"Acquisition vs. Learning in 2021"
Karen Lichtman
Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics and Director of Educator Licensure in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, Northern Illinois University

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stephen Krashen put forward a model of…

Ithaca Premiere

2021 > Mexico/USA > Directed by Alexis Gambis

With Tenoch Huerta, Paulina Gaitan

After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacan. The journey forces him to…

This session will provide PhD students with information on the Einaudi Dissertation Proposal Development Program. The program offers seminars, workshops, and faculty mentoring to PhD students in the social sciences and humanities who are developing research projects abroad or domestic research projects on topics…

1946 > France > Directed by Georges Rouquier

A portrait of the Rouquier family, cousins of the director, who lived in the farming community of Aveyron in South-central France. Like legendary documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, Rouquier worked with non-professional performers--in this case, farmers--…

Jonathan Mummolo is Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, He presents this co-authored article “The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago,” Science 371, 6530 (2021): 696–702.

This seminar is part of a…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series.

Geoffrey Robinson, Department of History, UCLA

Geoffrey Robinson is a Professor of History at UCLA, where he teaches and writes about political violence, genocide, and human rights, especially in Southeast Asia. His major works include: The Dark…

1966 > Czechoslovakia > Directed by Vera Chytilova

With Ivana Karbanova, Jitka Cerhova and Marie Ceskova

"This radically mischievous work was the second feature of the Czech New Wave's sole female director, Vera Chytilova. In her visually arresting, capricious film - full of colorful…

This talk inserts the Omani sultans and their royal household into the Arabian Sea world to shift the focus away from the histories of imperial hegemony and capitalist expansion that dominate its historiography. It analyzes princely careers as they evolved drawing from multiple contexts that were accessed by the…

Learn about the Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Program. Open to first- and second-year students, this 2-year program provides generous support to carry out internationally-focused research, develop leadership skills, engage with community projects overseas, and join a global network of like-minded…

Includes admission to Kiarostami’s Close-Up at 8:35pm

1987 > Iran > Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

With Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor

A sensitive and beautiful film depicting the remarkable efforts made by a schoolboy as he tries to help his classmate in a mountainous region of Iran…