Beloit College Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Don’t miss this opportunity to go to Japan next summer!

Come to the Study Abroad Fair in the Powerhouse from 11:30-1:30 on Wednesday, September 24 to learn about Landscapes in Transition: Japan! This Global Experience Seminar course will explore Kyushu, Japan to learn how cultural and natural heritage are being used to facilitate conservation, education and sustainable development and promote community resilience and sustainability. Students will compare efforts at sites, including UNESCO World Heritage and UNESCO Global Geopark localities, in which cultural, geographical, and biological diversity can be interdependent. Localities include Hirado, Nagasaki, Shimabara Peninsula/Unzen Volcanic Area, and A*o Global Geopark.

Meet Julia, our Beloit College Fellow! We are lucky to be working with Julia for the full academic year. She will be at The Confluence on weekday mornings and during weekend events.

Name: Julia Weber
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: French and Creative Writing
Most recent job: Daycare provider
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Why does Nature at the Confluence interest you: It interests me because I love nature and I think when we come together as a community to celebrate nature, we become stronger and develop more connections to the land and the world around us.
Favorite thing about Beloit: The diversity in the community–you have so many different perspectives and outlooks, and it’s so nice to be able to talk to so many different kinds of people.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, nature journaling, doing poetry, and volunteering

Josie Czuj ’25 knew that she wanted to study abroad during her time at Beloit. In fact, a large part of why she chose Beloit in the first place was “for the study abroad programs, and I knew I wanted to do one semester Spanish speaking, one semester French speaking.”

Far-Flung Study Abroad - Two Semesters, Two Languages, Two Hemispheres Josie Czuj ’25 knew that she wanted to study abroad during her time at Beloit. In fact, a large part of why she chose Beloit in the first place was “f...

The spring semester closed with the 7th annual Beloit Japanese Film Festival, featuring films made by second-year Japanese students.

Derosier, who is a professor of French and chair of Medieval Studies, centers his research and teaching on “unlearning the Middle Ages” and the negative stereotypes that inform the way we engage with the world around us. In grad school, he planned to study twentieth- and mid-century q***r literature, but since pivoting to medieval studies, he says, “this has been a dream of mine, to fuse my interest in q***r and trans theory with medieval studies.”

Credit: Grayson Jensen ’25

Disrupting the binary in medieval lit In Joseph Derosier’s “Trans Before Trans” course this spring, students contemplate what it meant to perform gender in the Middle Ages and how q***r ...

Albertine Cinémathèque opens tonight!

“‘Banel e Adama’ (2023) is a haunting image of the tensions between love and tradition. Banel, a driven young woman from northern Senegal, seeks to escape the expectations of her village with her love, Adama, by digging out and moving into houses buried under the sand just outside. Adama is about to become chief of his village– if he accepts his lineage. In this gripping and calamitous story, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Senegalaise-French screenwriter and director, breaks not only the romance mold but also stereotypes of Black African women in love stories. With stunning visuals, colors, and powerful audio, ‘Banel e Adama’ is a film that revolutionizes storytelling and our own expectations of traditional film. Screening begins at 7:15 this Wednesday, February 26, in the Weissberg Auditorium in the Powerhouse.”

“There are no more stars”: Transgressing Tradition in Film - The Round Table Beloit College hosts the Albertine Cinématique Film Festival featuring diverse international films and discussions.

One week until Albertine Cinémathèque! Free and open to all.

Join us February 26th — March 7th for a festival of francophone cinema! Free and open to the public.

Albertine Cinémathèque: Exploring Contemporary Topics through Francophone Film - The Round Table This year's French film festival showcases films that highlight French culture, history, and cinematography.

Students in French 110, French in the Francophone World, co-curated “La vie quotidienne dans la francosphère: Francophone Art in Action,” an exhibit that asks visitors to think about language and identity in the French-speaking world, legacies of colonialism, and daily life. Thanks to the Wright Museum of Art for such a wonderful experience!

Recent Acquisitions from the West African Calligraphy Institute, Dakar, Senegal During a Global Experience Office site-visit to Dakar, Senegal in January (2024) Beloit College faculty members Gana Ndiaye and Joseph Derosier, along wit...