Modern Languages & Literatures Events

 keynote address is from 5-6:30pm on April 3, followed by a performance by the Middle East Music Ensemble. The three panels on April 4 are scheduled from 9:30am to 6:30pm. The final panel is in honor of our late colleague, Abdul-Karim Rafeq.

The competition will feature Barr Fellows, outstanding Arts & Sciences Honors seniors, who will have just five minutes to effectively explain their research and its importance to a general audience.

The Spring Honors Research Symposium will feature the research of undergraduate W&M seniors from any Arts & Sciences major completing Departmental Honors in a variety of presentation formats. 

 La pecera is the first Puerto Rican movie nominated for the Premios Goya, the most important awards for Spanish speaking films

Guatemalan photographer Daniel Hernández-Salazar will be the keynote and final speaker of the Spring 2025 Scholarly Perspectives Series on Arts & Democracy. 

Public screening of "Choeurs Atlantiques/ Tales from the Atlantic Beyond," a documentary by Prof. Babana-Hampton (Michigan State U) on the legacies of the slave trade and slavery in the French Caribbean, mainland France, and Francophone West Africa.

Join the Schroeder Center for Health Policy and VCU's Dr. Gabriela León-Pérez for a conversation about an academic-community partnership focused on the mental health of newcomer Latino youth in the greater Richmond area. 

Prof. Babana-Hampton (Michigan State U) will be giving this year's Fauvel Lecture on "The Historical Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Emancipatory Projects by Black French Caribbean Artists Today."

Justice Beyond Borders: The Marc Fogel Case and  U.S. Advocacy for Wrongfully Detained Americans in Russia 

SALIM VALLY will present  "South Africa, Palestine and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle".  Distinguished  South African scholar and activist, Vally discusses the history of the Palestine solidarity in South Africa and the anti-Apartheid struggle.

Space limited

This talk explores the political power of love through Arendt's Amor Mundi & Weil's "madness of love." It examines how love, starting in personal relationships, extends to public and political spheres, offering transformative potential in times of crisis.

Celebrate the annual German House Spring BBQ with us on Saturday, April 19 at 1:00 PM at the Randolph Complex! 

GRI Presents East Asia's Geopolitical Shifts: How Three Years of War in Ukraine Have Transformed China-Russia-North Korea Relations. The Hive Event Space (ground floor of Swem, G31). 12:00-1:00 pm. Lunch will be provided. Co-sponsored by Government

Prospective students are welcome to contact our Program Director, Prof. Pacini (gxpaci@wm.edu), for information about French & Francophone Studies at W&M.