Events from January 12, 2023 – February 18, 2023 – World Languages & Cultures

Japanese & English Conversation Table

Cheryl L Totty — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0000

The Japanese & English Conversation Table provides a platform for 51�� students and Japanese exchange students to get to know each other and talk about Japanese language and culture. Most participants are students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken our Japanese courses, but all are welcome. Occasionally, there are guest speakers and information sessions about Japan or Japanese language-related opportunities.

This is a recurring event every Thursday from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, about 50 minutes in Curtin Hall #187.

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WLC Speaker Series: Davorin J. Odrcic

Cheryl L Totty — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

“The Law Behind Mass ICE Arrests and Detention”

April 17, 12-1 pm

WLC Speaker Series, CRT 175

Since January of 2025 the manner and intensity of ICE arrests and detention have changed dramatically compared to prior administrations. Attorney Odrcic will explain the legal underpinnings to these significant events in immigration law and policy.

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Russian Speaking Table & Discussion

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Spring semester 2026
Russian Speaking Table and Discussion
Fridays 3:30-5:00pm at the 51�� Gasthaus in the Union

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Centering Indigenous Knowledges in Contemporary Brazil

Cheryl L Totty — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, April 21

4-5:30pm CDT

Zoom webinar

The 51�� Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the 51�� Electa Quinney Institute present this webinar, featuring WLC’s Prof. Susana Antunes as one of the speakers. Learn more and register for the event.

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Spanish Conversation Club

Cheryl L Totty — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Open to all students and staff at 51�� as well as to community members who wish to practice speaking Spanish.

Every week in Curtin Hall 739
Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM

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Circolo Italiano

Cheryl L Totty — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Circolo Italiano brings together learners and lovers of Italian language and culture for regular social and conversational gatherings. It meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month.

February 11, February 25, March 11, April 8, April 22, May 6

Curtin Hall, Room 766

4:30–5:30�賾

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Japanese & English Conversation Table

Cheryl L Totty — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0000

This is a recurring event every Thursday from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, about 50 minutes in Curtin Hall #187.

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World Languages and Cultures Speaker Series

Meenakshi Pundarikam Sambari — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Talk by Leah Leone Anderson

A Translation of His Own? Borges and Virginia Woolf

On commission, Jorge Luis Borges translated A Room of One’s Own into Spanish in 1936 and Orlando in 1937. Both translations had tremendous impacts among Spanish language readers who came to celebrate the feminist rhetoric of the former and the narrative innovations of the latter. Comparative analyses of original and translation reveal that important aspects of these acclaimed features were in fact attenuated by an author/translator whose own narrative style was diametrically opposed to that of Virginia Woolf.

Dr. Leah Leone Anderson is a translator from Spanish and Portuguese and a scholar of Borges, translation, feminism and care ethics. Her book Borges’s Creative Infidelities: Translating Joyce, Woolf and Faulkner was published by Bloomsbury in 2024 and was recently released in paperback. She is a graduate of 51��’s MA in Language, Literature and Translation program.

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