Tag: modern languages literatures and cultures

Denis Crnković (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, retired) is continuing his role as consultant to The Cellar Press at The Grand Center for the Arts in New Ulm, conducting a hands-on seminar in advanced letterpress history and printing techniques in September 2024.

Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) published with Ápeiron ediciones (Madrid, Spain) his novella La máquina de Hotefes contra las tebiras [Hotefes’ Machine Against the Tebirae] on September 9, 2024. The novel is published after receiving a positive recommendation in the Gregorio Samsa contest (Ápeiron). The novella takes place in a post-apocaliptic…

Paschal Kyiiripuo Kyoore (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) was invited to submit a piece on African culture, with discussion questions for educators and the general public. TED-Ed lessons feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. “The tale of the boy who tricked a tyrant” is a West African Dagara…

Maria Isabel Kalbermatten (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) published the article “Depicting ‘La Grieta‘: The Role of Political Satire and Humor in Argentinean Polarization.” In this article, Kalbermatten explores “la grieta” in Argentine society, the deep and irreconcilable division, primarily between Kirchneristas and Anti-Kirchneristas, that fragments and polarizes the nation. It significantly shapes political, social,…

Denis Crnković (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, retired) recently conducted two seminars about the history, theory, and practice of letterpress printing at New Ulm’s Grand Center for Arts and Culture Cellar Press studio.

Carlos Mario Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) published his novella “Antonieta de muchos nombres” [“Antonieta of Many Names”] on March 28, 2024 (Ediciones Alborismos). The novel is an imagining of Antonieta Rivas Mercado’s biography. Rivas Mercado was a Mexican writer and art promoter at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. She found herself…

Darío Sánchez-González (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) recently taught a class in Shana Komitee’s course “Vibrant Legacies in Theater” at the Juilliard School in New York City. The class, “Federico García Lorca: Half a Loaf of Bread and a Book in a Wooden Basket,” focused on the Spanish poet and playwright’s views on artistic inspiration…

Séverine Bates (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) and Brianne Twaddle (Technology Services) co-presented at the annual Minnesota College Personnel Association conference in early March. This year’s conference theme was anti-racism, Inclusion, and belonging in higher ed, and they presented on “Employee Resource Groups in Higher Education,” with a focus on the BIPOC and accomplices Employee…

Maria Isabel Kalbermatten (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) co-authored the article “Tato Bores, Monólogo 2000: carnaval, sátira política y destrucción de la autoridad” (In Spanish) with Alicia Ocampo. Examining the discourse of the renowned Argentine humorist Mauricio Benjamín Borensztein (1927–1996), known as Tato Bores, the authors delve into his iconic televised political monologues from 1957…