The French Club is back! Come to our first event of the semester: MOVIE SCREENING! Next Tuesday we will watch two french romantic movies (with English subtitles). To celebrate Valentine’s Day we will have candy apples too (Yummy!) >Make a note in your agendas and join us at 6 pm in Hopkins 001. ❖ Tuesday 15th @6 pm | Hopkins 001 Continue reading »
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together. The Spring Festival starts every year in the early days of the 12th lunar month and lasts until the middle of the 1st lunar month of the next year. For this year’s Spring Festival, while we could not reunite with our families and friends back home, we made stuffed dumplings to celebrate. Chinese dumpling are a very common northern Chinese dish, which look like silver ingots (boat-shaped and turned up at the two ends). Legend has it that the more dumplings you eat during the New Year celebration, the more money you can make in the New Year. Happy New Year of the Tiger! (written by Chinese Language Fellows Yi-Zhi Chen and Tianwen Han, and Chinese Teaching Associate Xian Fung) Continue reading »
The German TAs invite you to a screening of the film adaptation of Gregor Tessnow’s cult classic “Knallhart” – depicting a glimpse into Berlin’s gritty urban world. ❖ February 16, 2022 @7pm | Hopkins 001 Continue reading »
Become a detective for a night! Solve riddles, puzzles and see who will be the first one to solve the case. The German and Russian department will host a murder mystery night. Participants will have the chance to become a detective for a night. To solve the murder, the detectives will have to work in groups and report to their commanding officer - find the murderer by solving riddles and puzzles! Join us for a puzzling night filled with crime and mystery! ❖ Wednesday, March 2nd @6:30 | Goodrich Hall, Room 207 Continue reading »
As a joint final event for this year’s Winter Study the German and Russian Department decided to host a Game Night. UNO, Rummy, Pictionary and more were played on Wednesday, January 26th. German, Russian and non-language students showed up for an evening of fun and games as we celebrated the end of Winter Study together. Continue reading »
As our Winter Study event we watched the Netflix Series "KITZ". So far, we watched two episodes a week and this Thursday we will conclude this series with a final screening. We stream this show via Teleparty so that students who are not on campus can watch it with us. Our next and final screening will be on Thursday, Jan. 27th at 5:30PM in Hollander Hall, 140.; Continue reading »
Chinese Faculty, Language Fellows, and Teaching Associate organized an end-of-semester Special Chinese Table on Thursday, December 9th. At the event, those "frequent flyers" to the Chinese Language Tables during the fall semester were recognized and awarded a small prize. A raffle was also held and happy winners went home with special Chinese souvenirs and delicious snacks. Continue reading »
The Final Ceremony Event from the Arabic department will feature a talent show with multiple performances from Arabic students. We will have poetry readings, music performances, belly dance, Debke dance and so much more. ✣ Tuesday, December 7, 6:00 – 8:00pm | Hollander 040 Continue reading »
The Spanish Department TAs invite you to celebrate the end of the semester by dancing to folkloric dances from their countries: Argentina, Spain and Puerto Rico. Acknowledging that dance is also a form of communication and learning, traditional dances like Bomba, Chacarera and Pasodoble narrate stories of black pride and liberation, the union of bodies and customs of a nation and communion of different generations and celebrations. The event will begin with a short introduction in Spanish to each dance. There will be light food and drink. ✣ December 7 @7:00 PM | Griffin 5 Continue reading »
Prof. Michele Monserrati hosts this end-of-the-semester event for Italian students and their friends: an Italian olive oil tasting on bread. ✣ Friday, December 10 @1:30 | Zilkha Center Kitchen Continue reading »