Accomplishments: Department of World Languages and Cultures

Marina Colacicchi-Garber (World Languages and Cultures) has had a new selection of poetry (in Russian) published in Prosodia literary magazine in Moscow.
Giuseppe Natale (World Languages and Cultures) has been awarded a contribution from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, aimed at supporting and expanding Italian programs at foreign universities. The award of 12,000 euros will support maintenance of existing second- and third-year offerings in Italian…
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) was interviewed for the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute's video series Lost Legacy. In Chapter 6 of the series, Byrne speaks about the importance of the novel Don Quijote, by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, for the U.S. Founding Fathers.
Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) has successfully completed the online training, Le Français pour université/French for University, organized by University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France. She attended eight weeks of training and was awarded a certificate of success on Jan. 11.   
Marina Garber-Colacicchi (World Languages and Cultures) has written poetry, "Tilted Landscape," ("Качнувшийся пейзаж") that has been published in Russian-German literary magazine The Text. 
Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) has successfully completed the online training ‘’La Francophonie: essence culturelle nécessité politique-2020" organized by University of Jean Moulin, Lyon, France. She has attended seven weeks of the following training and was awarded a certificate of success this month.
Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) took part in an online international colloquium, ‘’Israel est mondialement FLE,’’ in Israel last month. She presented a webinar,'' L’enseignement-apprentissage du FLE à distance: classé inversée." The conference was organized with the Association of French teachers (APFI/FIPF, the general inspection…
Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) recently presented a paper, "S or no s?  A lesson plan for integrating dialectal phonology in the beginning Medical Spanish classroom," at the Medical Spanish Summit.  
Marina Garber-Colacicchi (World Languages) participated in the evening of literary readings at the Harriman Institute and the New Review (Novyi Zhurnal). The readings were hosted by professor Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and included a presentation by Marina Adamovitch, editor-in-chief of the New Review, on the publication's…
Arpine Mkrtchyan (World Languages and Cultures) published a book, Les Manifestations Interculturels des Stéréotypes Interculturels dans les Traductions des Textes Poétiques with the Presses Académiques Francophones. It is a linguistic guideline for French language learners and master’s degree students. The book presents linguistic…
Marina Colacicchi-Garber (World Languages and Cultures) wrote "The Werther Effect," an essay published in the Interpoezia literary magazine, New York. 
Marina Colacicchi-Garber (World Languages and Cultures) gave an interview to the Moscow Women's Museum in Russia