Study Comparative Literature Read more about Study Comparative Literature Go global. Connect continents with world literature, cinema, and cultural studies.
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Yuki Sasaki Caldwell Instructor of Japanese Language Yuki Sasaki Caldwell received her M.Ed. in Foreign Language Education from the University of Georgia. Her teaching and research interests include foreign language acquisition and historical linguistics, and she instructs multiple levels of Japanese language. Research Research Interests: Foreign language acquisition, historical linguistics Read more about Yuki Sasaki Caldwell
Thomas Cerbu Associate Professor Selected Publications Selected Publications: Leone Allacci: Life and Letters 3 vols. (Studi e Testi, Vatican Library) forthcoming. “Conversion, learning, and professional choices: the case of Heinrich Julius Blume” In Die Praktiken der Gelehrsamkeit in der Frühen Neuzeit, eds. H. Zedelmaier and M. Mulsow (Tübingen, Max Niemeyer, 2001) 179-220 “Melchior Inchofer, «un homme fin & rusé»” In Largo campo di filosofare. Eurosymposium Galileo 2001, eds. J. Montesinos and C. Solís (La Orotava, Fundacíon Canaria Orotava de Historia de la Ciencia, 2001) 587-611 “Cardano consults Alciati, or the physician seeks a cure” In Bruniana & Campanelliana VII/2 (2001 [2002]) 501-515 Read more about Thomas Cerbu
Karim Traore Emeritus Faculty Education Education: (Ph.D. Saarbrücken and Habilitation Bayreuth) African Literatures and Film, Literary Anthropology Research Research Interests: African literatures, languages, and cultures; orality and aesthetics of African cinema Selected Publications Selected Publications: Sunjata contra Columbus: Envisioning History and Culture in Contemporary Africa through Kouyatés Film Keita. L'héritage du griot In: Ute Fendler und Mechtild Gilzmer (eds.): Grenzenlos. Festschrift für Helmut Schwartz zum 65. Geburtstag.. Aachen: Shaker Verlag 2005. Gathering Knowledge from the Elders In: Georgina Beier (ed.): “They Keep Their Fires Burning”. Conversation on Food, Manners and Hospitality in Africa. Bayreuth African Studies Series 72. 2005. 91-103 Le jeu et le sérieux. Essai d’anthropologie littéraire sur la poésie épique des chasseurs du Mande (Afrique de l’Ouest) Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Reihe ‘Studien zur Kulturkunde’ 2000 Read more about Karim Traore
Gabriel Ruhumbika Professor Emeritus Research Research Interests: African and Black Diaspora literature, Swahili language and literature, and comparative Bantu cultural studies Selected Publications Selected Publications: “Mwandishi wa Kiswahili na Lugha Yake Katika Tanzania Huru” (The Swahili Writer and Swahili Language in Post-Independence Tanzania) In Proceedings of the IKR (Institute of Kiswahili Research) Jubilee Symposium. Dar es Salaam: Institute of Kiswahili Research, 2006. Towards Ujamaa Editor. Social-political essays on the development of Tanzania. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1974. Janga Sugu la Wazawa (Everlasting Doom for the Compatriots) Novel in Swahili on witchcraft in contemporary Tanzanian and African society. Dar es Salaam: E & D Ltd., 2002. Wacha Mungu wa Bibi Kilihona (Grandma Kilihona’s God-loving Children) A research based and documented sociohistorical novel in Swahili (463 typescript pages) on Tanzania since the European colonization of Africa South of the Sahara, with particular 3 emphasis on the consequences of the interaction of African religion, Islam and Christianity in African society. Read more about Gabriel Ruhumbika
Samuel Kim J.LIVE Talk Japanese Speech Contest Congratulations to Samuel Kim, a student in JPNS 2001 with Sasaki-sensei, received 3rd place in the final round of this year's competitive J.LIVE Talk Japanese speech contest. JLIVE (Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement) Talk is a college level Japanese Language speech competition that emphasizes a comprehensive range of learned communication skills. The contest was hosted by the George Washington University on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Read more about Samuel Kim J.LIVE Talk Japanese Speech Contest
Chinese 1001 for Spring 2019 The Comparative Literature Department is now offering elementary Chinese in spring 2019. If you missed the class in the fall, now is your chance to sign up. For detailed information please contact Mr. Zhiwen Hu at zh47446@uga.edu. Read more about Chinese 1001 for Spring 2019
