Dr. Mark W. Rectanus, University Professor of German and LCP creator, is yet another WLC instructor with a new book! Rectanus’s new book, Moving Out: Museums, Artists and the Translocal will be published soon by the University of Minnesota Press. Read on for Dr. Rectanus’s take on writing the book and what it’s all about. … Continue reading Moving Out
If you are looking to get involved in something fun, there is no better place than the WLC. The department is chock full of clubs rich with academic and fun opportunities! Find humans interesting? Swing by Anthropology Club every other Wednesday in the “Monkey Room”–2130 Pearson–at 7pm. The president of the club says they are … Continue reading Students Helping Students
Apply for WLC scholarships! College is expensive, and WLC will help you pay for it! WLC has a number of scholarships available to students for majors and minors in WLC programs as well as studying abroad. The applications for these scholarships began October 1, 2018 and must be completed by February 15, 2019. New for this … Continue reading Cover Your Costs
This summer marks the start of two new study abroad options for Spanish students, and one of these is a summer in Cuenca, Ecuador. ISU Global Internships and Language: Summer in Cuenca Ecuador seeks to fulfill a WLC department goal to “educate and prepare globally informed and cultural-competent citizens who understand the reciprocal impact of … Continue reading Gaining Global Experience
WLC is home to some pretty amazing scholars who are publishing some exciting new texts. Read on to find out about Dr. Grant Arndt’s new book and all of the work he put into it. “My book Ho-Chunk Powwows and the Politics of Tradition is a study of the history of powwows hosted by the … Continue reading Ho-Chunk Powwows
Introduce yourself! What brought you to Iowa State? My name is Jacob, and I’m a junior at ISU. I grew up on a farm and always wanted to go into agriculture, so I came to ISU to first study agricultural business, and then I switched to agronomy. I threw German in there because I wanted … Continue reading Willkomma in Deidschländle: A Year in Germany with CBYX
The Language Studies Resource Center has hosted their semester-long Language Partner Exchange Program since 2015. Students who study any language offered through the department of World Languages and Cultures have a chance to practice their target languages outside of the classroom, thanks to this program. The LSRC pairs up students based on proficiency in their … Continue reading Connecting expert learners
More than a decade ago, Chad M. Gasta stumbled upon a newspaper story in Spain’s leading newspaper, El País, describing the discovery of a couple of previously-unknown operas composed around 1700 in South America. At the time, he was working on an article about the first Spanish opera from 1660 that later made its way … Continue reading Gasta Makes Global Connections
Over the years, WLC has undergone many changes. Not the least of these changes is the ever-growing list of additions- Anthropology, American Indian Studies, U.S. Latino/a Studies, staff, faculty- to our department. Dr. Lucía M. Suárez fits two of these categories: she joined us as a faculty member in Spring 2017, and she is the … Continue reading Dancing Bahia