Becky Sexton presented at the Modern Language Educators' Share Fair 2019 Program on Thursday, March 21. The event was hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Department of Romance Languages. Ms. Sexton's presentation was titled "Vocabulary/Grammar Acquisition through Drawing." She demonstrated her practice of using drawing activities with small groups of students in her Japanese language classes. These activities engage and energize students. These experiences also reinforce vocabulary and grammar acquisition while strengthening listening and speaking skills.

The Comparative Literature Department would like to congratulate Sabnam Ghosh, Kihoon Kim and Meltem Safak for receiving the University's Outstanding Teaching Award for 2019. The award was established to honor the top ten percent of teaching assistants and laboratory assistants who have excelled in the performance of their teaching responsibilities.

The Comparative Literature Department is proud to have them as members of our teaching community.

NoViolet Bulawayo will speak on “The Immigrant Experience in America” at the 2019 Betty Jean Craige Lecture.

Bulawayo grew up in Zimbabwe. She earned her MFA from Cornell University, where she was a recipient of the Truman Capote Fellowship, and has also held fellowships at Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford, where she now teaches fiction. Bulawayo’s debut novel, We Need New Names, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and The Guardian’s First Book Award, was named a New York Times Notable Book, and won the PEN/Hemingway Prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and many other honors. Bulawayo’s short story “Hitting Budapest,” which became the first chapter of We Need New Names, won the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing, sometimes called the African Booker.

Bulawayo’s talk is the department of comparative literature’s annual Betty Jean Craige Lecture. Betty Jean Craige is University Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and a former director of the Willson Center.

The event is presented in partnership with the department of comparative literature, the African Studies Institute, the Institute for African American Studies, and the Institute for Women’s Studies.

The Global Georgia Initiative presents global problems in local context by addressing pressing contemporary questions, including the economy, society, and the environment, with a focus on how the arts and humanities can intervene. Global Georgia combines the best in contemporary thinking and practice in the arts and humanities with related advances in the sciences and other areas. The series is made possible by the support of private individuals and the Willson Center Board of Friends.

Please join the Japanese Language Program for the annual Hanami Festival, A Japanese Spring Flower Viewing Celebration and Haiku Poetry Competition on Friday, March 29 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the lobby of Joe Brown Hall. Winners of the poetry competition will be announced at the event.

The Comparative Literature Department hopes anyone interested in the Japanese language or culture will join us in welcoming and celebrating the arrival of spring.

The Comparative Literature Department will offer Hindi 1001 in fall 2019 with Mr. Satish Kumar. For more information contact Mr. Kumar at anahata.sk@uga.edu.

Please join us in celebrating the achievement of UGA undergraduate student Lianna Arcelay for the following publication in The Classic Journal: “Tocar el sepulcro: Comprender el impacto psicológico de pérdida en ‘Nocturno III.’” You can read the article here. 

The Chinese Language Program presents the film Kano directed by Umin Boya. This is a free event and open to all UGA students.

The Korean Language Program presents Korean movie night featuring the film Along with the Gods directed by Yong-Hwa Kim. Join the Korean Language Program for a night of fun festivities, including a movie, cultural quizzes and more!

The program is free and open to all UGA students.