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Mar 26: Hors Concours - Rosa Bonheur, Animalier

2:00-3:15 p.m., LL 14
Please join the School of International Letters and Cultures French language program for guest speaker Betsy Fahlman's lecture on Rosa Bonheur, widely considered to be the most famous female artist of the nineteenth century. Bonheur's specialty was the painting of animals, and her most notable canvas was "The Horse Fair" (1853-1855). Speaker Betsy Fahlman is a professor of art history in ASU's School of Art in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Her research interests include women and gender, the history of professional art training, the New Deal, and the relationship between art and industry. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the event webpage. [download flyer]

Mar 28: SILC Arabic Professor Miral al-Tahawy's novel Brooklyn Heights to be discussed at next ASU Book Club meeting

Noon-1:00 p.m., Piper Writers House
At its next meeting, the ASU Book Club will discuss a book by School of International Letters & Cultures Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle-East/Islamic Studies Miral al-Tahawy. Brooklyn Heights is about an Egyptian emigrant and her eight-year-old son who escape their native country and end up in Brooklyn amidst a mass of displaced and diverse ethnic people. The story is based on al-Tahawy's own experiences living in Brooklyn with her son while she was a post-doctoral fellow at New York University. The book was short listed for the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction—the Arabic Booker Prize—and won the 2010 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. The story was recently translated into English and was named "best novel" for 2011 by the Arabic Literature website. Al-Tahawy, who grew up in a Bedouin society in Egypt, has been profiled by The Washington Post, Frontline magazine, and most recently by The New York Times. For more information, contact Judith Smith.

Mar 28: The Widow, the Prince and the Book: How Christine de Pizan Rewrote History

7:00 p.m., University club Heritage Room, ASU Tempe campus
School of International Letters & Cultures Associate Professor of French Mark Cruse will present this talk as part of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) Public Programs Series, "Fearless Females: Audacious and Uppity Women of the Middle Ages and Renaissance." Christine de Pizan was a Venetian-born author who challenged the misogyny and stereotypes prevalent in late medieval culture. This event is free and open to the public. Because seating is limited, please RSVP to the ACMRS. For more information, visit the event webpage. [download flyer]

Mar 29: Preserving Maya Heritage - Examples from the Ancient and Historic Past

6 p.m., Business Administration Building C-wing, Room 116
The Maya past is looked upon with much interest as the evidence and remains of a once great civilization lost in the jungles of Central America. Both Mexican and American cultures have tied themselves back to this ancient culture, as have contemporary Maya people such as the Zapatista movement of Chiapas. These continuities and changes in the representation of the Maya past are the focal point of this talk by Richard Leventhal, Curator of the American section of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. This special Wilke Lecture of Archaeological Heritage is presented by the Central Arizona Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Central Arizona AIA event webpage.

Mar 30: MyLanguageLabs Workshop

2-4 p.m., LL 02
The School of International Letters & Cultures Linguistics and Language Program invites all interested language instructors to this workshop, presented by Bob Hemmer from Pearson Publishing House. MyLanguageLabs provide engaging experiences that personalize, stimulate and measure learning for each student. The labs are available for Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, Latin and Russian. Portuguese and German will be available for Fall, 2012 courses. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please RSVP your attendance with either Carmen García Fernandez or Carmen Scales. Refreshments and snacks will be offered. For more information about MyLanguageLabs, visit the event website. [download flyer] 

Jun 13-Aug 8: Intensive Chinese Language Program at Sichuan University

Sichuan University, Chendu, China
The School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC) will offer an intensive 8-week summer Chinese language program at Sichuan University. Contact Jenny Fisher in ASU's Center for Global Education Services for information about the application process and the program deadline, or visit the Study Abroad web page for this program. ASU students can apply for summer fellowships from the ASU Confucius Institute; click here for the application. Information about travel grants and other scholarships can be found on the Study Abroad website.