Languages and Linguistics

  • Interested in Japanese?

    September 2, 2015

    Save the dates! The Japanese Language Exchange Group (JLEG) meets every Monday (excluding holidays) at 7 pm at BH 350. Also, the Anime club meets every Friday at 6 pm (until midnight) at MG 1000. Take advantage of these wonderful opportunities!

  • German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha induction ceremony

    April 6, 2015

    The German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha will have an induction ceremony for 12 outstanding students on April 30th at 6:00 pm. For more information contact Andrea Davis (andavis@truman.edu).

  • When Imperial Spain Planned to Invade China

    April 2, 2015

    When Imperial Spain Planned to Invade China Don’t miss this presentation by Prof. Garcia Verdugo’s of Purdue University Calumet.  He will discuss Imperial Spain’s presence in Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as Asian influences in Spanish art, society and even the business of spying! Where: BH 156 When: Tuesday, April 7, […]

  • The Catalan Question: Prof. Maria Antònia Martí Escayol

    March 25, 2015

    Please join us on Wednesday, April 1 (4:00-5:15 pm) at BH 156 for the presentation of Prof. Maria Antònia Martí Escayol (Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona), who will be taking about the Catalan Question.

  • Upcoming Sigma Delta Pi Movie and Events

    March 16, 2015

    Movie Event: Friday, March 20 at 7:00pm in BH 176 Screening of the documentary Las Maestras de la República (with English subtitles) in the Baldwin Little Theater. Come celebrate Women’s History Month with this film about female teachers in Spain fighting for equality in the 1930s. Salsa con Salsa: Saturday, March 21 at 6:00pm in Ryle Main Lounge […]

  • The Truman German Business class

    February 16, 2015

    The Truman German Business class acting out their new entrepreneurial motto: Spaß muss sein!

  • Otros versos sencillos: Live Hispanic Poetry Night

    February 13, 2015

    Join us on Friday April 17 (5:30-7:00 pm) for this special poetry event sponsored by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages. Professors and host poets José Carreño-Medina and Lídice Alemán will welcome three Latin American poets: Martin Mulligan (Nicaragua), Alessandra Molina (Cuba), and Eric Blandón (Nicaragua) for a poetry reading and round table. This […]

  • Sigma Delta Pi: Cultural Presentation

    National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi will be hosting a cultural presentation on Bolivia on February 24 at 7pm (VH 1010). Don’t miss it!

  • Italian Film maker comes to Truman

    January 16, 2015

    Award-winning African-Italian film maker Fred Kuwornu visited Truman campus on November 13-14, 2014. He presented two of his documentary films :  Inside Buffalo (2010) about the segregated African-American Army combat unit that fought in Italy during WWII for which he received recognition from President Obama, and his film  18 IUS SOLI  (2013) examines the status […]

  • German Conversation Table

    January 13, 2015

    German Conversation Table –  also known as Stammtisch, or Kaffeeklatsch — meets every Tuesday from 4-5 pm at “Jazzman” in the SUB.  Join us in honoring an old German tradition of meeting regularly to appreciate each other’s company, practicing the language, learning about the German culture, and picking up new phrases “on the go”.