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Announcements & News General Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures is now on Twitter, a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices. From your mobile phone, you can follow our department's most recent activities and related news. This webpage will still publish the most up-to-date information on the department, but Twitter gives us one more way of staying in touch with our graduates, current students, colleagues and friends. Visit the Twitter website to learn how to sign up for this service. Are you a member of Facebook? Join our department's Facebook group page and stay in touch with your alma mater, past professors and class mates. The Citadel's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce that Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderson of Lakewood High School is the winner of the 5th Annual South Carolina Spanish Teacher of the Year Award. Click here for the official press release. All three finalists were recognized in an awards ceremony on campus the evening of November 12. For its May 11 (click here) and November 1 (click here) podcasts, South Carolina ETV Radio's "Speaking of Schools" interviewed Dr. Del Mastro, Founding Director, about this teacher of the year program. The Institute of International Education of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded The Citadel $201,726 to bolster its Chinese language and culture program. See the official press release for further details: http://externalaffairs.citadel.edu/grant_to_teach_chinese. Thanks to this grant, The Citadel is pleased to announce its 2010 Chinese study abroad scholarship program for qualifying ROTC-contract students: click here for details. In July 2009, The Citadel's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, published its 21st issue of El Cid, a national, refereed journal in Spanish dedicated to original works of undergraduate and graduate students. Louis Richard Doelling (Spanish, '09) served as Editor for this issue; Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro is the journal's founding Director. On July 8, 2009, the S.C. State Board of Education officially approved the department's foreign language teaching certification program effective for the fall of 2009. In cooperation with the School of Education, the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures now has three new tracks under its current B.A. program: K-12 certification in French, German and Spanish. The May 2009 issue of Le Gaulois Litteraire, the official student journal of the French Section, is now available online (click here). Thanks to Drs. Guy Toubiana and Cathy Jellenik, the journal's directorship, for their exceptional work in preparing this issue. Dr. Toubiana founded the journal in 1995. The American Society of the French Legion of Honor granted The Citadel's French program $5,000 to be used toward undergraduate scholarships for Modern Languages' French Summer Study Program in 2010. Throughout April and May 2009, The Citadel's chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, conducted its annual Merit Certificate program for outstanding high school students of Spanish throughout South Carolina. The
17th annual Modern Languages Awards Banquet was held
on Thursday, April 2, 2009 from 6-8:00pm. Click
here for award recipients, and click
here for banquet pictures. Upcoming
Events Alumni
& Current Students Cadets Michael Monaghan, Lana Moore and Bryan Kant are interns during the fall 2009 semester at Jabar Communications (Hispanic media). An example of their work with video production software is viewable at the following link: click here. On Thursday. 22 October, Dr. Katya Skow accompanied cadets in her Austrian Literature Seminar to “An Evening of 20th-Century German Poetry” sponsored by the Department of German and Slavic Studies of the College of Charleston. Students read poems by their favorite German and Austrian authors and then mingled with students and faculty from the College of Charleston at the reception. On Friday, 16 October, Professor Skow accompanied the cadets in her seminar on Austrian literature to the College of Charleston to hear a talk by Bachmann scholar Dr. Kirsten Krick-Aigner of Woffard College. The talk was followed by a reception where members of the audience were encouraged to mingle and ask questions. Luis Barredo (Spanish & East Asian Studies minors, '09) is currently working in South Gate, CA as a distribution center manager for MAERSK, the largest marine shipping company in the world. In June 2009, The Citadel's Tau Iota Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi was one of only 9 chapters nationwide to be selected as "Honor Chapters" by the National Executive Committee. This is the 17th consecutive year that The Citadel's group has earned this distinction. There are 564 total chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Cadets Richard Doelling, Alexander Johnson and Valentín Boza served as the chapter President, Vice-President and Secretary respectively for the 2008-09 academic year. Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro founded Tau Iota in January 1993, and he still serves as Chapter Adviser along with Dr. Sara Fernández Medina. Click here for official press release. Bradford C. Greer (B.A., Spanish, '00) is a Spanish teacher at the Upper School of Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina. Mr. Javier Yudice (Spanish '06) is currently a Spanish teacher at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, S.C. Cadet
Julius Siler (French '09) was chosen by the Dean and
Department Heads of the School of Humanities and Social
Sciences as the innaugural recipient of the Joseph
P. Riley, Jr. Award, which will be presented
annually to the graduating senior in the School of
Humanities and Social Sciences "who best represents
the commitment to academic excellence, the breadth
of intellectual interests, and the dedication to public
service exemplified by the life and career of Joseph
P. Riley, Jr., Citadel Class of 1964; State Legislator
(1968-1974); and Mayor of Charleston, 1975-present." In April 2009, Cadets Diana Bonete, Lidia Bonete, Justin Caldwell, Lynn Fleming and Christopher Thurmond, completed the department's annual Internship in Hispanic Language & Culture (Spanish 460). Working with Hispanics in the Charleston community, participating cadets assisted interpreters and translated for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), helped with developing literacy programs for Hispanic families with the Children's Care Clinic of MUSC, and worked with a local Hispanic television station (of Jabbar Communications). Click here for pictures. At the 30th anniversary induction reception of the academic honor society Phi Kappa Phi on Sunday, April 19, 2009 from 5-7pm in the Regimental Commanders Riverview Room, Dr. Albert E. Gurganus, Chapter President, recognized multiple members of the Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department for their achievments. Cadet Louis Richard Doelling, Chapter Student Vice-President, was recognized as a Phi Kappa Phi National Award Nominee, and Mr. John M. Alexander (German '03) was named a Distinguished Service Award Recipient. Dr. Eloy Urroz was honored as a faculty initiate of Phi Kappa Phi. On April 17, 2009, Cadet Louis Richard Doelling (Spanish '09), Chapter President of Sigma Delta Pi at The Citadel, was a panelist in the Sigma Delta Pi Informative Session at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference where he presented on the activities of his award-winning chapter. He also had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with Dr. Germán D. Carrillo, National President of Sigma Delta Pi. Click here for related picture. Cadets John T. Marcus and Julius Grady Siler (French '09) have been offered a French Ministry of Education English Teaching Assistantships. Click here for official press release. At 5:00pm on April 2 in Capers 212, Mr. Brandon Hall (Spanish '04) spoke about his international education experiences in Spain and Latin America with his presentation "Around the World in 80 Days: Study Abroad at The Citadel and Beyond." The event was open to The Citadel community. Mr. Hall later addressed attendees at the 17th annual Modern Languages Awards Banquet at 6:40 pm in Coward Hall with another presentation entitled "Atravesando Fronteras: The Importance of Foreign Language in Today's Global World." Cadet Ed Zur attended the annual conference of the Philological Association of the Carolinas (March 19-21, 2009) in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he presented his paper "In Praise of Doom: Three Dark Sonnets by Andreas Gryphius." At the same conference, Dr. David Smith (German '91), Assistant Professor of German at East Carolina University, presented his study "Woman as the Face of God: The Poetry of J. M. R. Lenz." Click here for pictures. Cadets Joshua Green and Leland Hart were inducted into Delta Phi Alpha, the national German honorary, in a ceremony held Sunday afternoon, 22 February, at the home of Professor Gurganus on Wadmalaw Island. Professor Emm and Cadets Zur, Chiu, and Nguyen attended the event in honor of the new inductees. Charles "Chip" Knisley (Spanish '06) is currently in southeastern Iowa working for the Social Security Administration as a bilingual claims representative. The Citadel's Tau Iota Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi inducted five new student members on March 10, 2009 at 7:00pm during its annual ceremony in the Greater Issues Room of Mark Clark Hall. Conducted by Richard Doelling (Chapter President), Alexander Johnson (Vice-President), Valentín Boza (Chapter Secretary), Leon E. Hontz III (Ceremony Usher) and Dr. Del Mastro (Co-Chapter Adviser), the following students were initiated: Harold D. Coats II, Napoleon D. Dunn, Noah J. Koubenec, Nicole L. Martinoli and Patrick J. Salerno. Cadet John T. Marcus (French '09) has been accepted into the French M.A. program at the University of Colorado at Boulder with a 7eaching assistantship. Cadet Richard Doelling (Spanish '09) is currently enrolled in the Hispanic Studies M.A. program at the University of Colorado at Boulder with a teaching assistantship. The Olmsted Cadet Travel and Cultural Immersion program proudly announces its awardees for 2009: Cadets Eric Sean Clark, Todd Burris and Joshua Lewis Green. Each awardee will receive a $4,250 grant for summer study abroad: $3,500 courtesy of the Olmsted Foundation, $750 courtesy of The Citadel. Further details for the 2009 program are available at http://www.citadel.edu/mlng/olmsted.htm. This program is only open to "outstanding sophomore and junior, commission-track cadets who are enrolled in at least an intermediate-level language course in Chinese, French, German, or Spanish." Details for the 2010 program will be available during the fall 2009 term. The fall induction of The Citadel's Chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honorary Society, was held Sunday afternoon, December 7, 2008 at the home of Dr. Katya Skow. New inductees are William John Brim, William Harry Ehlies, Holly Dianne Maslowski, and Edward Stephen Zur (click here for pictures). Kaffee und Kuchen were served at the reception in honor of the initiates. Jonathan H. Poole (Spanish '08) is working in the Pentagon for a private contractor as a Defense Analyst on Latin America. Brandon Hall (Spanish '04) participated in a study abroad program in summer 2008 with Valparaiso University School of Law. He spent two weeks in the cities of Valparaiso, Viña Del Mar and Santiago, Chile, then several weeks in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The program's focus was on international and comparative law and international human rights violations. While in Argentina, Brandon worked with Amnesty International, visiting Argentine prisons, learning about "los desaparecidos," and studying other human rights violations that have occured throughout Latin America. Cassandra Cortés (B.A., Spanish and Psychology, '06) is enrolled in the M.Ed. program for Educational Psychology at the University of Houston. Anderson Stewart (B.A., Spanish, '03) is enrolled in the Spanish Ph.D. program at the University of Kentucky with a teaching assistantship. Faculty On October 8-10, 2009, Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro attended the 59th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference at Furman University where he discussed the topic of e-journals as an invited panelist in the roundtable session "The State of Academic Publishing Today"; he also presented his paper "The Unsettled Search: Identity in Carmen Laforet's Novels" in the session "Questions of Identity in 21st Century Spanish Narrative." Dr. Juan Bahk's Korean translation of the Spaniard A. P. Alencart's poetry was published in the book Savia de las Antípodas by Editorial Verbum (Madrid) in September 2009. Dr. Al Gurganus' article "Competing in the Global Village: Preparing Cadets for Fellowships" appeared in the fall 2009 issue of the annual publication The Citadel. A fine review of Dr. Eloy Urroz's latest novel Fricción was published in the fall 2009 issue of the Mexican journal Estudios. In September 2009, a review of the book German Literature in a New Century. Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations (eds. Katharina Gerstenberger and Patricia Herminghouse. New York and Oxford: Berghan Books, 2008) was published at H-Net: click here for review. With Julia Karolle-Berg, Dr. Katya Skow co-authored "From Frauenliteratur to Frauenliteraturbetrieb: Marketing Literature to German Women in the Twenty-First Century," which appears in the aforementioned book. The 10th issue of Decimonónica was published in September 2009. Prof. Del Mastro is founding Co-Director of this refereed, online journal of 19th century Hispanic cultural production. Dr. Katya Skow's article “Of Superbroads, Rented Men, and Champagne Diets: Hera Lind and the New German Women’s Novel,” has been published in the winter 2008 issue of Popular Culture Review. Dr. Zane U. Segle's article "(Re)imagining Ramadan: The Significance of Festival Discourse in Pérez de Hita's Guerras civiles de Granada" has been published in the spring 2009 issue of Letras Hispanas. On Friday, August 28,
2009 in the Sottile Mezzanine, Dr. Cathy Jellenik
lead a roundtable discussion on education after the
7:30pm showing of THE CLASS (Entre les murs)
during the College
of Charleston French Film Festival. Dr. Guy Toubiana's
article "Casanova magicien ou la fabrication
d’un mythe" was published in the summer
2009 issue of the Romance
Quarterly. The Executive Board of the Philological Association of the Carolinas (PAC) has invited Dr. Al Gurganus to deliver the keynote address at next year's PAC convention, to be held March 11-13, 2010 on the campus of The College of Charleston. Dr. Del Mastro accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board of Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs on August 19, 2009. Congratulations to Dr. Juan Bahk who was granted a military promotion to Colonel effective August 16, 2009. On July 1, 2009, Dr. Sara Fernández Medina began a three-year term as new Spanish Section Chief. We thank her predecessor, Dr. Juan Bahk, for his past exemplary service. Professor Jellenik's
article "Le Corps de la femme chez Ernaux"
will be published in 2009 in the book Annie Ernaux.
Perspectives critiques (Ottawa: Legas, 2009). In preparation for another round of cadet applications for nationally and internationally competitive scholarships (Fulbright, Marshall, Rhodes, Truman, et al), Professor Al Gurganus attended the biennial National Association of Fellowships Advisors conference July 15-18 in Seattle. Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro conducted a 40-minute presentation on "The Generation of 1898 and the Spanish Civil War" on June 24, 2009 for the "Lowcountry Scholars" series hosted by the Lowcountry Senior Center on James Island. During the summer of 2009, Professor Gurganus arranged and cataloged the personal papers of Professor James C. O'Flaherty (including correspondence with Bertrand Russell, Thomas Mann, and Isaiah Berlin), part of the O'Flaherty Collection housed in Daniel Library and the Citadel Archives. Dr. Gurganus' letter to the editor on "North Carolina Art" was printed in the travel section of the New York Times on Sunday, June 28. Dr. Del Mastro conducted the annual Sigma Delta Pi Executive Committee Meeting in Charleston, S.C. on June 12-13, 2009. Professor Del Mastro spent May 20-27 in Madrid, Spain writing and conducting research on Carmen Laforet at the Biblioteca Nacional. In May 2009, the 70th anniversary edition of Entre Nosotros, the official national journal of Sigma Delta Pi, was published. Professor Del Mastro is Director of the annual. In April 2009, The Institute of International Education invited Dr. Al Gurganus to serve a three-year term on the National Screening Committee for English Language Teaching Assistantships in Germany. Professor Gurganus chaired the nominating committee for Delta Phi Alpha national officers in the spring of 2009. At the 62nd Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (April 16-18, 2009), Drs. Cathy Jellenik, Sara Fernández Medina and Zane U. Segle presented the following papers respectively: "Another Death of the Author: Translating into Happening," "Feminismo, femineidad y otros asuntos de mujeres en la última novela de Carme Riera, El verano del inglés," "Second Thoughts on Morisco Conversion: Ginés Pérez de Hita's Reappraisal of Spanish Hegemony in the Guerras Civiles de Granada." At the same conference, Dr. Del Mastro organized, chaired and presented in the Sigma Delta Pi Informative Session. Dr. Skow has been selected as a participant in a workshop/seminar "Die Entwicklung von interkultureller Kompetenz im Kontext DaF: Lernziele, didaktische Ansätze und Evaluierung (EIKK)." (The development of intercultural competence in the context of teaching German as a foreign language: learning goals, didactic approaches, and evaluation techniques.)This project is generously funded from the Transatlantik-Programm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland through funds of the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie. The seminar, conducted in German, will take place at the University of Leipzig from July 18-August 1, 2009. The value of the program is $2,400. Professors Amy Emm, Al Gurganus, Cathy Jellenik and Katya Skow all attended the annual conference of the Philological Association of the Carolinas in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where they presented the following papers respectively: "The Curse of the Unconscious: Zacharias Werner's Der vierundzwanzigste Februar"; "Hedda Gabler and Fräulein Else: Sisters in Delusion"; "Translating translation: From L’Evénement to Happening"; "Dialect in the Regional German Detective Novel." Drs. Emm, Jellenik and Skow also chaired the sessions of their respective presentations. Professor Amy Emm successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on March 6, 2009 at the University of Washington. Congratulations Dr. Emm! Dr. Del Mastro participated in the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) Annual Council and Board Meetings in Phoenix, AZ, on February 18-21, 2009. In addition to serving currently as Sigma Delta Pi's official representative to the ACHS, Dr. Del Mastro just completed a 3-year term as an elected member of the ACHS Board. Les Miroirs, the French translation of an anthology of short stories by Mexican author Inés Redondo was just published by Les Fondeurs de Briques. Dr. Eloy Urroz wrote the introduction. Dr. Juan Bahk's translation into Korean of Alfredo Pérez Alencart's Spanish poetry was published in Goodbye Mr. President in January 2009 by Betesda Ediciones (Salamanca, Spain). Dr. Zane Segle's book review on Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage was published in the December 2008 issue of Hispania. Dr. Katya Skow's article “Medieval Powerfrauen in Popular German Literature,” was published in The Year’s Work in Medievalism, 2005 and 2006, ed. Gwendolyn Morgan (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007). On January 20, 2009, the 9th issue of Decimonónica was published. Professor Del Mastro is founding Co-Director of this refereed, online journal of 19th century Hispanic cultural production. Decimonónica was also named co-Journal of the Month in January by The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. See a glowing review of Professor Eloy Urroz's novel Fricción: www.siempre.com.mx/2899REYES.htm. From December 1-7, 2008, Dr. Del Mastro attended a one-week educational workshop in Spain as a guest of Eduespaña and the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade. During the workshop, Professor Del Mastro met with representatives from 24 different Spanish language institutes and visited six different facilities in central and northern Spain to learn about the various programs available to U.S. undergraduates. Professor Urroz's article "Max Beckmann y el expresionismo en El tañido de una flauta, de Sergio Pitol" has just been published in the November 2008 issue of Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos. In November 2008, Professor Bahk's article "La Influencia del Jaiku Oriental en la Literatura Hispánica" was published in the Italian literary journal Studi Ispanici of Milan, Italy. Professor Urroz was one of a select group of international scholars, writers and artists invited to participate in the 19th annual International Cervantes Colloquy held November 4-8, 2008 in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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