Lily Johnson Archives

Flyer for Coco Film Series event; Coco United States, 2017.  1h 45m. Directed by Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina Animated/Fantasy/Adventure Wed., October 30, 2025 Updated: SciTech C307 @ 5:30pm Presented by Rina Tseng Teaching Instructor of Spanish, ECU Person(s) in charge of validating the hours: Rina Tseng The film follows Miguel, a young boy with dreams of becoming a musician, despite his family's generations-old ban on music. When a magical mishap transports him to the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks on a journey to uncover the true story of his family history. Along the way, he meets charming skeletons, including his trickster great-great-grandfather, and learns about the importance of remembering and honoring one's ancestors. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380307/?ref_=tt_mv_close Movies are FREE and open to all students. All films will be shown in their original language (with English subtitles). Films are not rated and may include adult content. Students must have their Spanish Cultural Immersion Activities Log signed by the designated person(s) to validate their activity hours. Screenings will include brief presentations/discussions, providing greater context for film. For more information, please e-mail series organizers:  Rina Tseng  tsengr23@ecu.edu Magalí Krosl  kroslma15@ecu.edu
Sep 03, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Wed., Oct. 30: Film Series; Coco

Coco United States, 2017.  1h 45m. Directed by Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina Animated/Fantasy/Adventure Wed., October 30, 2025 Updated: SciTech C307 @ 5:30pm Presented by Rina Tseng Teaching Instructor of Spanish,...

Sep 03, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Wed., Sept. 25: Film Series; La Misa Luna

La Misma Luna (The Same Moon) Mexico, United States 2007 .  1h. 14m. Directed by Patricia Riggen Adventure/Drama Wed., September  25, 2024 Flanagan 349 @ 5:30pm Presented by Rina Tseng...

Aug 16, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Congratulations Dr. Ford and welcome to the helm Dr. Smith!

On September 1st, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures said, “Farewell!” to department chair, Katherine Ford, who has recently been appointed Associate Dean of the Honors College and director...

Aug 16, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Congratulations to our new Assistant Professor!

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Dylan Jarrett as our newest Assistant Professor! Some of Dylan’s areas of interest include historical syntactic and semantic change in Romance, language variation and change...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Two Faculty Members promoted to Professor

The chancellor has signed; it is official!  Dr. Javier Lorenzo and Dr. Jill Twark were promoted from Associate Professor to Professor this Spring. Congratulations to them both on achieving this...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Honor Societies inducts new students

FLL graciously welcomed Hispanic Studies Alumni Becky Leon who gave this year’s welcoming speech before we celebrated academic excellence and passion for foreign languages and cultures as our most outstanding...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Dr. Araceli Hernández-Laroche visits as Linda E. McMahon Distinguished Guest Speaker

We had the absolute pleasure of hosting Dr. Araceli Hernández-Laroche on Wednesday, April 3rd, at our Linda E. McMahon Distinguished Guest Speaker Series. Her speech emphasized the importance of building...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Student Employees Recognized during Student Employee Appreciation Week

Did you know this week is Student Employment Appreciation week East Carolina University? We are thrilled to shout out aaarghmazing student employees Vanessa and Alyssa. Alyssa was nominated as for...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Students visit Holocaust Museum in Richmond, VA

Students from German Club and Dr. Jill Twark’s Holocaust class (GLST 2600) visited the Holocaust museum in Richmond, VA earlier this month. For information about our GLST 2600 course visit...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Faculty Member announced as Inaugural Winner of Premio Alambique

We are thrilled to announce Dr. Dale Knickberbocker as the inaugural winner of the Premio Alambique! His groundbreaking work, “Spain is Different? Historical Memory and the ‘Two Spains’ in Turn-of-the-Millennium...