Screening of the movies “Un Prophète” (2008), “35 Rhums” (2009), “White Material” (2010), and “Welcome” (2008) at Annual French and Francophone Film Festival.
Mondays, 7 PM at Images Cinema, in French with English subtitles, Admission Free
Sponsored by the Williams College Department of Romance Languages and the Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Talk on "The U.S. Pivot to Asia: The Importance of U.S.-Taiwan Relations" by Anne Hung, the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Council, Boston.
February 15, 4:15 PM | Griffin 3
Sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies
February 21 | Film
Screenings at Images Cinema
3 PM - Fallen Angels
5 PM - In the Mood for Love
February 23 | Film Discussion at Images Cinema
Haili Kong, Professor of Chinese at Swarthmore College, will discuss Director Kar-Wai Wong's Fallen Angels and In the Mood for Love in a talk entitled, “Time, Space, and Being—Kar-Wai Wong and his Cinematic Illustration of Hong Kong Identity.”
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Department and the Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Open to the public, admission free
Dr. Charles Armstrong’s talk, “North Korea under Three Kims”, will focus on political transition in North Korea through its three leaders to date: Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un.
Dr. Charles Armstrong is The Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences at Columbia University. He has published extensively on modern Korean, East Asian, and international history, including his forthcoming book, Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950 – 1990.
February 20 - Griffin 6, 4:15
Sponsored by the Williams College Departments of Asian Studies and History and International Studies
The Arabic Program at Williams held an evening “Celebrating Arabic Spring” on November 3, 2011.
The event started by socializing with the guests over delicious Arabic refreshments and sweets. Professors Vargas and Khattab then introduced Arabic Spring, an occasion to celebrate with poetry originating in the uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and other countries in the Middle East. Students from all levels of Arabic study recited a selection of revolutionary poems and songs and native speakers, Mustafa M., Fulbright TA from...
Stefan Ward-Wheten graduated from Williams in June of 2011 with degrees in Comparative Literature and Political Science. While at Williams, he was invited to present a paper at the 2011 American Comparative Literature Association. Below follows his account of the experience in working on his paper, "Accessing the Real Through Ethical Translation: A Multicultural Analysis of Ancient Chinese Poetry." Stefan is currently based in Northampton, Massachusetts, working in outreach and fundraising for several political advocacy campaigns while pursuing his interests in freelance and professional writing and editing, education, communications, and nonprofit development.
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I am a Senior Art History and Comparative Literature double major from outside Kolkata, India, though I spent most of my childhood living in Kuwait, with a brief stint in Montreal, Canada. I grew up in a bilingual household of...
