6th Annual
Undergraduate Foreign Languages, Literatures
and Cultures Symposium
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures
of
La Salle University
Tuesday, April 6thand Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Department Chair:
Bernhardt Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Professor of German
Director, M.A. Program in Central
and Eastern European Studies
Symposium Organizer:
Luisa Ossa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Thanks to Alexander Nalencz, Department Secretary, for his assistance in organizing this event.
Thanks to Multimedia Services for their help with this event.
The Undergraduate Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures Symposium is funded by a Dean’s Grant from the School of Arts
and Sciences of La Salle University
Schedule
Tuesday, April 6
Music Room, Union Building
12:20 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Refreshments/Opening Remarks
12:30-1:30 p.m.: French
Moderator: Diana Regan, M.A.
Instructor of French
Area Co-Chair for French and President of Alliance Française de Philadelphie
Veronica Cadavid
“French New Wave: La Nouvelle Vague 1950s to late 1960s.”
Erin Karski
“The French Influence on American Law.”
William Atkinson
"International Organization of the Francophonie: Connected Through Language"
1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Break
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: German and Russian
Moderators: Bernhardt Blumenthal, Ph.D.,
Professor of German,
Director, M.A. Program in Central and Eastern European Studies,
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures, Vincent Kling, Ph.D.,
Professor of German and Literature,
and Barbara Allen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History
Nathaniel Tarnoviski
“The Plight of the American Citizen within Stalin’s Gulag.”
David Kelley
"Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph des Willens.”
Rachel McCay
“Woyzeck as a Representation of German Cultural and Historical Changes.”
Schedule
Thursday, April 8
Room 100 Olney
12:20 p.m.-12:30 p.m.: Refreshments/Opening Remarks
12:30 p.m.-1:05 p.m. Spanish
Moderator: Luisa Ossa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, Area Chair for Spanish
Megan Weiss
“The Effects of the 2007 Earthquake on Afro-Peruvian Populations.”
Amy Czulada and Sandra Aponte
"Service Trips in Latin America: Gaining Perspective through Travel and Service."
1:05-1:55 p.m.: Italian
Moderator: Marco Cerocchi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Italian
Alexander Tomaino
“From the Renaissance to the Baroque in Italian Literature and Arts.”
Mary Kate Kimiecik
“A Classical and Romantic Chiasmus: Ugo Foscolo’s Dei Sepolcri.”