FROM THE CHAIR
The April issue of the Foreign Languages Newsletter is a great occasion
for us to reflect upon the activities of the past year. This has been
a particularly active year in Foreign Languages, and it presents an
opportunity to offer kudos to many Department members. Our colleagues
have been productive in research and scholarly presentations over
the past twelve months, with three books published, 16 articles, and
17 presentations and public talks.
The year also saw the creation of our new Web site, www.clarku.edu/departments/foreign/,
which provides information about faculty, academic programs, study
abroad opportunities, and a view of "Life after Clark," a series of
commentaries from our graduates that detail how their education has
helped them in their chosen employment.
We are especially proud of our achievements in helping
to launch two Spanish-language internship options for students with
a high level of Spanish interested in combining language with business
or government service [Tandem II in Madrid] or field work in developing
countries [Dominican Republic]. These are the first Clark internships
in non-English speaking countries. Adding to the life of ideas on
our own campus, since September we have hosted guest speakers who
presented public lectures on everything from Wagner and Hitler to
Canadian literature.
This year, we were able to make important equipment upgrades with
two new multi-standard VCRs for the 4th floor of Estabrook Hall. In
addition, we are pleased to announce recent confirmation of a major
overhaul of VCR and interactive computer equipment that will be in
place in the 3rd floor classroom as well.
As I prepare for my year-long sabbatical, this is also the ideal occasion
to offer a warm welcome to our colleague, Paul Burke, professor of
Classics and Ancient Civilization, who has graciously agreed to serve
as acting chair of the Department for the coming academic year.
With my best wishes for a relaxing and productive
summer.
--Carol D'Lugo
ACADEMIC SPREE DAY
Four students will be participating in this year's "Academic Spree
Day" under the Foreign Languages Department rubric. Frank Griffiths
'00 (sponsored by Prof. Carol D'Lugo) will present a posterboard,
"Foreign Correspondent: Reporting on Politics and Culture from Madrid."
The display, to be located in Tilton Hall in the Higgins University
Center, will chronicle some of the activities Frank was involved in
last semester as a Clark intern in Madrid where he assisted The New
York Times and CNN correspondent, Alan Goodman.
"The National Imagination" course will be represented by a panel entitled
"Imagined Communities in Germany, France, and Argentina," presented
by Erica Fasano, '00, Jessica Hochman '02, and Katie P. Turner '03
(sponsored by Professors Marvin D'Lugo, Dorothy Kaufmann, and Walter
Schatzberg).
FACULTY NOTES
On April 28, MICHIKO AOKI, associate professor of Japanese, will give
a talk at the Harvard Asia Law Society on "Gender Issues in the Modern
Japanese Workplace."
The Fragmented Novel in Mexico: The Politics of Form (University of
Texas Press, 1997) authored by Carol D'Lugo, Department chair and
associate professor of Spanish, has been selected for publication
with netLibrary, as part of a select group of scholarly books offered
to libraries world-wide. This new venture, eBooks, is the largest
operation of its kind in the world, with over 130 publishers participating
in this latest step in the electronic information revolution.
An article by HARTMUT KAISER, associate professor of German, "Music
as Theme, Symbol, and Structural Model in Willi Bredel's Novella Spring
Sonata," appeared in Ars Lyrica, Journal of the Lyrica Society, Vol.
10 (1999), 77-95.
STUDY ABROAD ACTIVITIES
Fifteen students have been accepted in Clark-affiliated study abroad
programs for next year.
Five will participate in Clark's program at the University of Bourgogne
in Dijon, France. They are: Sarah Anderson, Alison Baldwin, Elizabeth
Hamilton, and Tega Shivute. Shawn Paul will spend the full academic
year 2000-2001 in Dijon.
Four German majors will spend next year as
part of the Clark program at the University of Trier. They are Briera
Dale, Kimberly Ezold, Heather Sensibaugh, and Leah Vecchione. A fifth
German major, James Dymond, who currently holds the Lehman Scholarship
in German, will be returning from Trier for his senior year at Clark.
Spanish major Trudi Lampart will spend the
fall semester at the University of Sevilla, while four Clarkies will
participate in the Tandem I Program in Madrid. They are: Stephan Geissler,
Rayna Glucksman, Leslie Gohde, and Alissa Lavelle. Kristen Miller
will spend the semester studying at the newly-established Clark affiliate
program at the University of Santiago in the Dominican Republic.
INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS GALORE
Elizabeth Watkins, who coordinates Clark's London Internships, recently
visited our campus. Under the auspices of her organization, International
Internship Programme, she has worked with Clark faculty and students
for many years, providing internship placements in British organizations
of many varieties. Ms. Watkins informs us that besides these traditional
placements, qualified students may also seek semester-long internship
opportunities in countries other than the United Kingdom (Japan, Portugal,
Germany, Austria, France, Latin America, Malaysia, and Greece). For
further information regarding such opportunities, please contact Adriane
Van Gils or Uwe Gertz in the Study Abroad Office.
ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS
JULIE FEENEY (Spanish '00) has been selected for an award as one of
51 graduating seniors from across the University who have combined
participation in Clark athletic teams with outstanding academic performance.
As a graduating Spanish major, Julie has managed to maintain a high
academic standing while also participating on the Cross Country team.
GERMAN HONOR STUDENTS
Three seniors with a minor in German have been elected to membership
in Delta Phi Alpha, the national honor society for German students.
We congratulate IREM ONCER, IWONA SAWICKI, and CHARLES SMIAROWSKI.
NEW PRAGUE/TEREZIN COURSE
Next month for the first time, Clark faculty will be offering a new
course jointly sponsored by the Judaic Studies and Holocaust and Genocide
Studies Programs in conjunction with the Stassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
"Prague and Theresienstad: The European Jewish Past, the Holocaust,
and Today's Research," taught by Prof. EVERETT FOX, will begin May
22 and run through June 9, 2000. In Prague, students will encounter
the rich past and pre-war Jewish life, while studying at the Prague
Jewish Museum and synagogues. In Terezin, an ordinary town transformed
into a
transit camp and prison, students will study how the incarcerated
Jews created a vibrant community in the shadows of deportations eastward.
DRAMATIC EXPRESSION TRADITION RENEWED
One of the our popular Department traditions was renewed on April
20, when the Spanish Dramatic Expression class (Sp. 140), conducted
by Prof. CONCHA SEVILLA, presented a public performance of their activities
to an enthusiastic audience of over forty people. The program included
dramatized scenes from plays by Federico García Lorca, poetic recitations
from Lorca, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, and others, and a series
of comic skits and musical numbers that highlighted the group's impressive
linguistic talents.
BARBERA AWARDS IN SPANISH ANNOUNCED
Each year for nearly three decades the Department has awarded the
Raymond and Phyllis Barbera Prize for excellence in Spanish. The award
is intended to recognize not only academic achievement in Hispanic
Studies, but also qualities of citizenship demonstrated by students
in behalf of the Spanish program, the Foreign Languages Department,
and the University in general. This year, we are pleased to announce
that the prize will go to two outstanding senior majors: MICHAEL ARISTIDE
and JULIE FEENEY.
END OF THE YEAR PARTY
The annual end-of-the-year Foreign Languages party will be held on
Wednesday, May 3, in Estabrook Hall 302 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. All faculty,
graduating majors, and Foreign Languages teaching assistants are cordially
invited to attend.
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