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save the date, march 1, 2014

School of International Letters and Cultures

In addition to its very extensive traditional strengths in languages, literatures and cultures, the school also emphasizes making interesting new transdisciplinary opportunities available to undergraduate and graduate students alike. It also encourages transdisciplinary cooperation among faculty members across ASU.

Henna Tattoos
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

The School of International Letters and Cultures shares the ancient and sacred art of henna tattooing. Henna tattoo artists will be on hand to give live demonstrations on volunteers from the public.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 106

International Karaoke
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for the quintessential of all Japanese entertainments, Karaoke, featuring songs from an international song list in various languages. 

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 105

Mini Language Lessons
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for a mini language lesson.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Rooms 108 & 109

Rome Reborn: A Virtual Tour
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

School of International Letters and Cultures' classics expert Almira Poudrier and The Design School's Thomas Morton lead a guided virtual tour of ancient Rome using a flythrough of the digital model Rome Reborn. Poudrier and Morton give a few historical and architectural details about the sites visited, and provide a short discussion of the development of digital technologies in classical scholarship and in teaching classics, with reference to older models like vRoma, popular Online resources like Google Earth, and to recent scholarship on this topic.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 68 (basement level)

Study International Humanities Abroad
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Stop by the School of International Letters and Cultures to learn more about studying abroad in Brazil, Québec, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Romania, Spain, and China. 

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL)

Tour of new project-based language learning lab
4:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Learning Support Services in the School of International Letters and Cultures presents its new “project-based learning lab” – the SILC LSS Collaboratory at this open house event.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 68

Flamenco Guitar Workshops
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

School of International Letters and Cultures' Juan Pablo Gil-Osle, assistant professor of Spanish, will host two Flamenco guitar workshops. Please bring your guitar to one or both for a lesson in Spanish Flamenco music and culture. 

  • 4:30 - 5:15 p.m.
  • 5:30 - 6:15 p.m.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 114

International Humanities Talks
4:30 pm to 8:00 pm

20-minute talks will be presented by School of International Letters & Cultures faculty in the areas of language, literature and culture.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 112

Hispanidades Project Presentation: The Hispanic Experience in the U.S.
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Conceptualized by Andrew Ross, head of Learning Support Services in ASU's School of International Letters and Cultures in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Stephane Charitos, director of the Language Resource Center at Columbia University in the City of New York, as a way to bring Spanish speaking students from various countries of origin and in different cities together in conversation, a humanities learning project, titled “Hispanidades/Hispanicities,” successfully launched in Fall 2011.

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Room 68 (basement level)

Calligraphies of the World
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Join the School of International Letters and Cultures for a quick lesson in one of the calligraphies of the world. 

  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Arabic
  • Vietnamese
  • Greek
  • Hebrew

Humanities

Zone 2 | Durham Language & Literature Bldg. (LL), Rooms 104 & 106

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