School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    

  "'Tolerance is the Soul of Europe’: Christendom, Religious (In)Tolerance and the Birth of Europe"

  • Lecture
• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Thursday, October 22, 2020

• • 3:00 - 4:30 pm
    

  CEAPS/IL-IN Consortium Speaker - Nozomi Tanaka: “Subject preference in Chinese relative clauses: Elicited production data from L1-English learners”

  • Lecture
• • 4:00 pm
    

  Professor Valerie Hoffman, Religion - “Ibadi Identity in North Africa and Oman”

  • Lecture

Friday, October 23, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Classics lecture - John Foulk, Latin Teacher, Parkview High School, Gwinnett County, Ga.: "Comprehensible Input: What It Is, What it Isn’t, and How to Apply It in the Latin Classroom"

  • Lecture

Monday, October 26, 2020

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
    

  Book Launch with Rini Mehta: "Unruly Cinema History, Politics, and Bollywood" (via Zoom)

  • Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

• • 8:30 am   TBA
    

  Swahili Cultural Presentation

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    

  Linguistics Seminar Series - Ljiljana Progovac, Professor, Wayne State University

  • Lecture
• • 5:00 pm
    

  "Greece and Me: A Conversation with George Reveliotis"

  • Other
• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Monday, November 2, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    

  Linguistics Seminar Series - Chris Heffner, Assistant Professor, University of Buffalo

  • Lecture
• • 5:00 - 5:30 pm
    

  Italian Table

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    

  Swahili Conversation Table

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

• • 3:00 pm
    

  Arabic Language Table

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Monday, November 9, 2020

• • 12:00 - 1:00 pm
    

  Workshop with Karolina Ozog: "Sound Monument, Concentration Camp Plaszow, Poland" (via Zoom)

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 4:00 pm
    

  Linguistics Seminar - Matthew Barros, Linguistics Lecturer, Washington University St. Louis

  • Lecture

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

• • 3:00 pm
    

  Kamil Karski: "Between memorial and rememberance: Key ideas for the Museum-Memorial Place of Forced Labour and Concentration Camp Plaszow (1942-1945)" {via Zoom}

  • Lecture
• • 7:30 pm
    

  Cineforum - "Diverso da chi"

  • Film Screening
• • 7:30 pm
    

  Cineforum - "La mafia uccide solo d'estate"

  • Film Screening

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

• • 3:00 pm
    

  Swahili movie (TBA)

  • Film Screening
• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Thursday, November 12, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    

  "The New Speed of Politics: Technology and Sustainability in the EU"

  • Lecture

Monday, November 16, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Arabic Language Table

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 4:00 pm
    

  Linguistics Seminar - Vicki Carstens, Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut

  • Lecture
• • 5:00 - 5:30 pm
    

  Italian Table

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    

  Swahili Games Event

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Monday, November 30, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    

  Linguistics Seminar - Diego Arispe-Bazan, post-doc, Northwestern University (anthropology)

  • Lecture
• • 5:00 - 5:30 pm
    

  Italian Table

  • Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Monday, December 7, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    

  Linguistics Seminar - Lyn Tieu, Senior Research Fellow, Western Sydney University

  • Lecture

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    

  Jamhuri Day Celebration

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 6:00 - 7:00 pm
    

  Kaffeestunde (German Conversation Table)

  • Other

Friday, December 11, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    

  Julie Gaillard, Assistant Professor of French and Italian, UIUC: "Fiction in the Era of Post-Truth"

  • Lecture

Monday, December 14, 2020

• • 5:00 - 5:30 pm
    

  Italian Table

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, February 26, 2021

• • All Day
    

  13th annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS) Conference and the 3nd annual Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY 2021)

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, February 27, 2021

• • All Day
    

  13th annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS) Conference and the 3nd annual Sociolinguistics Symposium (SOSY 2021)

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, April 29, 2021

• • All Day
    
  • To be announced, early 2021.

  51st Linguistics Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL 51)

  • Conference/Workshop

Friday, April 30, 2021

• • All Day
    
  • To be announced, early 2021.

  51st Linguistics Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL 51)

  • Conference/Workshop

Saturday, May 1, 2021

• • All Day
    
  • To be announced, early 2021.

  51st Linguistics Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL 51)

  • Conference/Workshop