LLC Symposium

Our annual symposium occurred on Saturday, April 23, 2022

This year’s LLC symposium has topics in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.

Morrissey Hall and Zoom Room Details

Room NameABCDE
Zoom Host ContactDr. Dan NickolaiDr. Evelyn MeyerDr. Simone BregniDr. Sergey ToymentsevMr. Matthew Warner
LanguageFrenchGermanItalianRussianSpanish
Morrissey Hall 2718 2716 271427422720
Zoom Meeting IDxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxx
Zoom rooms links appeared only on the day of the Symposium (3/23/22)
Symposium welcoming remarks as our presenters enjoy some coffee and bagels.

Schedule of Events

8:30 am – SLU students and faculty can join us in Morrissey Hall on the 2nd floor for coffee and pastries.

8:45 am – Opening remarks from Dr. Simone Bregni, Chair of the Department of Languages Literatures and Cultures

9:00 am – Sessions begin – French / German / Italian / Russian / Spanish

12:15 pm – Break for lunch

1:10 pm – Faculty Panel Discussions (Room E, MOR 2720)

  • Dr. Simone Bregni, Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot, Ms. Carla Riera Roca, Dr. Sergey Toymentsev, Ms. Iva Youkilis
  • Join us on Zoom for this event here: link no longer available
Dr. Lili Guo co-presenting on Chinese Holiday Storytelling (2019)

French (Room A) – MOR 2718

Session 1: 9:00 – 10:45 am – France and the Francophone World

Chair: Dr. Salim Ayoub (Webster University)

  • Hannah Harms (Webster U) « La France entre le glamour et le passé colonial »
  • Ashlynn Prince (Webster U) « Trajectoire du dessin animé : de la France à la globalité »
  • Marjorie Kennedy (Webster U) « L’Organisation Iinternationale de la Francophonie : et si on parlait tous les français ? »
  • Marko Torres (Webster U) « La Révolution Française: réussite ou échec ? »
  • Ezra Chambers (Webster U) « Français, francophone & francophile : entre la langue, la culture et l’admiration »
  • Jonathan McCarthy (Webster U) « Les Effets du Colonialisme Français »

Session 2: 11:00 am to 12:15 pm – French Session II

Chair: Dr. Jean-Louis Pautrot

  • Arina Martin (SLU) « Tensions héritées : comment la violence d’un passé colonial s’infiltre dans le présent postcolonial »
  • Margaret Cotner (SLU) « L’Élection présidentielles française de 2022 »
  • Emma Schaefer (SLU) “Translation problems and solutions”

German (Room B) – MOR 2716

Session 1: 10:00-11:00 am – German Sessions I

Chair: Dr. Evelyn Meyer (SLU)

  • Zuza Bereszczuk (SLU) – Die Bedeutung Angela Merkels
  • Dmitri Schmidt (SLU) – Die Zeit nach Angela Merkel: Die Ampelkoalition
  • Finn Coughlin (SLU) – Der Aufstieg der rechten Politik in Deutschland
  • Lisa Johnson (Webster U) – Die Reise einer Flüchtlingsfamilie aus Deutschland

Session 2: 11:15-12:00 pm – German Sessions II

Chair: Dr. Evelyn Meyer (SLU)

  • Kate Rabideau (SLU) – Die Bedeutung der Ukrainekrise für Deutschland
  • Matthew Stoeckel (SLU) – Die Rolle von Umwelt und Energie in Deutschland
  • Becca Treis -(SLU) Die Geschichte des Robert-Koch-Instituts

Delta Phi Alpha: 12:15 pm – German Honor Society Initiation

German presentation 2019

Italian (Room C) – MOR 2714

Session 1 – 10:15 am – 10:45 am – Italian Session I

Chair: Simone Bregni

  • Taylor Garvin (SLU) “Saint Francis of Assisi’s “Canticle of Creation””
Italian Presentations (2019)

Russian (Room D) – MOR 2742

Session 1 – 11:00 am – 12:15 pm – Reading Russian Culture After Ukraine Invasion

Chair: Dr. Sergey Toymentsev

  • Matthew Shenouda (SLU) “Russian Nationalists in Zakhar Prilepin’s novel Sankya and Aleksei Balabanov’s Brother Films”
  • Lejla Ugarak (SLU) “Russia’s Past in Post-Soviet Blockbusters”
  • Erik Kemppainen (SLU) “Russia’s Present in Neo-Noir Films”
    Adam Gross (SLU) “Russia’s Future in Post-Soviet Dystopia”
Symposium attendees (2019)

Spanish (Room E) – MOR 2720

Session 1 – 9:00 am – 10:30 am – Spanish Sessions I

Chair: Dr. Christina García (SLU)

  • Theresa Thiel (SLU) « EL CURRÍCULO DE CO-APRENDIZAJE: Colaborando para honrar las identidades diversas de hablantes de herencia y aprendices L2 en el aula de español »
  • Maria Pace (SLU) « Pasantía en el Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project »
  • Dan O’Connell (SLU) “Increasing awareness of mental health in Spanish-speaking children”

Session 2: 10:45 am to 12:15 pm – Spanish Sessions II

Chair: Dr. Sheri Anderson (SLU)

  • Emma Pauer (SLU) “Does Health Work? Exploring the impact of a language-inclusive children’s health museum on health literacy”
  • Lauren Hamby (SLU) “Service in Action: Spanish in the U.S. and Beyond”
  • Elsa Joliffe-Saunders (SLU) « La estantería del estudiante: Ampliando horizontes literarios y culturales »