News from World Languages and Cultures
A Nazi magazine regularly published manipulated photos and misinformation, long before the age of AI
Magilow Published in The Conversation – Explore how a Nazi magazine used manipulated photos and misinformation long before the digital age. This article examines the historical roots of media manipulation and its implications for modern information warfare.
Rethinking Language and Race: Clemons Investigates a New Linguistic Approach
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
An award from the Spencer Foundation supports Assistant Professor Aris Clemons in a project exploring a hemispheric Black language pedagogy for teaching Spanish and other languages.
Faculty Honored for Excellence in Teaching at College Convocation
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
THE CONVERSATION: “Cherry blossoms – celebrated in Japan for centuries and gifted to Americans – are an appreciation of impermanence and spring”
“Cherry blossoms – celebrated in Japan for centuries and gifted to Americans – are an appreciation of impermanence and spring” an article by Małgorzata (Gosia) Citko-DuPlantis, PhD, in The Conversation.
Memorial Service for Natalia Pervukhina
February 9, 2024
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Department of World Languages and Cultures and The Russian Program and the Family of Natalia Pervukhina announce a Memorial gathering on Zoom to celebrate Natasha’s life Sunday, February 11th, 2024.
Live Music Duo Jazzes Up Vintage Italian Drama
February 7, 2024
The visuals will be vintage but the music will be in real time during a showing of the Italian-made silent film Tigre Reale (1916) at 8 p.m. Thursday, February 29, at the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building. It is a unique opportunity to see a restored work of art from more than 100 years ago and hear a live film score performed by a duo of internationally renowned musicians.
Fifth Annual Vernacular Symposium
October 13, 2023
FIFTH ANNUAL VERNACULAR SYMPOSIUM
March 21-23, 2024
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Theme: “Lost and Found in Translation: Literature and Language in a Multicultural World”
Vernacular Call for Papers
August 30, 2023
Vernacular: New Connections in Language, Literature & Culture is a peer-reviewed journal organized by graduate students in the Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLC) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK).
The journal accepts high-quality submissions of scholarly essays, book reviews, interviews, and translations, as well as short stories and poetry. We welcome entries written in English, French, German, or Spanish. Deadline for upcoming submissions: December 15, 2023.
GaboFest: A Celebration of Gabriel García Márquez
February 14, 2022
GaboFest: A Celebration of Gabriel García Márquez, a virtual event to be held on March 22-23, 2022.
Open House
October 19, 2022
Are you curious about: Other languages and cultures? Studying abroad? How a foreign language major or minor can work with your college and career plans?
Italian Theater Students Performance
May 23, 2022
On May 11th, Annachiara Mariani’s Italian Theatre students performed excerpts from Commedia dell’arte, Machiavelli’s La Mandragola, Goldoni’s La Locandiera and Mozart-Da Ponte’s Don Giovanni.