Dept News Archives

Mar 25, 2025

FLL Emerging Voices Hosts Emily Eyestone

Emerging Voices Presents Emily Eyestone; Fissuring the Surface: Edouard Glissant’s poetics of the concrete   Emily Eyestone presented her research at our Emerging Voices Guest Lecture yesterday, offering insightful perspectives...

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Mar 25, 2025

FLL Appoints New Associate Chair

We're thrilled to announce Dr. Laura Levi Altstaedter as the new Associate Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures! Her leadership promises great strides for our initiatives and...

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Nov 14, 2024

2024 Summer in Buenos Aires Creative Art Workshop Art Exhibition

Dr. Laura Levi-Altstaedter and students from the Buenos Aires Study Abroad program hosted an inspiring art exhibition, showcasing pieces created during the 2024 Summer Creative Art Workshop in Buenos Aires....

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Oct 11, 2024

2024 Summer in Buenos Aires Creative Art Workshop

Yasmin Morales Rodriguez   Title: Amar Garpa   About me: My name is Yasmin Morales Rodriguez, and I am a current Junior here at ECU. I am majoring in chemistry with a...

Sep 16, 2024

Spanish Medical Interpreter with ECU Health visits Spanish for the Medical Professions Course

Ms. Valeria Chaires-Marin, a Spanish Medical Interpreter with ECU Health and an MA student in ECU's Public Health program, visited Dr. Jennifer Valko's Spanish for the Medical Professions class last...

Sep 10, 2024

FLL Welcomes New French Professor

As of August 12th, we’re excited to officially welcome Dr. Renée Altergott to our faculty! Dr. Altergott brings a wealth of expertise in: -Francophone Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures -Sound Studies,...

Aug 15, 2024

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

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

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

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...