Sessions of World Languages Day 2005
Memorial Union (MU) 800 Langdon Street
Red Gym 716 Langdon Street
Lowell Center 610 Langdon Street
1. African Story-Telling: The Music of Words
Presenter: Harold Scheub
Featured Languages:
Xhosa, Arabic and other African languages
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location:
MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
2. Alexander the Great and the Ancient Greek Language: From the Ionian Sea to the Indus Valley
Presenter: William Aylward
Featured Language: Greek
Department/Program: Department of Classics
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
3. Around the Philippines in 40 Minutes: A Language and Culture Sampler
Presenter: Monita Manalo
Featured Language: Filipino
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
4. ASL...The 3rd Most Used Language in America!
Presenters: Michele Guyette and Ann Cassell
Featured Language: American Sign Languag
e
Department/Program: Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education
Location: MU – Tripp Commons (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
5. Brazilian Rainforest: The Lost/Last Paradise?
Presenter: Vanessa Fitzgibbon
Featured Language: Portuguese
Department/Program: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Location: MU – Tripp Commons (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
6. Chinese Martial Arts in Literature and Film
Presenter: Nicole Huang
Featured Language: Chinese
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location: MU - Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
7. Chinese Painting: Thought and Drawing
Presenter: Wei Dong
Featured Language: Chinese
Department/Program: Department of Environment, Textiles and Design; School of Human Ecology
Location: Red Gym, Lounge (2nd Floor)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
8. Choose Your Own Adventure: Study Abroad
Presenters: Julie Lindsey & Peer Advisors
Featured Language: General
Department/Program: International Academic Programs
Location: Lowell Hall, Room B1B
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
9. Clothing the Body in Codes: The Textiles of Xhosa Women
Presenter: Nolutho Diko
Featured Language: Xhosa
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Capital View (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
10. Czech Culture: Why do 40,000 American Ex-Pats Live in Prague?
Presenter: David Danaher
Featured Language: Czech
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location:
MU – Round Table South (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
11. Dating in Japanese: Secrets of the Shining Prince
Presenter: Charo D'Etcheverry
Featured Language: Japanese
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location:
MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
12. Dutch: A Big "Little" Language (And why is water so important to the Dutch?)
Presenter: Jolanda Taylor
Featured Language: Dutch
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
13. French Film Today: From Nikita to Amelie
Presenter: Kelley Conway
Featured Language: French
Department/Program: Department of Communication Arts
Location:
MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
14. From SHALOM to L'HAYIM to HALLELUJAH, from HUTZPAH to MAZAL TOV to AMEN: Hebrew Is Not As Foreign As You May Think
Presenters: Bilha Mirkin & Haya Yuchtman
Featured Language: Modern Hebrew
Department/Program: Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Location: MU – Langdon Room (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
15. German-Americans in Wisconsin
Presenter: Monika Chavez
Featured Language: German
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
16. Greet Your Friend in Persian
Presenter: Atefeh Oliai
Featured Language: Persian
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
17. Hebrew in Caves:
The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Presenter: Kent Reynolds
Featured Language: Biblical Hebrew
Department/Program: Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
18. India is Closer Than You Think: A Journey Through its Languages
Presenter: V. Narayana Rao
Featured Languages: Telugu & Sanskrit
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location:
Red Gym, Mezzanine AB (Enter through the Multicultural Student Center on the second floor)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
19. The Inkas' World Through Inka Language
Presenter: Armando Muyulema
Featured Language: Quichua
Department/Program: Department of Anthropology
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
20. Italy -- the greatest place on earth! Why Italian should be a part of your future
Presenter: Christopher Kleinhenz
Featured Language: Italian
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Great Hall (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
21. Kendo
Presenter: Mark Kenoyer
Featured Language: Japanese
Department/Program: Department of Anthropology
Location: MU – Great Hall (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
22. KINO: un microcinéma planétaire
Presenter: Ritt Deitz
Featured Language: French
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Play Circle (2nd Floor Theater Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
23. L'Americanité: Integrating French Studies into American Studies
Presenter: Deborah Jenson
Feature
d Language: French
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Langdon Room (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
24. The Language of the Mandala: Tibetan Buddhism and World Creation
Presenter: Sara McClintock
Featured Language: Tibetan
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location:
MU – Beefeaters (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
25. Languages and Jobs: National Security Opportunities
Presenter: Ben Rifkin
Featured Language: Russian
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages & Literature
Location: MU – Reception (4th Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: OPEN
26. Languages of Wisconsin
Presenter: Mark Louden
Featured Language: General
Department/Program: Department of German
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
27. Learn One Language, Get Three for Free: Serbo-Croatian and the Countries of Former Yugoslavia
Presenter: Marina Antic
Featured Language: Serbo-Croatian
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Board Room (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
28. More Than You Bargained For: Spanish Culture, Cities, and Money
Presenter: Juan Egea
Featured Language: Spanish
Department/Program: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Location: Red Gym, Lounge (2nd Floor)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
29. Nawruz: New Year in Central Asia
Presenter: Uli Schamiloglu
Featured Language: Uzbek
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Langdon Room 4th Floor Central Core
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
30. New Sounds from the North
Presenter: Tom DuBois
Featured Language: Finnish
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location:
MU – Round Table South (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
31. Peace Corps Life is Calling. How far will you go?
Presenter: Damian Wampler
Featured Language:
Russian, Tajik and various languages
Department/Program: Peace Corps
Location: Red Gym, Lounge (2nd Floor)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
32. Polish Heritage and Poland Today
Presenter:
Artur Placzkiewicz
Featured Language: Polish
Department/Program: Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
33. Russian Fairy Tales
Presenter: Jennifer Tishler
Featured Language: Russian
Department/Program: Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia
Location: Lowell Hall, Room B1B
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
34. Scandinavia For All Your Senses
Presenters: Susan Brantly & Nete Schmidt
Featured Language: Swedish and Danish
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: MU – Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
35. Speaking Swahili Through Your Clothes
Presenters: UW Faculty & Students
Featured Language: Swahili
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Reception (4th Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
36. Study Abroad in France: You Can Do It!
Presenter: Sally Magnan
Featured Lan
guage: French
Department/Program: Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Reception (4th Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
37. Study in South India for College Credit
Presenter: Rachel Weiss
Featured Language: Tamil
Department/Program: Center for South Asia
Location:
MU – Round Table South (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 10:20am-11:00am
Session Status: CANCELLED
38. Surfing Indonesian, Exploring the Islands
Presenters: Ellen Rafferty & Amelia Liwe
Featured Language: Indonesian
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
39. Top-Ten Hits of Arabic Music
Presenters:
Dustin Cowell with Ian Blood and Karima Selvie Berkani
Featured Language: Arabic
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Great Hall (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
40. Turkish Sufi Poetry
Presenter: Sarah Atis
Featured Language: Turkish
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location:
Red Gym, Mezzanine AB (Enter through the Multicultural Student Center on the second floor)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
41. Vietnamese can be fun
Presenter: ThuyAnh T Nguyen
Featured Language: Vietnamese
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Round Table South (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
42. A Viking Adventure
Presenters: Peggy Hager and UW Students
Featured Language: Norwegian
Department/Program: Department of Scandinavian Studies
Location: MU - Inn Wisconsin (2nd Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: CLOSED
43. Village Life in Northern Thailand: A Journey through Photography
Presenter: Katherine Bowie
Featured Language: Thai
Department/Program: Department of Anthropology
Location: MU – Capitol View (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
44. Wah Bhai Wah! Sing Out If You Feel It, Urdu Style
Presenter: Robert Phillips
Featured Language: Urdu
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Board Room (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
45. A Walk through Ancient Rome
Presenter: Katia Schorle
Featured Language: Latin
Department/Program: Department of Classics
Location: MU – Reception (4th Floor East Wing)
Time: 9:20am-10:00am
Session Status: OPEN
46. Welcome to Mundo Maya
Presenter: Fernando Tzib
Featured Language: Yucatec Maya
Department/Program: Department of Latin American Iberian and Caribbean Studies
Location: Lowell Hall, Room B1B
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
47. What Can You Do with Japanese?: Voices of Recent Graduates
Presenter: Naomi Fujita Geyer
Featured Language: Japanese
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Old Madison East (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 12:15pm-12:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
48. Where Do Sugar and Pajamas Come From? India and the Puzzles of Knowledge
Presenter: Vinay Dharwadker
Featured Language: Hindi & Marathi
Department/Program: Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
Location: MU – Capitol View (4th Floor Central Core)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
49. Yin and Yang of Korean Language and MusicPresenters: B.J. Lim & Andy Sutton
Featured Language: Korean
Department/Program: Department of East Asian Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Langdon Room 4th Floor Central Core
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
50. Yoruba Greetings
Presenter: Obadele Kambon
Featured Language: Yoruba
Department/Program: Department of African Languages and Literature
Location: MU – Old Madison West (3rd Floor East Wing)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: OPEN
Teachers' Sessions
Teachers’ Session #1
Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium: What Resources We Offer for Your Classroom
Presenters: Rachel Weiss and Lara Kain
Department/Program: WIOC Area Studies and Outreach Programs
Location: Red Gym, Mezzanine AB (Enter via the second floor)
Time: 12:15pm-1:45pm
Session Status: OPEN
Teachers’ Session #2
The Nuts & Bolts of Language Requirements and Enrollment Procedures at UW
Presenter: Andrew Irving, PhD., Sr. Lecturer, SOAR (Student Orientation Advising and Registration) Foreign Language Consultant, French Advisor, and Director of the French House, Department of French and Italian
Location:
Red Gym, Mezzanine AB (Enter through the Multicultural Student Center on the second floor)
Time: 12:15pm-1:45pm
Session Status: OPEN
Teacher's Session #3
Celebrating Language and Culture in Your High School
Presenters: Erlin Barnard, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia; Paula Garrett, Language Institute; Charles James, Department of German
Location: Lowell Hall, B1A
Time: 12:15pm-1:45pm
Session Status: OPEN
Teachers’ Session #4
Language Connections in Our Schools
Presenters: Susan Brantly, Department of Scandinavian Studies; Harold Scheub, Department of African Languages and Literature; Sally Magnan, Department of French and Italian
Location: MU – Paul Bunyan (1st Floor Central Core)
Time: 1:15pm-1:55pm
Session Status: CLOSED
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