Languages and Linguistics

International Film Festival & Tournées Film Festival in Kirksville (Spring 2019)

Truman State University’s Department of Classical and Modern Languages’ (CML) annual film festival is featuring films that discuss the topics of race and diversity. The festival will begin on Friday, January 25 and will continue for the next four weekends with one movie being shown each Friday and Saturday until February 16.  All of the […]

On-Campus internship for our French Majors and Minors!

Starting in the Spring semester of 2019 Truman’s French program will be offering an internship position to one French student who is a major or a minor. The goal of this internship will be to plan and organize a summer internship program in Toulouse, France for French students. Under the guidance of Dr. Viguier, the […]

Pi-Delta-Phi wins the France on Campus Award

Truman’s chapter of Pi-Delta-Phi (PDP), the French Honors Society, has recently been awarded the “France on Campus Award.” This award is sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. PDP is one of ten selected winners of the contest and by winning they will gain the following support and recognition; […]

Spanish Immersion Weekend – 5-6 of April

Spanish and ROML Capstones

Welcoming the Refugees: Lessons of the European Crisis from a French Perspective

The Department of Classical & Modern Languages (in collaboration with United Speakers) would like to announce a live-streamed public lecture entitled Welcoming the Refugees: Lessons of the European Crisis from a French Perspective given by Pascal Brice, Director-General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA). The Q&A session following […]

Humanities Outreach

Poster Exhibition of Special Topics in Chinese Culture

A poster exhibition of Special Topics in Chinese Culture will take place at noon Nov. 29 (Thursday) in the SUB Downunder. Students with various cultural backgrounds will present their research projects about Chinese culture. A variety of topics ranging from traditional Chinese culture to modernization will be covered. Light refreshments will be served. Please join us in […]

Summer Study Abroad in Salamanca

The Department of Classical and Modern Languages is pleased to announce an exciting Summer Study Abroad opportunity taking place in Salamanca, Spain from May 17 through July 11, 2019. Students who are accepted will spend 7 weeks studying at Academia Mester, earning 12 credits. Nine credits can count toward a Spanish minor; Spanish majors can […]

Chinese Moon Festival Celebration

On Sep. 30, the annual Moon Festival celebration attracted over 250 students and faculty members to the Georgian Rooms of the Student Union Building. Performances were all organized by students, including guitar playing, swing dance, Asian pop dance and music, and ended in the famous Chinese folk song about the Moon Festival 《但愿人长久》‘May we all blessed […]