Join the Organization of Latin American Students at York University. With OLAS we celebrate other cultures, learn/practice Spanish, organize events, dance together and make new friends.
On April 23rd, join the celebration of the Spanish Day in Toronto. Read more
Thank you for your interest in publishing with Acentos! We proudly accept our undergraduate students’ works, which include essays, literature reviews, essays, poetry, and visual art. Submissions are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish and/or English. If applicable, please ensure that your work follows MLA format. Since our publications go through a peer-review process, we ask all students to […]
From YouTube-hosted lectures to gamifying the classroom, The Learning Curve is a series showcasing how course instructors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are embracing the online learning environment with creative approaches to teaching remotely. In this week’s instalment, Nidhi Sachdeva, a Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, shares […]
This is a special themed issue on Transnationalism in German Comics, and is guest edited by Christina Kraenzle & Julia Ludewig - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21504857.2020.1718836
You might be interested in exploring a link to “German Culture, Digitally: On-line German related activities and links”, compiled by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/german-culture-digitally-0#Museums German Culture, Digitally Online German-related activities for this time of social distancing During these strange and trying times, the Waterloo Centre for German Studies will continue to support […]
York University’s Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced Jonathan Cabral as the 2019-20 recipient of the Portuguese Gives You Wings award, sponsored by Azores Airlines. This award aims to recognize academic excellence in an elementary Portuguese language course (POR1000). Aguiar excelled in Portuguese 1000, earning a […]
Upcoming for Fall/Winter 2020-2021… AP/SP 2200 6.0 Introduction to Spain's and Latin America's Greatest Writers! Taught by Professor Maria Figueredo Course description: This course offers a thematic, historical, and social survey of literature from the Spanish-speaking world, studying narrative, poetry, drama, and essays from the medieval period to the present. The basic tools and […]
York University Assistant Professor Jessica Tsui-yan Li (Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies) contributed to Chinese Canadian studies in her recently published edited volume The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019). Jessica Tsui-yan Li Focusing on the geopolitical and economic circumstances that have prompted […]
York University students enrolled in Chinese studies continue to make an impression at the Chinese Bridge, a high-profile international Chinese language proficiency competition for university students. This year, students Christopher Kelayna, Vera Kornilovsky and Amra Mujithaba placed first, second and third, respectively. Kornilovsky tied for second place and Mujithaba was one of three students to […]