Week of April 29, 2012 to May 5, 2012

1. Tuesday, May 1, 2012

   1. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmNaomi Nagy, Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
      Romance Linguistics -- First Annual Illinois Romance Linguistics Lecture - Naomi Nagy, University of Toronto: "Language contact and lexical change in Faetar"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana
   2. 6:00 pm - 7:00 pmBosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Table
      Espresso Royale, on Goodwin and Oregon in Urbana

2. Wednesday, May 2, 2012

   1. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pmJapanese Language Table
      2050 Foreign Languages Building
   2. 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmLourdes Onederra, Writer (Universidad del Pais Vasco/Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca)
      SIP Colloquium - Lourdes Onederra, Writer (Universidad del PaIs Vasco/Real Academia de la Lengua Vasca): "Why do we write (in Basque)?"
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building

3. Thursday, May 3, 2012

   1.  Invited speakers: Prof. Mirjam Broersma (Max Planck Institute) and Prof. Jerry Packard (U of I Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures)
      SLATE - 4th Annual SLATE Graduate Research Symposium
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
   2. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmEALC--China Workshop: "Teaching and Learning about China"
      Room 160 English Building, 608 S. Wright, Urbana

4. Friday, May 4, 2012

   1. 4:00 pmEALC--Professor Ronald P. Toby: "Picturing the Japanese Past: From 'Illustration' to 'Text'"
      Bevier Commons (Bevier Hall, 905 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana)
   2. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmLINGUISTICS--End-of-year reception and student awards
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building