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Information about our language programs
This year, we are featuring news and information about the languages we offer in the Department of World Languages and Literatures. Click on the links below to take you directly to the information for that language. We will be adding additional descriptions in the coming weeks, so make sure to follow us on social media or come back soon to this page.
You can also find videos our faculty and graduate assistants shared about their favorite cultural festivals here. Feel free to use these with your students if you'd like!
French
Savez-vous qu¡¯il y a un groupe ¨¤ Memphis qui est passionn¨¦ de la langue et de la culture fran?aise !? L¡¯Alliance fran?aise de Memphis organise des activit¨¦s pour tout le monde dans la r¨¦gion qui parle fran?ais ou qui s¡¯int¨¦resse ¨¤ la culture de la France et des pays francophones. On peut pratiquer le fran?ais aux tables de conversation, assister ¨¤ des concerts, et c¨¦l¨¦brer le 14 juillet, parmi d¡¯autres activit¨¦s.
L¡¯Alliance a ¨¦galement collabor¨¦ avec les professeurs de fran?ais ¨¤ l¡¯Universit¨¦ de Memphis pour organiser des festivals de film et des pr¨¦sentations sur la culture fran?aise, et tous nos professeurs sont membres de l¡¯Alliance. Tout le monde est la bienvenue !
Site web de l¡¯AF de Memphis : .
Italian
The Italian Program at the University of Memphis has been organizing on ground Spring Italian Film Festivals for UM students and for the Memphis community since 2011 (, with the support of the University of Memphis, the Italian Film Festival USA and the local Italian American organization UNICO).
Since Fall 2020, the Italian Film Festival has also added an online version of the series which takes place in the Fall. During the Spring events, UM students and the Memphis community at large have the opportunity to watch contemporary Italian films which they would not be able to watch otherwise, as well as eat Italian food and meet Italians who live in the Memphis area.
The Italian Program at the University of Memphis also offers a weekly Italian table on Fridays 12:30-1:30pm at the coffee shop of the Fedex Institute of Technology, where UM Italian students and interested members of the Memphis community can meet other Italians living in the Memphis area.
Vi aspettiamo alla tavola italiana!
Japanese
Here are photos and a description in Japanese about the Memphis Japan Festival, which took place Nov. 6, 2022.
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Spanish
From left to right: Josias Magliocchini, legal court interpreter; Judge Tarik Sugarmon;
and Dr. Diana Ruggiero
En la comunidad, siempre hay oportunidades para interpretar y traducir, del ingl¨¦s al espa?ol y del espa?ol al ingl¨¦s. Esto es importante porque muchas personas no entienden el ingl¨¦s, pero quieren ser parte de reuniones comunitarias. Por ejemplo, la profesora Diana Ruggiero siempre encuentra oportunidades para los estudiantes, para practicar la traducci¨®n e interpretaci¨®n. En la reuni¨®n de MICAH, una entidad interreligiosa que lucha por la justicia social, ella tradujo para la comunidad hispana junto con Jos¨ªas Magliocchini.
Desayuno con libros
Desayuno con Libros, Memphis, es un programa comunitario que invita a la comunidad local y del Medio-Sur a compartir un desayuno, crear comunidad y promover la lectura, el tercer s¨¢bado de cada mes. Somos un grupo de madres y padres voluntarios de diferentes pa¨ªses que busca crear un espacio para celebrar nuestra cultura, nuestro idioma espa?ol y nuestras costumbres con desayuno y libros gratis para toda la familia. El objetivo del programa es proveer un espacio de participaci¨®n en el que las familias latinas de Memphis puedan compartir, aprender y construir comunidad. La Profesora Vania Barraza Toledo de la Universidad de Memphis es una de las coordinadoras de este evento
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