World Languages & Cultures

Movies shown during the festival reflected on the collective and individual capacity for empowerment to survive challenging socio-economic conditions, live in territories affected by environmental crises, and experience persecution and criminalization of struggles for justice in Latin America.

The Elon University senior and assistant professor of communication design, as well as Live Oak Communications, earned Gold Awards at the inaugural AEJMC Festival of Visual & Interactive Media contest. Additionally, Matt Newberry’s work was recently recognized in the Graphis New Talent Annual, which celebrates the top creative work from students across the globe.

Spanish Professors Ketevan Kupatadze and Mayte de Lama presented at the XXXV Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos held in Oaxaca, México.

Assistant Professor Tedd Wimperis celebrates the publication of his new book that focuses on how cultural identities are formed, expressed, and used in politics, inside the fictionalized world of the "Aeneid" and in the real-world Roman Empire. This book offers a chance for readers to think critically about how identities are formed through community and history across time periods.

The French Review published Adamson's articles about the value of using modern French stand-up comedy to teach language and culture from diverse perspectives.

On the occasion of the premiere of "La Monja Alferez" (The Lieutenant Nun), Teatro Circulo sponsored an academic symposium to explore New World dramaturgy.

Garcia, professor of Spanish in the World Languages and Cultures Department, presented about the presentation of death in Lope de Vega's moriscos plays.

Kristin Lange and Scott Windham from the Department of World Languages and Cultures presented their research at the annual convention and expo of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

The project was prompted by a common love of dogs among the students in the Elon 1010 class of Senior Lecturer April Post.