Speaking of Language

The Southwest Asia and North Africa Program (SWANA) is Cornell’s new hub for research, learning, and engagement with the cultures and people of the vast geographical region stretching from Morocco in the west to Iran in the east.

Women of MENA is a Cornell student organization: a digital publication at the intersection of culture and gender studies. Their platform offers a space for open dialogue, designed to unpack the gender dynamics of the region and share women’s stories. Their mission is rooted in inclusivity for people who identify as women, genderqueer, and/or nonbinary. 

https://swana.einaudi.cornell.edu/ 

https://cornellwomenofmena.com/

Instagram: @cornellwomenofmena

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#نور

Fernando Rubio, director of the Yale Center for Language Study, talks all about Open Educational Resources for language teaching and learning.

Dr. Rubio’s talk at Cornell: https://youtu.be/U6Imb0FxB0o?si=IFtIxMxaBZUzvveP

#txirimiri 

Jack Brown, PhD student in Cornell's Department of Romance Studies, is the Alumni Ambassador for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. Jack discusses the CLS and reasserts the importance of language study in creating a safer, more connected world.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/critical-language-scholarship-program 

https://clscholarship.org/ 

https://events.cornell.edu/event/information-session-critical-language-scholarship (Info session on 9/30)

#tagarela

Grammar guru Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson join us to discuss Rebel with a Clause, a new film following a traveling grammar advice stand across all 50 US states.

https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/

Tickets to screenings: https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/rebel-with-a-clause/

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#Eichhörnchen

#écureuil

Sam speaks with Hannah Scott Deuchar, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern literature, media, and translation; critical and legal theory; and histories of culture and technology in the Global South. This past spring semester, she gave a talk as part of Cornell's "Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond" series titled "Translational Justice: The Arabic Novel and the British Archive." She expands on this talk and discusses the impact of translation on politics and power.

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/comparative-literature-and-culture/people/academic/profiles/scott-deuchar.html

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Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK. 

Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora 

https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa

@cornell_pasa

#mnike

We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.

Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom.

Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw

Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing

[email protected]

#Scheidebecher

Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program 

Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f

#oyaore

We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.

https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry 

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper 

“Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer

Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz

Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning

https://simonbjarning.com

#図々しい

#sala