At last Thursday’s Brown Bag, we talked about engaging with art as a way to expand students’ repertoire. We noted that students gain confidence when speaking about art in a public space, they gain a richer sense of the target…
Author: Suzanne Young
Constantine Muravnik reports on the 2013 AATSEEL Conference
On January 3 – 5, 2013, I attended the annual AATSEEL conference in Boston. (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages http://www.aatseel.org/program/2013-aatseel-conference-program/.) I served as the chair and discussant on the panel “Nabokov’s Ethics and Aesthetics.” I…
Julia Titus reports on the ASEEES 2012 Conference
I participated in the annual conference of Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), held on November 15-18, 2012 in New Orleans, LA. ASEEES, a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society, is the leading private organization in the world dedicated…
Aaron Butts reports on the Society of Biblical Literature conference
I attended the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Chicago, IL on Nov. 17-20, 2012. At this conference, I presented a paper entitled “From Manuscripts to Edition: The Case of the Syriac History of St. Cyriacus and…
Marion Gehlker reports on ACTFL 2012 and German Studies
I attended the ACTFL conference in Philadelphia on November 16-18, 2012. In addition to a poster presentation on “Teaching Advanced German” at the AAUSC (American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators) business meeting, I gave a presentation on “Turkish for…
Ling Mu reports on ACTFL 2012 and East Asian Languages
I attended the ACTFL conference in Philadelphia on November 16-18, 2012. My panel, “New Tools for the Chinese E-Learning Environment,” drew an audience of around 30 colleagues. My presentation, “Quickly Create and Manage Graded Multimedia Chinese Texts Online” which, introduced…
CLS Pedagogy Workshop 2012
The CLS Pedagogy Workshop takes place on August 21-24, from 8:30 to 1:00. In the workshop, new language lectors and TFs work across languages to share teaching strategies and practical ideas for the classroom. For more information, contact Suzanne Young. For the…