Month: April 2025

38th Graduate Symposium – “Exploring the Liminal”

On the 7th and 8th of March, we had the annual pleasure to welcome grad students from the United States and Canada to the 38th edition of our Graduate Symposium. This year’s topic was “Exploring the Liminal.” Our keynote, Dr. Hadji Bakara started things off on Friday with his address on refugee writing. Saturday was …

Language of the World Day Presenters 2025

Congratulations to the following individuals from our department who were selected to present at Languages of the World Day on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Union South. Loren Eadie, PhD (Italian – “The Real ‘Eataly:’ Learning Italian Through Food!”) Dr. Loren Eadie spoke to her group about Italian food culture, teaching them how to say if they like …

Timeless. The story of Gino Bartali, James O’Toole

Undergraduate student James O’Toole, Communication Arts and Journalism major, completed a timeless article about Gino Bartali for his honors work in Literature in Translation 410: Secrets and Legends of Florence, taught by Professor Stefania Buccini. The article, “Timeless. The story of Gino Bartali,” must have made an impression as Professor Buccini suggested sharing this article …