Academic unit at MIT, offering classes in languages, cultures, and inter-cultural communication. See active updates at our official website: languages.mit.edu
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Workshop at MIT asks, "Can you teach language without teaching culture?" languages.mit.edu/can-you-te…
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Soledad Chango to offer Quechua at MIT over IAP! Learn more: languages.mit.edu/soledad-ch…
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Commencement Day message from MIT Global Languages head Per Urlaub languages.mit.edu/2023-comme…
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Chinese calligraphy and type design: Katherine Huang created this video as a project for 21G.111 Chinese Calligraphy. @MIT_SHASS
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Students and teachers of Chinese language enjoy year-end celebration and celebrate achievements @MIT_SHASS
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Congratulations to Arina Khotimsky who was awarded the 2023 Michel David-Weill scholarship. She will be entering a Master’s program in International Relations for Energy at Sciences Po in Paris, France, this fall.
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Pre-registration is open! Try out this new class! 21G.S03 Special Subject: Chinese for Professional Communication
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Per Urlaub on the growing popularity of language programs at MIT @MIT_SHASS
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MIT Portuguese Lecturer, Nilma Dominique with students at Berklee Performance Center April 23 for concert by the Cesária Évora Orchestra.
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Congratulations to Kenny Logan and Alexandra Nwigwe, the First and Second Prize winners of the 2023 Isabelle De Courtivron Writing Prize at MIT!
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Great event last night! Global Languages Spring Fest. Congratulations to Excellence Award winners!
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Two MIT students win awards at regional Korean speech contest April 8 languages.mit.edu/korean-spe…
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Screening “The Sound of the River / O Som do Rio," 2022 documentary, in Portuguese with English subtitles
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Javier Barroso: "MIT's de Courtivron prize allows students to share their uniqueness through writing while creating a record of varied and rich experiences.” Submissions due March 1.
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The Isabelle de Courtivron Prize seeks MIT undergraduate student writing submissions on immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences. @MIT_SHASS
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We had a great event last week. 80 students came to hear about opportunities related to Japan: studying the language, going to Japan for internships, and more. @MIT_SHASS
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Last Friday, students in MIT's IAP Chinese Calligraphy class displayed their work in Lobby 10, demonstrating how to write Spring Festival Couplets and the character 福 fú (good fortune) to celebrate Chinese New Year.
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In this interview in the MIT Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ), Javier Barroso describes the importance of Heritage Spanish classes.
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IAP special subject: 21G.S08 Intro to Ukrainian Language and Culture. Combines foundational language skills with an exploration of the tradition, literature, music and arts of Ukraine. languages.mit.edu/iap-opport…
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Dagmar Jaeger’s 21G.409 Visual Arts, Media, Creative Expression employs various art forms through which students further their spoken and written German language skills. In November the class visited the Busch-Reisinger. @MIT_SHASS
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MIT community Day of Dead celebration! Bring mementos to on-campus altar starting 11/1. Attend film showing "Coco" 11/2. Details:
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Today at at 5:00pm, MIT Global France Seminar presents, "Medieval Fixers: History, Literature, and the Politics of Translation," with Zrinka Stahuljak
More info here: bit.ly/3MrFmpe
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MIT students: Are you a heritage language speaker? Have you ever wondered if other heritage speakers share similar experiences? Come to our “Heritage Meets Heritage” event Thurs. 10/27 at 5pm in 10-105.
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Association of Puerto Ricans at MIT (APR) raising money to offset the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Fiona on the island.
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Alumni respond: "When I Wasn't in Class at MIT, I was..." piped.video/pdn7ye_N-CU via @YouTube
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Takako Aikawa discusses recent MIT /Tokyo Tech language exchange "Our job is to create opportunities where students can expand, not just language skills, but also cultural knowledge." @MIT_SHASS
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, MA, Global Languages unit, invites applications for one full-time position as a Senior Lecturer in Spanish. Learn more:
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Meet MIT Global Languages new director, Per Urlaub! He was previously a faculty member at U. of Texas at Austin and at Middlebury College, where he was Associate Dean of the Language Schools for five years.
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A new book by MIT emeritus MIT professor Isabelle de Courtivron. In French.
Read more MIT SHASS newsletter "SAID AND DONE"
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MIT prof Emma Teng employs social annotation tools to help students compare narratives across different media, "creating a space for the community to learn together." @MIT_SHASS
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Congratulations! Takako Aikawa, Leanna Rezvani and Emma Teng were three of the the 15 winners of MIT's 2022 Teaching with Digital Technology Award, chosen from over 200 nominees. Read more: languages.mit.edu/takako-aik…
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Nine MIT undergraduates, one professor: two weeks in Paris. Tours, museums, theater, ballet, restaurants, workshops, and more! The "JSF" program--a cultural and linguistic immersion program. @MIT_SHASS
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Takako Aikawa, winner of a Teaching with Digital Technology Award, shares her thoughts on the role of technology in language education. Aikawa is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese in Global Languages at MIT.
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Article by MIT Professor Emma Teng just out in “Prism" (Duke UP): “And This Is What He Did.” How the category of “mixed race” helps us think about the Atlanta mass shootings and other violence against Asian Americans. bit.ly/3xUMvI6
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Russian Language Day: in a time of war
(pictured Elena Osipova, of St. Petersburg, uses her art to protest the war.)
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MIT students of French are currently in Paris for two weeks of linguistic and cultural immersion in tour led by Professor Bruno Perreau! We're glad this program is back after a Covid-related hiatus!
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2022 Commencement Day message from MIT Global Languages Director, Professor Emma Teng
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What's a Buddhist view on climate change? Recent talk by Willa Blythe Baker at MIT calls for an “embodied revolution”
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MIT Global Languages Speech Contest: four MIT undergrads, four different languages, four different videos. Vote for your favorite. bit.ly/3L6Ichl
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Happy #WorldPortugueseLanguageDay! MIT senior Luz Grisales describes here experience studying Portuguese at MIT. She recently received an award in Global Languages for her excellence in language studies.
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Lecture at MIT by Willa Blythe Baker “Environment, Ethics and Embodiment: Buddhist Approaches to Climate Change” May 5 at 4:30 pm. Free and open to the public (register bit.ly/3LIkdWT) More info: chaobuddhism.mit.edu
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MIT Global France Seminar is excited to present a lecture May 2 by Jean Casimir (Université d’État d’Haïti) on "A Decolonial Reading of the History of the Haitians" @MIT_SHASS
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Tonight! MIT Global France Seminar presents lecture by Adi Saleem Bharat "The Coloniality of Islamophobia in Contemporary France" languages.mit.edu/events/lec…
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Congratulations to Isabelle de Courtivron on her new book "Une fille indocile" - reflecting on her involvement in the feminist movements of the 60s and 70s.
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Lecture by Willa Blythe Baker “Environment, Ethics and Embodiment: Buddhist Approaches to Climate Change”
at MIT (Lecture May 5. Meditation May 6). Register by April 28. chaobuddhism.mit.edu/
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MIT Global France Seminar presents lecture by Adi Saleem Bharat "The Coloniality of Islamophobia in Contemporary France" on April 25. languages.mit.edu/events/lec…
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Join us for a virtual poetry reading May 6 by MIT alumnae - a reading focused on bilingual, multilingual, and other “beyond English” poetry! tinyurl.com/mitalumnaepoetry
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Screening Second Mother / Que horas ela volta? (2015, Brazil) on 4/14 - explores upstairs/downstairs dynamic and what family really means. Free, open to MIT community. In Portuguese, English subtitles. Brief intro to film by Joaquín Terrones. bit.ly/3jtSSuP @MIT_SHASS
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Free film showing 4/7 open to MIT community. Award-winning and critically acclaimed, box office sensation seen in Brazil by over a million people. In Portuguese with English subtitles bit.ly/3Lzi0wq @MIT_SHASS
MIT Global Languages heritage language event: The MIT community is known for its multicultural fabric. But how often do our students have a chance to reflect on what it means to be part of two or more different cultures? @MIT_SHASS
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Free screening for MIT community: Bad Hair / Pelo malo (2013, Venezuela). Spanish with English subtitles. Thursday, March 31 at 7pm in 6-120. More info: bit.ly/3ujC9iQ
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Nilma Dominique makes it her mission to build bonds of community — whether it is in a language classroom at MIT, where she teaches Portuguese, more broadly across the Institute, or in the community at large. news.mit.edu/2022/nilma-domi…
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MIT's Global France Seminar is excited to host a lecture by Christy Pichichero "TALKING B(L)ACK: Theorizing Race and its Intersections in Critical Eighteenth-Century Studies" on March 29. More info: bit.ly/3Jj2hAU @MIT_SHASS
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MIT community: Free film screening of "Monos" (2019, Colombia). The film follows a group of armed teenage guerillas assigned to watch over a hostage. Spanish with English subtitles. Thu. 3/17 at 7pm. bit.ly/3C2TkJf @MIT_SHASS @MITstudents
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MIT Ibero-American Film Festival kicks off in a few hours with the screening of "Ixcanul" (2015, Guatemala). Free & Open to MIT community. With English subtitles. Intro by Norvin Richards.
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MIT electrical engineering students discuss their trip to Russia last January and their reaction to recent events. bit.ly/3HPoNja
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MIT Ibero-American Film Festival screens "Ixcanul" (2015, Guatemala) on 3/10/22. Free & Open to MIT community. In Kaqchikel Mayan & Spanish with English subtitles. Intro by Norvin Richards.
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MIT students: Are you a heritage language speaker? Have you ever wondered if other heritage speakers share similar experiences? Come to our “Heritage Meets Heritage” event March 11 at 5pm. @MITstudents bit.ly/3KccTBB
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MIT Ibero-American Film Festival launches with "Ixcanul" (2015, Guatemala) on 3/10/22. In-person, open to MIT community. Film by Jayro Bustamante. In Kaqchikel Mayan and Spanish with English subtitles. Intro before screening by Norvin Richards. @MIT_SHASS bit.ly/357F9G6
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