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Linguistics Colloquia – Fall 2022 Series

September 6, 2022 by Angela Barker

Photo of Dr. Bryan Brinkman

Dr. Bryan Brinkman of Missouri State University and Dr. John Petrovic from The University of Alabama are the scheduled speakers this semester.

Filed Under: Event, linguistics colloquia, sociolinguistics Tagged With: appropriation, commodification of language, dispossession, graffiti, Marxism, pompeii, prayers

Pauline Nugent retires, reflects on career

June 18, 2022 by Ellora Bultema

Dr. Pauline Nugent points to the whiteboard in class

As the semester came to a close, so did the illustrious career of Dr. Pauline Nugent, a professor in Missouri State University’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages. Nugent retired this May, ending 30 years as a professor in a variety of fields. From Latin to French and even Biblical Hebrew, Nugent has been an […]

Filed Under: Announcement, News Tagged With: pauline nugent, retirement

Linguistics Colloquia – Spring 2022 Series

January 21, 2022 by Angela Barker

Photo of Dr. Suneeta Thomas

Caboclos, Cabocos, Caboquice, and Caboquês: A Sociolinguistic Look at Nostalgia and Authenticity in Urban Identity Markers in Manaus, Brazil Dr. Marnie K. Watson – Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Missouri State University Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 12-1 p.m. Join via Zoom. Please contact Dr. Antoinette Barffour with any questions. Among anthropologists working in the Brazilian Amazon, […]

Filed Under: Event, linguistics colloquia, sociolinguistics Tagged With: code-switching, sociolinguistics, sociopolitical talk

Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival 2022 (January – March)

January 15, 2022 by Angela Barker

Film festival poster listing all seven films and viewing dates

The Albertine Cinémathèque film festival partners with the Franco-American Cultural Fund to showcase French and Francophone cinema to American Colleges and University campuses. A goal of the funding agency is to promote French-American Cultural Exchange (FACE) in Education and the Arts. The festival reflects the diversity and the richness of French and Francophone cinema through […]

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Mythology instructor digs into the past in Greece

November 29, 2021 by Nichole Clark

Photo of Kristin Harper sorting through soil on a top of a mountain (Photo Credit: Kristin Harper).

This past summer, Dr. Kristin Harper of the modern and classical languages department had the opportunity to join an archaeological expedition in Greece. Harper was invited by a colleague from her graduate program to join a dig that she works every summer on the island of Naxos. She served the excavation as a trench supervisor […]

Filed Under: Faculty Achievement, Study Away Tagged With: archaeology, cultural competency, Greece, greek civilization, Kristin Harper, mythology, Naxos, study away

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