ALUM TALKS: Three Continents in Ten Years: A Post-Williams Chinese Global Corporate Product Development Career

Join us for our first spring semester alum talk with Katherine Huang ('08)! Thursday, March 4 at 4:30pm on ZOOM Continue reading »
Join us for our first spring semester alum talk with Katherine Huang ('08)! Thursday, March 4 at 4:30pm on ZOOM Continue reading »
This year the Chinese program plans to invite a few alumni to come back to Williams (through Zoom) and give talks to students about how they have used the skills that they have learned at Williams in their career path. The second talk will be Thursday, December 3, 7-8 pm and the speaker is Mr. Jonathan Isaacs ('00). The title of his talk is " Interesting Times: Being a China Lawyer in a Time of Rapid Political & Economic Change." Click here for the Zoom link! Continue reading »
RB Smith ’20 received first prize in literary category for the American Association of Arabic Teachers Translation Contest! He worked with Professor Radwa El Barouni on this translation last year. The official announcement from AATA can be found here. Current Arabic Studies students Max Chayet, Sam Gollub, and Rachel Morrow interviewed RB about his work, the challenges of studying Arabic, and his future plans. Continue reading »
In contrast with a long history of Western representations of Japan as inferior and irrational, Michele Monserrati's Searching for Japan identifies a positive overarching attitude toward the Far East country in modern Italian culture. Expanding the horizon of Italian transnational networks, normally situated within the Southern European region, this book reinstates the existence of an alternative Euro-Asian axis, operating across Italian history. Continue reading »
This year the Chinese program plans to invite a few alums to come back (though Zoom) and give talks to students about how they have used the skills that they have learned at Williams in their career path. The first talk will be next Thursday (Oct. 22) at 7-8 pm and the first speaker is Mr. Brian Connors ('00). The title of his talk is "A Career Using Chinese, From Beijing to the State Capitol and Back." * Register here to receive the Zoom link! Continue reading »
Ostriches, cows, hogs, cats, a pony and a dog…and a single person remain in the nuclear zone in Fukushima. 55 year-old Naoto Matsumura lives alone with these animals in Tomioka, a town located only 12 kilometers away from the melted-down nuclear power plant. In last few years, Naoto has been the focus of media attention, being covered by CNN, ARTE and other major overseas networks. But due to government restrictions, his story has remained largely untold in the Japanese media. Until now, there has never been a feature-length documentary film on him and the reality of life in the exclusion zone. ❖ CANCELLED Continue reading »
If you know more than one language, or are generally interested in languages and linguistics, join us for a panel presentation on the topic of translation and interpreting with three local professionals. ❖ Cate and time: CANCELLED Continue reading »
The Spanish Club, the Williams' Department of Romance Languages, and the Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Culture invite you the Noche de película, where we will be screening the film Dolor y gloria (Pain and Glory) (2019) by the acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. ❖ Thursday, February 20th at 7:00 pm | Paresky Auditorium Continue reading »
Over 3 consecutive Mondays at 7PM, on February 17, 24 and March 2 (2020), the Williams Department of Romance Languages will screen 3 recent French and Francophone films at Images Cinema: ❖ February 17 @7PM: Jean-Philippe Gaud’s Tazzeka (2018) ❖ February 24 @7PM: Alain Gomis’ Félicité (2017) ❖ March 2 @7PM: Amandine Gay’s Ouvrir la Voix (Speak Up) (2017) Continue reading »
Join us for a discussion of the various factors that led to this moment for Yemen, in addition to an exploration of potential means for deconfliction and deescalation. ❖ Tuesday, March 10 | 6 p.m. Q&A to follow lecture Continue reading »
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