A delegation of UA faculty members joined with colleagues from around the country in Washington D.C. this week for Humanities Advocacy Day.
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Dr. Letizia Bellocchio, Department of French & Italian, shared with her Italian 301 students a new Virtual Journey To Italy on Monday, February 25 in the University of Arizona iSpace. Through this multidisciplinary learning community and collaborative makerspace, Dr. Bellocchio’s students were able to visit Rome and Milan with V/R, and they literally flew in Orvieto, Sorrento, and Cinque Terre with HCT VIVE. This event was a great experience and completely free.
Please help us in congratulating Dr. Fabian Alfie who has just received a grant from the Provost’s Author Support program to help complete the production of his forthcoming book, La Cazzaria, Manuscript K: A Nineteenth-Century Copy of the Lost Naples Edition.
Great job, Fabian!
Please help us congratulate our colleague Dr. Deborah Kaye who was recently interviewed in the Daily Wildcat about her published Review Essay in the Religious Studies Review. Click here to read the entire interview.
Find Dr. Kaye's essay "Jewish Continuity and Mediterranean History: Medieval and Early Modern Studies" here.
Félicitations, Dr. Kaye!
The University of Arizona ranks among the top 10 universities in the nation for producing graduates with foreign language degrees.
According to a new Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of U.S. Department of Education data for the 2016-17 academic year, the UA conferred 216 bachelor’s degrees in foreign languages, literatures and linguistics, ranking 10th among all universities.
The UA ranks even higher on several individual languages: first in Italian, fourth in Russian, fifth in Spanish and seventh in German.
College of Humanities Dean Alain-Philippe Durand says the UA’s long history of excellence and innovation in non-English language instruction shows a commitment to educating students to be globally competitive.
“When you major in a second language, you develop more than just communication skills. The critical thinking, problem-solving skills and intercultural competence that comes from studying languages will benefit students no matter what career they pursue,” Durand says. “Our faculty have wide-ranging expertise in second languages, literatures and cultures and a passion for educating students in these crucial skills.”
Designated in 2018 as a Hispanic Serving Institution, the UA has shown a commitment to providing educational opportunities for Hispanic students and creating an environment for student success. The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is one of the UA’s oldest, having been a core university strength for more than 100 years.
The university’s strengths in language research and education extends to the three federally funded Title VI centers on campus: the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy in the College of Humanities and Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Center for Latin American Studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Foreign language and cultural research and education are major components of the fourth pillar of the UA’s new Strategic Plan, which aims to “set the standard for a global university in the digital age.”
Students in all foreign language programs have opportunities for immersive learning experiences in study abroad programs all over the world.
In addition to the foreign language offerings for bachelor’s degrees, in the last year, the College of Humanities has added new programs for minors in Korean and Critical Languages, which includes less commonly taught languages like Cantonese, Hindi, Swahili, Thai and Vietnamese. In the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, students can major in Arabic as well as take classes in Hebrew, Persian and Turkish.
“Our students with degrees in a second language are employed in all industries because the humanities skills are the most sought-after on the job market,” Durand says.
Please help us in congratulating Dr. Fabian Alfie who was honored last week with three other UA faculty members by receiving a superior teaching award for his course on Dante’s Inferno as part of the Humanities Seminar’s Program.
For more information, please see: https://humanities.arizona.edu/news/four-professors-honored-superior-teaching-awards?fbclid=IwAR3Lc1-pmsWDmsrqKj6JrmkJQhLLQACXLVMmmYbGnOuFwon06ULL7XUdq78
Dr. Letizia Bellocchio, Lecturer, Department of French & Italian, shared with her Italian 301 and 302 students a Virtual Journey To Italy on Thursday November 29 in the University of Arizona iSpace. Through this multidisciplinary learning community and collaborative makerspace, Dr. Bellocchio’s students were able to visit Firenze, Venezia, Roma, Sorrento, Milano, Pisa, San Giminiano, Cristo and Jean-Claude Floating Piers on the Lago d’Iseo with V/R, and one address of their choice with HCT VIVE. This event was a great experience and completely free.
Congratulations to Ms. Anne-Marie Engels-Brooks who has received the 2019 Award for Excellence in Global Service offered jointly by the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) and UA Global. Ms. Engels-Brooks will be honored at the Global Excellence Reception on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm on the rooftop of the ENR2 Building.
The Global Excellence Reception, hosted by UA Global and the Center for English as a Second Language, recognizes select members of the greater Southern Arizona community who have distinguished themselves locally, regionally or nationally in the areas of global education and service.
Ms. Engels-Brooks was nominated by her colleagues and has met and exceeded all of the criteria listed below that were required to receive this prestigious award:
Please join us in honoring Ms. Anne-Marie Engels-Brooks and celebrating her passion for excellence!
Félicitations to Dr. Irène D’Almeida who has just co-authored a new book, Autour de L’enfant noir de Camara Laye (L’Harmattan, 2018)
Née en Haïti, Elsie AUGUSTAVE est diplômée en études de littérature et en langues étrangères des universités de Middlebury College dans le Vermont et Howard University a Washington DC. Boursière de la prestigieuse institution Fulbright, elle a travaillé en tant que chorégraphe du Théâtre national du Zaïre (aujourd'hui RDC), ainsi que professeure de danse a l'Institut national des arts de Kinshasa. Apres une longue carrière de professeure de français et d'espagnol aux Etats-Unis, elle se consacre désormais à l'écriture suite au succès de son roman The Roving Tree.
D'origine béninoise, Irène ASSIBA D'ALMEIDA est professeure émérite de lettres africaines et d'études féminines à l'université d »Arizona. Elle est l'auteure, entre autres publications, du premier ouvrage de critique littéraire, en anglais, analysant les œuvres des écrivaines de l'Afrique francophone: Francophone African Women Writers: Destroying the Emptiness of Silence (Ecrivaines africaines tuant le vide du silence). Irene Assiba d'Almeida est aussi traductrice et poète.
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