Department of World Languages,
Literatures and Cultures
Literatures and Cultures
Kimpel Hall,
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479.575.2951
Fax: 479.575.6795
Email the department:
flan01@uark.edu
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Department News
- Louise Rozier, director of the Italian program in WLLC, has received the Fulbright College Master Teacher award in 2010.
- Dr. Luis Fernando Restrepo has been named assistant vice provost for diversity at the University of Arkansas. He will work with Charles Robinson, vice provost for diversity, to increase the numbers of underrepresented students, faculty and staff at the university.
“Luis Restrepo has been active in diversity issues for his entire professional life,” said Robinson. “In his 15 years at the University of Arkansas he has been an active advocate for diversity on this campus and a strong supporter of the Hispanic population here. He is an excellent addition to this office.”
Read the full press release here. - UA Classics Major Wins Third Place in National Greek Translation Contest
Lauren Halliburton, a U of A senior honors student majoring in Classical Studies, has won third place in the Koine Greek category of Eta Sigma Phi’s 2010 Maurine Dallas Watkins Sight Translation Contest, as announced at the organization’s national convention April 10 in Blacksburg, Virginia. Ms. Halliburton has received a certificate (in Ancient Greek) and a cash prize for her accomplishment.
The Greek translation contest, now in its 61st year, allows students throughout the United States to compete against one another for cash prizes and recognition by their peers. Eighty-five students competed in three ancient Greek categories: Advanced, Intermediate, and Koine.
In addition to the University of Arkansas, this year’s Greek contest winners are students at the University of California at Davis, Randolph College (Virginia), John Carroll University (Ohio), Truman State University (Missouri), Hillsdale College (Michigan), and Rhodes College (Tennessee).
Earlier this year Ms. Halliburton presented a paper at the national convention of the American Philological Association, in Anaheim, California, on the research she has been conducting for her honors thesis “Shakespeare’s Moral Code: A Reinvention of Ovid and Golding?” under the direction of UA Classics professor Dr. Alexandra Pappas. Ms. Halliburton was part of a panel that showcased the scholarship of undergraduate classics students and provided them with an opportunity to share their views with professional classicists. At the same time it introduced to those professionals some of the most talented and promising students from the next generation of classicists. Professor Eleanor W. Leach of Indiana University served as respondent.
Attending this year’s convention at Virginia Tech University were UA Classical Studies Professor Daniel Levine, and UA Classical Studies major Megan Motley, who served as this year’s Megale Grammateus (National Secretary) of Eta Sigma Phi.
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