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Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture

Mehammed Mack will give a talk on his recently published book, Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture. "Engaging the nexus of race, gender, nation, and sexuality, Sexagon studies the broad politicization of Franco-Arab identity in the context of French culture and its assumptions about appropriate modes of sexual and gender expression, both gay and straight" [Fordham Univ. Press]. Mack is Assistant Professor of French Studies at Smith College.

✽ Thursday, October 5 at 7:00pm to 8:15pm | Sawyer Library, Mabie Rm.

* Sponsored by Arabic Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, French, Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

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Neuland/New Territories: German & Austrian Film Festival

@ Images Cinema
❍ All films will be with English subtitles. The screenings will be followed by Q & A.
❍ Free Admission

September 18
❖ Stefan Zweig
by Maria Schrader (2016) 1hr. 46 min.

September 25
❖ Haymatloz / Exile in Turkey
by Eren Önsöz (2016) 1h. 35m documentary

 October 2
❖ Die Mitte der Welt / Center of My World
by Jakob M. Erwa (2016) 1 hr. 55 min. Drama

Sponsored by the Department of German-Russian, Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Williams College, Embassy of the Federal Republic of German in Washington, DC, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Dively Committee for Human Sexuality and Diversity, Williams College

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Announcements
Announcements

April 18th, 2017

Student Presentations in the Object Lab

April 11th, 2017

Spanish Open House, Monday, April 17

April 11th, 2017

Asian Studies Open House, Tuesday, April 18

April 10th, 2017

French Open House, Tuesday, April 25

April 7th, 2017

Application for Marguerite W. Friedberg Memorial Travel Fellowship (Deadline April 30)

February 3rd, 2017

2017 Linen Summer Grants for Study in Asia (Deadline: March 1, 2017)

January 28th, 2017

2017 Taiwan Ministry of Education Huayu (Mandarin) Enrichment Scholarship (HES) (Deadline: Aug. 31, 2018)

January 23rd, 2017

Celebrating Japanese Culture at The Clark
Activities
Activities

The Arabic Cooking Club

The Arabic Cooking Club invited the members of the Moroccan and Indonesian Think Tanks to dinner. They were on campus for the Ghana ThinkTank - WCMA collaboration, and the three Moroccans, Nadia, Mariam and Mehdi, immediately jumped in to prepare couscous, almond biscuits, and Moroccan mint tea with students.
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Kyoto Travel Course (Winter 2017)

In January 2017, the Japanese program offered a travel course to Japan, Kyoto Artisans: Exploring 1200 years of Cultural History of Kyoto through Modern Craftsmanship. Prof. Yamamoto led eight students to Kyoto to explore the cultural history of Kyoto. The group visited artisan studios and interviewed a Buddhist statue sculptor, a sacred mirror maker, a Nishijin weaver, a dyer, a traditional textile patternner, a tea master and a Noh performer. They learned how traditional craftsmanship and art forms have been perpetuated and transformed in a modern era as the city of Kyoto developed. At the end of the trip, students held a public presentation and shared their research on craftsmanship and reflections with Kyoto audience.
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General Interests
General Interest

April 19th, 2016

Verge Magazine (Travel for Change)

October 14th, 2015

The IALLT Journal for Language Learning Technologies

March 10th, 2015

The Many Languages One World contest (Deadline: Wednesday March 25, 2015 at 11: 59 pm EST)

March 10th, 2015

The UW-Madison Arabic, Persian, and Turkish summer language immersion program for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals

February 19th, 2015

Archaeologists conduct fieldwork (Institute for Field Research)

February 19th, 2015

Cultural Ambassadors: North American Language and Culture Assistants in Spain (Application Deadline: April 7, 2015)

February 19th, 2015

Spend your Jan-term in Cuba! (PDF)

Friedberg Fellowship Reports

Elizaveta Lavrova

Elizaveta Lavrova ‘18: La vie française inspires short-story writing

Over the course of my semester in France, I made an effort to get to know this country beyond the city of Paris. I traveled to Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier, and Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard. Recording my impressions in a journal and building on them to create several pieces of short fiction, I was able to fully engage with all the sights and experiences. I have assembled a short story collection that will allow me to look back on my thoughts and feelings while abroad in France for the rest of my life.
Friedberg Fellowship Report
(Elizaveta studied at the Sweet Briar Junior Year Program in Paris)

Jack Schrupp ’18 knows his champignons

Mushrooming is an experience with a peculiar allure, following, and culture. For instance, the French are CRAZY about mushrooms, but you would never know it. This is because everyone has their own secret spot which they share with no one. I once asked a man where he goes to pick his mushrooms, and he told me that he would tell me, but that he would then have to kill me.
Friedberg Fellowship Report
(Jack studied at the BU Study Abroad program in Grenoble)