Dr. Touré Reed, Professor of History, will deliver the Spring College Lecture on Wednesday, March 27 at 5 p.m. in the Circus Room in the Bone Student Center. His talk, “Is it Race or Racism?: Why Binary Explanations for Inequality Have Failed Black Americans,” is free and open to the public.
Unit: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Save the Date for ReggieCon Live! April 27-30, 2024
ReggieCon LIVE! 2024: Ruins, Reflections, Creations, and Dreams will be held from Saturday, April 27 to Tuesday, April 30, at Bone Student Center, University Galleries, and other locations across the Illinois State University campus.
Alternative Winter Break participants work to ‘make our world a better place’
Across the Gulf of Mexico, more than 3,000 miles away from campus, a group of 12 Illinois State University students spent a portion of winter break picking pineapples and building stoves and showers in a rural Costa Rican community as a part of a service trip through the Alternative Winter Break (AWB) program.
Graduate students to represent CAS in 3M Thesis Competition
Four graduate student researchers will represent the College of Arts and Sciences in the university-wide Three Minute Thesis competition on February 29 at 6 p.m. at the Normal Theater. This event is free and open to the public. Please come and support our students!
Laura Edwards receives Living Our Values Award, September 2023
Dr. Laura Edwards, academic advisor in Language, Literatures, and Cultures, has been awarded an Illinois State University Living Our Values Award for September 2023.
Lynd, Pancrazio, and Toro-Morn receive Living Our Values Award, October 2023
Dr. Juliet Lynd, Dr. James Pancrazio, and Dr. Maura Toro-Morn were selected for the Illinois State University Living Our Values Award for October 2023 for embodying the core value of Collaboration.
College announces new internal research grant program
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is excited to announce a new internal research grant opportunity—the Dean’s Research Challenge Grant. Full-time CAS faculty from all college divisions, including Visiting Professors and non-tenure track faculty, are eligible to apply. The Principal Investigator’s (PI) primary appointment must be in a CAS unit. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged, and teams can have non-CAS members.
Ambassador Geeta Pasi to deliver lecture on November 13
Ambassador Geeta Pasi (retired), Inaugural Donald F. McHenry Visiting Professor in Diplomacy and International Affairs, will deliver a lecture, “Representing America Abroad: Telling our story, advancing American interests, and serving Americans,” at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 13 in the Circus Room in the Bone Student Center. Her talk is free and open to the public.
Bilingual puppet troupe Dragoncillo educates, entertains students, faculty, and community
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, together with the School of Theatre and Dance, hosted a three-day visit from the Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe to share their unique craft with ISU students, faculty, the Unity Community Center, the Western Avenue Community Center, and the Illinois Art Station.
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Welcomes New Faculty
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures welcomed two new non-tenure track faculty members this fall. Francesco Ferrari earned his undergrad and master’s from the University of Bologna (Italy), and his PhD in Italian Studies at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research examines the notion of nostalgia in Italian culture and literature between 19th and 20th centuries. Francesco taught Italian