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Events for November 2012

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  1. Week of October 28, 2012

    1. Thursday, November 1, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies'Conversation Table in Modern Greek
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      2. 4:00 pmSibelan Forrester, Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Swarthmore College
        Sibelan Forrester, Professor at Swarthmore College: "A Russian in Persia, and Persia in Russian: Translating Yuri Tynyanov's 'The Death of the Vazir-Mukhtar'"
        101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth St., Champaign
      3. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      4. 6:00 pmEszter Szalczer, Department of Theatre and English,University at Albany
        GERMANIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURES -- Eszter Szalczer, Department of Theatre and English,University at Albany: "Dream Matters: August Strindberg's Dream Play and Constructions of Subjective Space on the Stage"
        3rd Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana

    2. Friday, November 2, 2012

      1. All DayKeynote speakers: Reem Bassiouney, Associate Prof of Arabic Linguistics, Georgetown University; Professor Abbas Benmamoun, UIUC; Usama Soltan, Assistant Professor of Arabic, Middlebury
        Illinois Symposium on Semitic Linguistics
        Friday, Nov. 2 - Reading Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana; Saturday, Nov. 3, Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 2:00 pmCENTER FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES -- Blood of the Sun: Reading and Conversation with Salgado Maranhao and Alexis Levitin
        Literatures and Languages Library, 200 South Main Library
      3. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pmProfessor Young Keun Ko (Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University)
        LINGUISTICS--Professor Young Keun Ko (Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University): "Standardization of the Korean language and writing system: A proposal for North-east Asian language-culture union"
        4080A Foreign Languages Building

    3. Saturday, November 3, 2012

      1. All DayKeynote speakers: Reem Bassiouney, Associate Prof of Arabic Linguistics, Georgetown University; Professor Abbas Benmamoun, UIUC; Usama Soltan, Assistant Professor of Arabic, Middlebury
        Illinois Symposium on Semitic Linguistics
        Friday, Nov. 2 - Reading Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana; Saturday, Nov. 3, Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

  2. Week of November 4, 2012

    1. Sunday, November 4, 2012

      1. 3:00 pmJohn R. Senseney, School of Architecture, UIUC
        CLASSICS - John R. Senseney, School of Architecture, UIUC: "The Use and Transmission of Architectural Drawings in the Classical World"
        Room 62 Krannert Art Museum (Auditorium)

    2. Monday, November 5, 2012

      1. 9:00 am - 5:00 pmKeynote speakers: Mr. Alexey Kozhemyakov, Head of the Charter Secretariaat the Council of Europe; Professor Alexandra Jaffe (Linguistics, California State University, Long Beach); and Professor Inigo Urrutia (School of Law, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao)
        'What have we achieved?' Symposium for the 20th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building; 2090B Foreign Languages Building

    3. Tuesday, November 6, 2012

      1. 5:00 pmSPANISH, ITALIAN & PORTUGUESE -- Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain, Informational/Recruitment Meeting
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Lanaguages Building

    4. Wednesday, November 7, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProf. Jill Jegerski, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
        SLATE talk -- Prof. Jill Jegerski, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese: "Strategic Processing of Case Markers in Near-Native Spanish"
        Room G-32 (basement), Foreign Languages Building
      2. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union

    5. Thursday, November 8, 2012

      1. 1:00 pm - 6:00 pmSession 1 chair: Valerie Hoffman, Dept. of Religion (1-3:30 pm); Session 2 chair: Robert McKim, Dept. of Religion
        SLCL, RELIGION -- CSAMES presents a symposium: "Ethnicity, Citizenship and Human Rights in Burma: The History and Plight of the Rohingya"
        Heritage Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana
      2. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      3. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Ming Xiang, University of Chicago
        Linguistics Seminar Series -- Professor Ming Xiang, University of Chicago: "Negation, polarity items and semantic processing"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      4. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)

    6. Friday, November 9, 2012

      1. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
        Basement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)

  3. Week of November 11, 2012

    1. Monday, November 12, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Eleonora Stoppino
        SIP -- Professor Eleonora Stoppino: "Tarzan in Tuscany: Wild Children and Education in Fourteenth-Century Italy"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    2. Tuesday, November 13, 2012

      1. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmProfessor Judith Ryan, Harvard University
        GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES -- Professor Judith Ryan, Harvard University: "'Their Own Worlds of Ice': Arctic Exploration in Christoph Ransmayr and W. G. Sebald"
        Music Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St.

    3. Wednesday, November 14, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union

    4. Thursday, November 15, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmJill Hallett, Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics
        Linguistics Seminar Series -- Jill Hallett, Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies'Conversation Table in Modern Greek
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      3. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)

    5. Friday, November 16, 2012

      1. 2:00 pmAlison Lanski, U. of I.
        CLASSICS -- Alison Lanski, U. of I.: "The Use of Emissaries in Herodotus' 'Cyrus Logos'"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana

  4. Week of November 25, 2012

    1. Monday, November 26, 2012

      1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmProfessor Rebecca Foote
        SIP Colloquium -- Professor Rebecca Foote: "The production of agreement in L2 Spanish"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

    2. Wednesday, November 28, 2012

      1. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pmRussian Conversation Table
        Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union

    3. Thursday, November 29, 2012

      1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmEAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Japanese Language Table
        2050 Foreign Languages Building
      2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmVandana Puri, Ph.D. candidate, Linguistics
        Linguistics Seminar Series -- Vandana Puri, Ph.D. candidate: "Pitch Accents in Hindi-English Late and Simultaneous Bilinguals"
        Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
      3. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmModern Greek Studies'Conversation Table in Modern Greek
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)
      4. 5:30 pm - 7:00 pmFrench Pause Cafe
        Espresso Royale, 1117 W. Oregon, Urbana (corner of Oregon and Goodwin)

    4. Friday, November 30, 2012

      1. 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmDr. Alyssa Park, Dept. of History, University of Iowa
        EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Dr. Alyssa Park, Dept. of History, University of Iowa: "Korean Family in Comparative Perspective: Looking Beyond the North: Korean Migrants, Passports, and Citizenship in Russia and Manchuria at the Turn of the 20th Century"
        2090 B Foreign Languages Building
      2. 5:00 pm - 6:00 pmBasement, Illini Union (near Sushi-San)
        EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES -- Korean Conversation Table
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