We are pleased to announce that Jessenia Gonzalez’ abstract submission, "Joaquin Sorolla, the man who showed America the real Spain," and Collin Savage’s abstract "Txakoli in the Basque Country," were selected for presentation at the 30th Anniversary National Conference on Undergraduate Research at the University of North Carolina Asheville.
Chosen from more than 4,000 submissions, their abstracts demonstrate a unique contribution to their field of study, and we are proud that they have the opportunity to present their work to their peers, faculty, and staff from all over the nation.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
Melvin and Marian Prottas Foreign Language Writing Award, 2016.
Melvin
and Marian Prottas Foreign Language Writing Award, 2016.
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures invites you to submit your creative work in French, Italian or Spanish or a Translation (French, Italian, Spanish) to enter the Melvin and Marian Prottas Foreign Language Foreign Language Writing Award competition.
The competition is open to all Adelphi students.
Contest deadline is Friday, April 8, 2016
1st place will receive $100.00
2nd place will receive $50.00
3rd place will receive $25.00
Send entries to:
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Science 216C or you may email to Ms. Carmen Castellón: ccastellon@adelphi.edu.
Submissions may include essays, poetry or short stories.
Previous contest winners must wait two years before entering the contest again.
Spanish Honotr Society Announcement
Sigma Delta
Pi, Tau, Spanish Honor Society
APRIL 29, 2016, 1-4, Alumni Hall
Prospective
candidates for the Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi are currently being
selected:
1. Each must
have completed three years of study of college-level Spanish (eighteen semester
credit hours) or the equivalent thereof, including at least three semester
hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization
at the junior (third-year) level. A student may be admitted to active
membership while still enrolled in the second junior-level course if all other
requirements have been met and if the instructor of the course certifies that
the student’s work is of “B” or “A” quality.
2. The
candidate for active membership must have a minimal grade point average of 3.0
on a 4.0 point scale in all Spanish courses taken. (The candidate must have earned the grades in completed Spanish courses
in order to qualify for membership).
3. The
candidate must rank in the upper 35% of his/her class—sophomore, junior, or
senior—and must have completed at least three semesters or five quarters of
college work.
4. Graduate
students who have been unconditionally admitted to a degree-granting program
may be elected to membership upon completion of two graduate courses in Spanish
with an average which, if continued, will make them eligible for a graduate
degree.
5. Sigma Delta Pi does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national
or ethnic origin, sex, age, or disability.
Please submit nomination to:
Dr. Raysa E. Amador, amador@adelphi.edu
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Italian Program: Dr. Jonathan Hiller
Prof. Hiller's research has been accepted at the following conference:
"Gastronomy, Culture, and the Arts: A Scholarly Exchange of Epic Portions" at the University of Toronto at Mississauga on March 11-12. His paper is entitled: "“Noi stasera, danzeremo, e nel vino affogheremo”: The Ideology of Food and Drink in Three Works of Scapigliatura".
Congratulations, Prof. Hiller is busy, very busy, he makes us proud!
"Gastronomy, Culture, and the Arts: A Scholarly Exchange of Epic Portions" at the University of Toronto at Mississauga on March 11-12. His paper is entitled: "“Noi stasera, danzeremo, e nel vino affogheremo”: The Ideology of Food and Drink in Three Works of Scapigliatura".
Congratulations, Prof. Hiller is busy, very busy, he makes us proud!
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Prof. Lin Chinese Program at Adelphi
The 2016 East USA
Preliminary Competition, for the 15th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition will take place on April
9, 2016 at China Institute in New York
City.
This is an
exclusive opportunity for college students to demonstrate their mastery of
Chinese language and culture. The Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition is an international
contest sponsored by the Office of the Chinese Language Council International
(Hanban) in Beijing. It is distinguished in cultural and educational exchanges
worldwide.
For more detailed information, please see the attached.
If you are interested in its participation, please let me know. I will assist you in your preparation.
Best
Lin Laoshi
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The 15th Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency
Competition for College Students
(7thEast USA Preliminary)
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Applications are now being accepted for the 15th
Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition. This is an exclusive
opportunity for college students to demonstrate their mastery of Chinese
language and culture. The winner of the senior level will be invited to
participate in the final competition in China, expenses paid.
The Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition is an international
contest sponsored by the Office of the Chinese Language Council International
(Hanban) in Beijing. It is distinguished in cultural and educational exchanges
worldwide.
and is co-organized by the New York Service Center for
Chinese Study Fellows Inc. and China Institute.
Rules:
1. Eligibility
Current collegestudents aged 18 to 30, whose first
language is not Chinese, are eligible. Those who have participated in previous
competitions are not allowed to participate at the same level of the contest as
their previous participation.
2. Levels
There are two levels of the competition:
The “Junior” level is for students who have studied
Chinese for less than three years.
The “Senior” level is for students who have studied
Chinese for three and more years.
3. Competition Categories
The competition consists of two
parts:
1) Oral
Presentation. In the
oral presentation, contestants demonstrate their fluency in speaking Mandarin.
Each contestant will choose a topic and develop a short speech around it in
Mandarin. Junior-level contestants will deliver a 2-minute oral presentation
while senior-level
contestants will deliver a 3-minute presentation. Contestants will be judged by
language proficiency expression, literacy and presentation. Contestants will
also record and submit their presentation as part of the registration process.
2) Talent
Show Performance. In
the talent show performance, contestants can demonstrate their knowledge of
Chinese culture. Each contestant will showcase their talent and the effort that they have invested in a
specific aspect of Chinese culture within
5 minutes. The performance can be anything related to China’s unique
culture, including singing, dancing, playing a musical instrument, calligraphy,
Chinese martial arts, or recitation of a Chinese poem. Contestants will be judged by
integrity and performance difficulty.
4.Registration
Registration is a two part
process:
2) E-mail a recording of the oral presentation to competition@chinesehighway.com. The file size should not exceed 5MB, and less than 3 minutes long. The
subject line in the email should be“2016 Chinese Bridge.”
The registration deadline is March 1, 2016. The Contest
Committee will invite qualified contestants
to take part in the contest
later in March.
5. The Contest
The contest will take place on
April 9, 2016 at China Institute in New York City. Out-of-area contestants will
receive a stipend for lodging and transportation.
5. Prizes and Awards
1) The winner from the senior level will be
recommended to participate in the Chinese Bridge Final Competition, taking place in Beijing, China in
July, 2016, all travel costs will be covered by Hanban.
2) All contestants will receive a prize and certificate for their participation.
For details, please check
the website: www.chinesehighway.com
New York Service Center for
Chinese Study Fellows Inc
China Institute
2015.10
Dr. Nicole Rudolph, French Program
Let's share the good news Dr. Nicole Rudolph will be delivering paprs at the following conferences:
First, March 3-6, she will be participating in the Society for French Historical Studies' annual meeting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. On Friday, March 4, shewill be presenting on a panel called "Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Trajectories: Cultural and Economic Recovery, 1945-1980". Her paper is entitled “Appliances and Authenticity: Le fabuleux destin de Mère Denis in 1970s France”.
Second, she has had a paper accepted for the European Association for Urban History's 13th International Conference on Urban History. The theme of the conference, which will take place August 24-27 in Helsinki, Finland, is "Reinterpreting Cities". The panel she will be participating in is entitled "Reconsidering Mass Housing and Environmental Thought After 1945", and her paper is called, "Nature and the “Third Way” in French Mass Housing: From Public Health to Private Space, 1945-1975."
Nicole makes us proud!
Félicitations!
First, March 3-6, she will be participating in the Society for French Historical Studies' annual meeting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. On Friday, March 4, shewill be presenting on a panel called "Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Trajectories: Cultural and Economic Recovery, 1945-1980". Her paper is entitled “Appliances and Authenticity: Le fabuleux destin de Mère Denis in 1970s France”.
Second, she has had a paper accepted for the European Association for Urban History's 13th International Conference on Urban History. The theme of the conference, which will take place August 24-27 in Helsinki, Finland, is "Reinterpreting Cities". The panel she will be participating in is entitled "Reconsidering Mass Housing and Environmental Thought After 1945", and her paper is called, "Nature and the “Third Way” in French Mass Housing: From Public Health to Private Space, 1945-1975."
Nicole makes us proud!
Félicitations!
Friday, January 15, 2016
Dr. Ana Simón-Alegre at an International Collloquium in Madrid, Spain
Coloquio Internacional
MASCULINIDAD, NACIÓN Y CIVILIZACIÓN EN ESPAÑA
(1830-1930)
15 de enero de 2016
Centro Cultural La Corrala - Sala Negra
Calle de Carlos Arniches, 3, 28005 Madrid
Coordinado
por Darina Martykánová (UAM) y Nerea Aresti (UPV/EHU)
PROGRAMA DEL
COLOQUIO
10:00 – 11:30 Sesión coordinada por Juan Pro (UAM)
- Sexualidad y movimiento obrero español. La transformación de las identidades masculinas frente a la cuestión del trabajo femenino, 1830-1870 (Jesús de Felipe Redondo, Universidad La Laguna)
- Identidad nacional y barbarie sexual: los gitanos en el discurso romántico sobre España (María Sierra, Universidad de Sevilla)
11:30 – 12:00 Pausa café
12:00 – 14:15 Sesión coordinada por Florencia Peyrou
(UAM)
- Masculinidades europeas decimonónicas a través del "otro" marroquí (Itzea Goicolea-Amiano, EUI)
- Identidades de género e identidad nacional : masculinidades en pugna. Cuba 1878-1898 (Pilar Pérez-Fuentes. Universidad del País Vasco/EHU)
- Los pueblos viriles: masculinidad en el discurso regeneracionista español (los años 1890-1900) (Darina Martykánová, UAM)
14:15 – 16:15 Comida
16:15 – 18:45 Sesión coordinada por María Sierra
(Universidad de Sevilla)
- Disidentes de la masculinidad militarizada: Suicidas, Locos y Perversos sexuales a principios del siglo XX en España (Ana Isabel Simón Alegre, Adelphi University, Nueva York)
- Miguel de Unamuno: la feminización de la masculinidad moderna (José Javier Díaz Freire, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU)
- El gentleman vasco frente al hombre español. Masculinidad y civilización en el nacionalismo vasco (1893-1937), (Nerea Aresti, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU)
18:45 – 19:15 Clausura
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