Gather for an evening of German dinner, games, prizes, and Delta Phi Alpha honor society induction hosted by German Studies.
German welcome, but not required!
Please contact Prof. Caroline Weist, caroline.weist@richmond.edu, if you have any questions.
The Global Studio is available to help members of the University of Richmond community use technology to enhance language learning and effectively communicate across cultures. We offer a variety of services including placement testing, self-directed language study, and a variety of technology and online resources that are available for student and faculty use.
Languages offered routinely offered through the SDLAP include Persian (Farsi/Dari), modern Hebrew, and Turkish. Students preparing for or returning from study or service abroad may also use the SDLAP to begin or continue the study of a language not included in the University’s regular course offerings. Languages studied through the SDLAP have included Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Korean, Dutch, and Swedish.
Kurt Beals, visiting associate professor of German studies, is on the shortlist for the James Tait Black Prize for his translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s essay collection Things that Disappear: Reflections and Memories.
Sonja Bertucci was promoted to associate professor of languages, literatures, & cultures. She is a filmmaker and her most recent feature-length documentary, The Diamond Couple (2024), is an intimate meditation on love, aging, and the transmission of memory. She is currently working on a new experimental project inspired by French writer Georges Perec’s Lieux.
Kamal Gasimov, assistant professor of Arabic studies, published “Eurasia and eschatology. Dugin’s antiliberal resonances in the Muslim world” in Studies in East European Thought.
Kamal Gasimov, assistant professor of Arabic studies, published “Philosophical Encyclopedia in a Mystical Fatwā: The Sufi Readers of the ‘Brethren of Purity’ (Iḫwān al-Ṣafāʾ) in Sixteenth-Century Cairo under Ottoman Rule” in Arabica: Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
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Carole Weinstein International Center
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Department Chair: Dr. Lidia Radi
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Jaime Rung