Events Hosted by World Languages and Cultures
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Mueller Linguistics Lecture
McDowell Hall Formal Lounge 1154400 Massachusetts AvenueWashingtonDC20016
The annual Mueller Linguistics Lecture and Reception will take place on Thursday, October 24th, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in McDowell Formal Lounge 115.
This year's talk features Dr. Kirby Conrod on trans and nonbinary linguistics titled "Pronoun Euphoria." Dr. Kirby Conrad explores how creativity and playfulness in linguistic expression can be sites of resistance, identity-formation, and …more- Host
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The World in Words: A Conversation with Patrick Chamoiseau
Letts Hall Formal Lounge 1004400 Massachusetts AvenueWashingtonDC20016
Patrick Chamoiseau is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose multifaceted oeuvre, translated worldwide, has won numerous prizes including the Prix Goncourt (1992), the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe (1993), and the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar (2023). His work involves an aesthetic exploration of creolization and of relational poetics in the contemporary world. He is widely recognized as one of the most …more
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