Modern Languages and Literatures

Chili-Canada : une relation avec future

Dans le cadre de la Série des Conférences des Ambassadeurs,

le Département des Langues et Littératures Modernes de l’Université d’Ottawa

 a le plaisir de vous inviter à la conférence

Chili-Canada : une relation avec future

par Son Excellence

Alejandro Marisio,

Ambassadeur du Chili au Canada

le Mercredi 16 novembre 2016 à 17 heures

French
Sub-title: 
Série des Conférences des Ambassadeurs
Date: 
Wednesday 16 November 2016 à 17 h 00
Event language: 

Chile-Canada: A Relationship with a Future

As part of the Ambassador Lecture Series,

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures of the University of Ottawa

has the pleasure of inviting you to the lecture

Chile-Canada : a relationship with a future

by His Excellency

Alejandro Marisio,

Ambassador of Chile to Canada

Wednesday November 16th, 2016, 5.00pm

English
Sub-title: 
Ambassador Lecture Series
Date: 
Wednesday, 16 November 2016 - 5:00 pm
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The Road Back Home

The Road Back Home: The Sephardic Appropriation of Leone Ebreo’s Dialogues of Love through its First Spanish Language Translation.

By James W. Nelson Novoa, assistant professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literature (Spanish),  and Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

7 November 7, 2016, at noon. Archives and Special Collections, Morisset Building (MRT039)

English
Sub-title: 
The Sephardic Appropriation of Leone Ebreo’s Dialogues of Love through its First Spanish Language Translation
Date: 
Monday, 7 November 2016 - 12:00 pm
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Belarus: A Presentation of the Country

Département des langues et littératures modernes                             Department of modern Languages and Literatures

Groupe de recherche en études de l'Europe Centrale et de l'Est              Central and Eastern European Studies Research Group

in co-operation with  the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus,

cordially invite you to a public lecture, in English, entitled

 

Belarus: A Presentation of the Country

 

English
Date: 
Tuesday, 8 November 2016 - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
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Yiddish in the New Millennium

Yiddish is far from “dead” or “dying,” with many exciting new developments in the Yiddish language and culture since the beginning of the new millennium. This symposium brings together international scholars to present their research on areas of innovation in Yiddish since the year 2000.

Saturday evening begins with an opening session from 7:30-9:30 pm and a performance talk on "Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish Songs" by Judith Cohen of York University. Saturday's event takes place at Library and Archives, Canada.

English
Sub-title: 
A Symposium on new Yiddish language and culture
Date: 
Saturday, 5 November 2016 - 7:30 pm to Sunday, 6 November 2016 - 7:00 pm
Event language: 

What are the Classics good for? Italy and humanistic culture

“A che servono i Greci e i Romani? L'Italia e la cultura umanistica” (What are the Classics good for? Italy and humanistic culture)

The talk will be in Italian.

Talk by Prof. Maurizio Bettini, Director of the Institute of Anthropology of the Ancient World at the University os Pisa.

31 October 2016 – at 12:00
Hamelin (Arts) 509 University of Ottawa
70 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa
In collaboration with the Italian Culture Institute in Toronto.

English
Sub-title: 
Lecture in Italian
Date: 
Monday, 31 October 2016 - 12:00 pm
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Reading by German author Christopher Kloeble

Christopher Kloeble will read from his critically acclaimed novel Meistens alles sehr schnell (Almost everything very fast) in German and English. 1:00 pm, Simard Hall, Room 125. Free admission, everyone welcome. 

English
Date: 
Friday, 4 November 2016 - 1:00 pm
Event type: 
Event language: 

De la Réforme à la mondialisation

De la Réforme à la mondialisation:

le Canada, l’Allemagne et le monde

Une exposition de de livres rares et une une conférence universitaire  à l'occasion du 500e anniversaire du début de la Réforme protestante et le 150e anniversaire de la fondation du Canada

5 au 7 octobre 2017, Université Saint-Paul, Ottawa

French
Sub-title: 
Exposition et conférence, 5-7 octobre 2017
Date: 
Thursday 5 October 2017 à 16 h 00 to Saturday 7 October 2017 à 21 h 00
Event language: 

From the Reformation to Globalization

From Reformation to Globalization in Canada, Germany, and the World

An exhibition of library treasures and an academic conference on the dual occasion

of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation and the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation 

5-7 October 2017, Saint Paul University, Ottawa

 

English
Sub-title: 
Exhibition and Conference, 5-7 October 2017
Date: 
Thursday, 5 October 2017 - 4:00 pm to Saturday, 7 October 2017 - 9:00 pm
Event language: 

Literary Translation

Swiss-German author Christian Kracht and his American translator Daniel Bowles will read and discuss passages in the German original (published in 2012) and English translation (2015) from Kracht's novel Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas, following an introduction and Q&A with the author by Arnim Seelig, McGill University. 

English
Sub-title: 
A dialogue between Christian Kracht and his translator
Date: 
Tuesday, 22 March 2016 - 6:00 pm
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