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03/11/2023
📢Join us on Tues., March 14 at 5:30pm to learn how to salsa dance and dance bachata!
The dance lesson will be led by two professional dancers. This event is organized in collaboration with UTM Salsa & Bachata.
📍Location: Multi-Purpose Room B (RAWC)
03/08/2023
📢Exciting news!📢
Don't miss out on our guest lecture by Dr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder from the University of Arkansas today in ITA392H5S. Join us as he speaks on "Q***r Migration: Italian Americans" from 1:10pm-3pm via Zoom. See you there! 😊
03/08/2023
📢Exciting news!📢
Don't miss out on our guest lecture tomorrow from Dr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder from the University of Arkansas in ITA392H5S class. Join us as he speaks on "Q***r Migration: Italian American's" from 1:10pm-3pm via Zoom. See you there! 😊
02/13/2023
You are invited to attend a guest lecture in ITA392H5S this Wednesday, February 15 at 1:10 pm in MN 2260. 🙂
Dr. Charlotte Ross (University of Birmingham, UK) will be giving a talk entitled “Q***rly desiring women in late 19th and early 20th-century Italian literature: Marise Ferro and Pier Leone Ticchioni. 📖
02/06/2023
Our DLS instructors of the Chinese language and culture courses invite you to experience the Chinese customs of celebrating the Lantern Festival. In Chinese custom, the Lantern Festival marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations.🏮
Please join us on Tuesday, February 7 from 5:30 pm - 7 pm at MN 5128 to celebrate! 🗓️
Make your own lantern and guess at lantern riddles while enjoying more Lunar New Year snacks! 😄
We hope to see you there!
01/18/2023
Lunar New Year falls on January 22 this year! 🏮
This holiday is celebrated by many different cultures.
Our DLS instructors of the Chinese language and culture courses invite you to experience the Chinese customs for celebrating the Lunar New Year.
Please join us as we welcome the Year of the Rabbit! 🐇
🗓️ Wed. Jan. 18
🕓 4pm-5:30pm
📍MN 5128
11/29/2022
🗓️Our friends at are presenting “The Christmas Chair” / “La Sedia di Natale”, the new original immersive holiday experience created by internationally acclaimed theatre company DopoLavoro Teatrale (DLT) and director Daniele Bartolini, with music by the Vesuvius Ensemble . This limited engagement runs from December 15 to 18, 2022 only, at the Columbus Centre. 🎅
🎄Take a seat on the Christmas chair and share your holiday stories! This unforgettable show invites the audience to delve into their fondest memories, to be weaved together into an interactive collective experience by a line-up of extraordinary Italian-Canadian performers, including some ‘surprise’ special guests! Buy your tickets today: New Cultural Events - Villa Charities https://ecs.page.link/Timr6 😄
11/21/2022
🗓️Join us this Wednesday as we examine the characteristics of Peking Opera masks and take a look at how their intricate designs reflect the personalities of characters in the opera.
You will also have the opportunity to paint your own Peking Opera mask. 🖌️
All UTM staff and students are welcome!😄
Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: MN 6128
11/09/2022
🗓️You are invited to join LIN357H5F English Worldwide for a guest lecture by Ryan Durgasingh (University of Münster), who will give a talk on “World Englishes, Corpus Linguistics, and Modal Variation: A Short Introduction".
Join us on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2:10 pm - 3:00 pm via Zoom.
Please email [email protected] for the Zoom meeting details. 🙂
11/03/2022
🗓️ITA233H5F (Made in Italy: Italian Fashion from the Theatre to the Runway) will be hosting two virtual guest lectures, and you are all invited to attend.
The first one, featuring Dr. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, will take place on Wednesday, November 9, from 1:10 pm – 3:00 pm on Zoom.
We hope to see you there! 🙂
10/25/2022
📣Join us on Thursday, October 27, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm in MN 3170 to learn how to write a pair of couplets in Chinese calligraphy to display your motto and love for your home with the help of the students of Classical Chinese Literature (CHI311).
🗓️Event Detail:
Thursday, October 27, 2022
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
MN 3170
All UTM students and staff are welcome. We look forward to seeing you there! 😊
09/27/2022
📣Are you interested in learning about the history of Guqin (a traditional Chinese music instrument)? Join us on Thursday, October 6, at 2:00 pm in MN5128 for a guest lecture from Dr. Wanting Yang. Dr. Yang is a Guqin culture scholar and the President and founder of Toronto Wanting College.
Event Detail:
🗓️Thursday, October 6, 2022
🕑2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
📍MN5128
We hope to see you all there! 🙂