Speaking of Language

Fernando Rubio, director of the Yale Center for Language Study, talks all about Open Educational Resources for language teaching and learning. Dr. Rubio’s talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/U6Imb0FxB0o?si=IFtIxMxaBZUzvveP #txirimiri  #calabobos #orbayu

Jack Brown, PhD student in Cornell's Department of Romance Studies, is the Alumni Ambassador for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. Jack discusses the CLS and reasserts the importance of language study in creating a safer, more connected world. https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/critical-language-scholarship-program  https://clscholarship.org/  https://events.cornell.edu/event/information-session-critical-language-scholarship (Info session on 9/30) #tagarela

Grammar guru Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson join us to discuss Rebel with a Clause, a new film following a traveling grammar advice stand across all 50 US states. https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/ Tickets to screenings: https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/rebel-with-a-clause/ #joiedevivre #Eichhörnchen #écureuil

Sam speaks with Hannah Scott Deuchar, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern literature, media, and translation; critical and legal theory; and histories of culture and technology in the Global South. This past spring semester, she gave a talk as part of Cornell's "Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond" series titled "Translational Justice: The Arabic Novel and the British Archive." She expands on this talk and discusses the impact of translation on politics and power. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/comparative-literature-and-culture/people/academic/profiles/scott-deuchar.html وَسْوَسَة#  

Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK.  Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora  https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa @cornell_pasa #mnike

We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.

Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom. Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing Sara.A.Lee@asu.edu #Scheidebecher

Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020. https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program  Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f #oyaore

We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.   https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry  https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper    “Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning https://simonbjarning.com   #図々しい #sala

We will learn all about Cornell's Language House and how it benefits campus life from residence hall director Monti Wilkins. https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tonimorrison/home/ https://scl.cornell.edu/residential-life/housing/campus-housing/upper-level-undergraduates/program-houses/language-house https://lrc.cornell.edu/news/language-house-opens-students-learning-asl #bonsoir