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On Saturday, November19, 2011, world-renowned German director Werner Herzog showed his latest documentary Into the Abyss and discussed his work with USF students and faculty, as well as the public. The more than 400 audience members gave the director a standing ovation. The German Embassy also hosted a reception for the filmmaker attended by several prominent area politicians, such as State Attorney Pam Bondi, foreign dignitaries, and members of the USF and Tampa Bay business community. This event was sponsored by the German Embassy, the USF Humanities Institute, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Departments of Communication, English, History, Humanities and Cultural Studies, Philosophy and World Languages.
January, 2012--Congratulations to Tom Rogers, Office Manager of WLE, for winning the 2011 CAS Staff Award.
November 19, 2011, Saturday--An Afternoon with Werner Herzog in ISA 1051. For more information click here.
The world-renowned German director Werner Herzog will show a new film project and discuss his work with USF students, faculty, staff, and Tampa Bay cineastes.
If you have further questions please contact Margit Grieb--grieber@usf.edu
Monday, October 24, 2011--Imagining the Unimaginable: The Holocaust in Culture--The USF chapter of Phi Sigma Iota will host its 2011 fall meeting featuring Dr. Stephen K. Schindler, professor of German and Chair of the Department of World Languages. Dr. Schindler will present a talk titled 'Imagining the Unimaginable: The Holocaust in Culture.’ 2:30 - 4:00 PM, Grace Allen Room, 4th Floor, USF Tampa Library. For more information click here.
October 12, 2011, Wednesday--Dr. Gaëtan Brulotte will present his new book on the Québec short story (Grace Allen Room, USF Library, 2 p.m.). For more information click here.
August 22, 2011 / Transitions: World Languages welcomes Stephan Schindler as new department chair. Dr. Schindler comes to USF from a position as professor and chair in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis. Victor Peppard, who has served as chair of World Languages for the past 10 years will spend the year on sabbatical leave. World Languages looks forward to Dr. Peppard's continued participation in the department as professor of Russian upon his return.
June 9, 2011 (Thursday), visit to the Salvador Dali Museum, hosted by students of SPW 4930 Hispanic Art & Film (taught by Dr. Heike Scharm). For more information click here.
June 24, 2011 (Thursday), USF Spanish and Latin American Film Series, is showing Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón, a film by the acclaimed director Carlos Saura, in CIS 1048, 6-8 p.m. This highly unusual film offers a surreal
rendering of a fictional
encounter between the
Spanish film director
Luis Buñuel, the poet
Federico García Lorca,
and the surrealist
painter Salvador Dalí. For more information click here.
April 1, 2011, WLE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM, co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute and the USF chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, International Honor Society. Visiting scholars, graduate students and advanced undergraduates are invited to present their research. For more Information click here.
To view the schedule of presentations click here.
April 8, 2011, Theory Talk (Series I). In memory of Dr. Warren Hampton World Languages invites you to the first of a series of talks designed to provide our graduate students, and others from the Humanities discipline, with a deeper understanding of contemporary theoretical approaches to Literature, Art and Culture in general.
In memory of Dr. Warren Hampton World Languages invites you to the first of a series of talks designed to provide our graduate students, and others from the Humanities discipline, with a deeper understanding of contemporary theoretical approaches to Literature, Art and Culture in general.
DATE: Friday: April 8 Hour: 2pm - 4pm Room: 459 (4th floor, Cooper Hall). The program will feature four speakers in the first hour presenting on the following topics:
- Dr. Victor Peppard. Chair WLE. Professor, Russian: “Key concepts of Mikhail Bakhtin”.
- Dr. Harry Vanden. Professor, Political Sciences “Marxists Thinkers: Gramsci and Mariategui”.
- Dr. Madeline Cámara. Professor, Latin American Literature: “Remembering Foucault”.
- Dr. Christine Probes. Professor, French: “Eclectic Approaches to a World of Words and Images”.
Q & A from the students will follow after a short break with refreshments provided by our host: The Literary Theory Class - SPW 5934.
The session will be conducted in English.
March 11-12, 2011, TAW2
The 2nd Annual Tampa Workshop on Syntax, Semantics, and Phonology (TAW 2) will take place on March 11-12, 2011, at the University of South Florida in Tampa. For more information click here.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010--Poetry Event
in Honor of and for Graduate Students of World Languages and other Departments
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Monday, November 29--Spanish and French Research Expo. Poster presentations on a variety of subjects by M.A. students in French and Spanish. Read more ...
USF Spanish and Latin American Movies Series -- Wednesday, November 3, 2010
BSN 2205, 2 p.m. Read more ...
Study Abroad in Argentina Information Session – Wednesday, November 3, 2010
USF invites you to learn about the opportunity of a lifetime in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Join Dr. Pablo Brescia for a study abroad information session for his summer 2011 program. He will describe how you can make the world your classroom and gain applied experience in Spanish language, culture, and politics through the lens of some of Argentina's greatest literature.
CPR 459, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Oktoberfest 2010
Friday, Oct. 22, 8:30pm
Marshall Center Room 3707
German Culture Club is having Oktoberfest.
Come out and join us!
We will have lots of free food and beverages, fun games, and music. You will also get the opportunity to practice your German with other students, as well as learn more about German culture and language.
USF Film Expert Sheds Light On Restored Metropolis
TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 20, 2010) – Science-fiction blockbusters like Blade Runner, The Matrix, The 5th Element and Dark City can all trace their lineage to the 1927 silent film classic Metropolis...
“The film tapped into the German Zeitgeist of that era, featuring in its narrative and highlighting in its visuals a dystopian vision of dehumanizing machines, a transgressive fembot (gynoid), class warfare, and a generational conflict transposed from the Expressionistic theater onto the screen,” said Margit Grieb, a professor in the Department of World Languages, who regularly teaches a course on silent German film at USF.
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