacher Acquisition & Teacher Education (SLATE)
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies
