April 11,  2007

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UPCOMING EVENTS

* The annual Delta Phi Alpha induction and Departmental Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 12 from 7 to 9 PM in the Lucy Ellis lounge of the FLB. Professor Emeritus Jim McGlathery will present a lecture entitled: "Some Varying Versions of Familiar Fairy Tales from the 1630s to 1820s." There will be a small reception following the event.

* Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival will feature Werner Herzog in two films. _Man of Flowers_ and _Stroszek_ will be screened on Saturday, April 28th. More information is available at http://www.ebertfest.com/index.html.

* The University of Illinois German Choir will perform its Spring Concert on Sunday, April 29th at 3:00 PM in the University Lutheran Church-Student Center, 604 E. Chalmers St., C. Choral and instrumental works by Fischer and Rosenmüller and others will be performed using original instruments.  Admission is free.

PRESENTATIONS

* Veronika Jicinska presented a paper entitled: "Finding the Middle Ground: Competing Cultures in Translations from Czech into German in the Early 20th Century" at the 8th Annual Czech Workshop: Czechs in the New and Old Europe: New Approaches

ANNOUNCEMENTS

* Congratulations to Alexis Whittington who has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistant Fellowship in Germany for the coming academic year.

WEEKLY DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES

* The Deutsche Konversationsgruppe meets each Wednesday from 2-4 at The Bread Company on Goodwin. Students of all levels are welcome. Instructors of German courses, please let your students know about this opportunity to get extra German practice in an informal, no-pressure setting. More information is available from Frederick Schwink (schwink AT uiuc DOT edu).

* The Scandinavian Coffee Hour meets every Wednesday from 4-6 PM at the Bread Company on Goodwin Street. All speakers of any level of modern Scandinavian languages are welcome to attend. Contact: jfeason AT uiuc DOT edu.

* The IPRH Reading Group "Language and Social Interaction" holds its weekly data session Mondays, 4-5:30, in 3114 FLB.  Anybody with a background or an interest in conversation analysis is welcome to attend.  For more information, contact Professor Andrea Golato golato AT uiuc DOT edu

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