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Maria Isabel Kalbermatten (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Maria Isabel Kalbermatten published an article, “The Role of Verbal Irony in Conflict Talk Among Relatives and Friends in an Argentinian Community” in Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict (John Benjamins). This article describes specific roles of verbal irony in conflict talk among close relatives and intimate friends.

Laurent Déchery (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures & Philosophy)

Laurent Déchery published a book, Lire est un roman (Reading Is a Novel). It is a mix of literary promenades, essays on reading, interpretation of Patrick Modiano’s “Chien de Printemps” and Diderot’s tales, and autobiographical pieces.

Carlos Mejía Suárez (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Carlos Mejía Suárez published an article,”La écfrasis del archivo visual del dolor como estrategia narrativa en la novelística de Pablo Montoya” [“The Ekphrasis of Visual Archives of Pain as a Narrative Strategy in Pablo Montoya’s novels”], that appeared in the most recent Revista de Estudios Colombianos (#51). The article studies ekphrasis as a way to […]

Paschal Kyoore, 2018 Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award, Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department

Paschal Kyoore was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Gustavus Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award. Presented each year at Honors Day, this award is the highest accolade a Gustavus faculty member can receive for distinguished scholarly achievements.

Yuki Sakuragi (Modern Language, Literature, and Cultures)

Yuki Sakuragi published a book chapter, “Experimental Learning of Intercultural Communication through short-term study in Japan” in Promoting Multicultural Experiential Learning in Higher Education (Nakanishiya Publishing, Kyoto, 2018).

Denis Crnkovic (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Denis Crnković had his article, “On the Contexts of Edith Södergran’s Russian Poem, ‘Tikho, Tikho, Tikho,’” accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Scandinavica, the interdisciplinary journal of Scandinavian philology published by the Department of Scandinavian and Dutch Philology at St. Petersburg University (Russia).

Angelique Dwyer (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Angelique Dwyer published her article “De broma en broma la verdad se asoma: Lotería y dicotomía cultural en ‘Sístole, diastole’ de Carlos Cuarón” in a book entitled Literatura a través de las culturas edited by Williams, Raymond L. & Ponce de León, Gina through Diente de león publishers in Bogotá, Colombia. 2017. She also published […]

Paschal Kyoore (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Paschal Kyoore published a book of collection of folktales and legends titled Contes et légendes dagara. Paris, L’Harmattan, 2017.

Paschal Kyoore (Modern Language, Literature, and Cultures), Ursula Lindqvist (Scandinavian Studies), and Kathleen Keller (History)

Paschal Kyoore, Ursula Lindqvist, and Kathleen Keller represented Gustavus at an African studies conference hosted by Saint Olaf College titled “Africa in the 20th century classroom.” Keller also presented a paper titled “Myths, Misconceptions, History, and Stereotypes: Teaching about African ‘tribes’.”

Angelique Dwyer (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Angelique Dwyer published her creative non-fiction story written in Spanglish entitled “My Brother the Mexican” in the peer reviewed online journal PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, Vol. 14. Number 1 (2017) edited by renowned academic Paul Allatson. This piece is part of a collection of short stories under the same title, all of which […]