The Bi-Weekly MFLL E-Newsletter
MONDAY, January 14, 2008
The Newsletter for Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
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• Two of Nike Arnold's (German) articles were published in the international journal System and the annual AAUSC volume (American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators) as follows:  "Reducing foreign language communication apprehension with computer-mediated communication: A preliminary study." System, 35 (4), 469-486, and "False beginners' transition to college level foreign language classes: Beliefs, expectations and cultures of learning," in J. Siskin (Ed.), From thought to action: Exploring beliefs and outcomes in the foreign language program (pp. 112-134). Heinle.
  
  

• Irina Bobrovitskaya (French) successfully completed all requirements for the M.A. in French and was graduated in fall 2007.



• Nuria Cruz-Camara (Spanish) has signed a contract with Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs to publish her book, "El laberinto intertextual de Carmen Martín Gaite."



• Megan Gonzales (Spanish) successfully completed all requirements for the M.A. in Spanish and was graduated in fall 2007.



• Keith Moser's (recent Ph.D. in French) book based on his doctoral dissertation, "The Complex Ambivalence of 'Privileged Moments' in the Works of J.M.G. Le Clézio," has been accepted the Edwin Mellen Press.



• Natalia Pervukhin (Russian) had an article, "Russia in American View: the Birth of an Image and its Historical Evolution," published in  the Academic Russian Journal on Cultural and History Studies  "Otechestvennye Zapiski. Zhurnal dlia medlennogo chteniia," 2007: 5.  She was invited to write that article after a favorable review on her book "Pecherin: An Emigrant for all Seasons" (2006) appeared in that journal. In addition, two other positive reviews were published in the prestigious "NLO" (New Literary Review) and in the Internet Journal "Polit.ru" at the beginning of 2007.



• Nuria Cruz-Camara (Spanish) and Maria Stehle (German) have joined Donghui He (Chinese) as recipients of Professional Development Awards.  Nuria will pursue a project titled “ ‘Public Women:’ Political Women Writers in Spain (1900-1939),” and Maria, a project titled “My World Is a Ghetto: Cityscapes and Identification in 21st Century Germany.”  Michael Handelsman (Spanish) has been granted a Research Development Leave for spring 2009 to complete two book projects.



• On November 19, four students were inducted into Delta Phi Alpha, the German National Honor Society. The induction ceremony was held at 4:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge of Hodges Library, and it was followed by a lecture by Professor David Tompkins (U. of Tennessee, Department of
  History) on the topic "Unloved Neighbors: Polish-German Relations in Historical Perspective." Daniel Magilow was the main organizer for this event that was attended by more than 80 students and faculty members from across campus.



• On November 27 starting at 6 p.m., the German Section held its first "German Majors and Minors Event" in the Great Room of the I-House, and about 50 students attended. Maria Stehle was the main organizer for this event that gave students an opportunity to meet with all German faculty members. Students also had an opportunity to show their creative talents by entering a gingerbread house competition.
  

• Italian Cinema Series- 2008. All movies start at 3:35 and are shown in room 253 of Hodges Library.
  
  

  • February 4, 2008. Manuale d’amore– Comedy – 90’, 2005.A film by Giovanni Veronesi. A comedy Italian-style that interweaves four tales of family tragedy, ill-fated love affairs, eternal passion, and fleeting relationships.
    
    
  • February 18, 2008. Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? Comedy – 146’, 2005. 
    A film by Pupi Avati. Giancarlo, an upper-middle-class saxophone player, and working-class trumpeter Nick, form a jazz quintet in Bologna, Italy.
    
    
  • March 24, 2008. Quando sei nato non puoi piú nasconderti- Drama- 115’, 2005. A film by Marco Tullio Giordana. Thirteen year-old Sandro is from Brescia in northern Italy, only son of a family that in just two generations has achieved significant wealth. One night, during a sailing trip through the Mediterranean, Sandro falls into the sea.
    
    
  • April 7, 2008. La febbre- Drama – 108’, 2005. A film by Alessandro d’Alatri. The story of Mario Bettini, a clerk who dreams of having his own business; he lives thinking of his mother, the ghost of his father, and his perfect love.

The next MFLL e-newsletter will be published January 28. Deadline for submission of announcements and news items -- 6 p.m., Sunday, January 27.  Please send to jromeise@utk.edu