European Studies is holding a series of forum on European themes. This forum on "Football and Politics in Europe" is going to be held in Smith Hall, Room 304 on November 22 at 5 pm. The lecturer is Dario Silvestre.
Opening the dictionary can often be seen as laborious trudge, a tedious necessary in times of doubt, but it doesn’t have to be like that. When we are opening the dictionary we are performing a similar role to that of Howard Carter as he opened the door to the sarcophagus of the great king Tutankhamen under the sands of the Egyptian desert. The dictionary, like the pharaoh’s tomb can serve as a time capsule; offering a glimpse into the past and informing us about society at a certain time. Words come loaded, like a weapon, primed with layers of meaning and historical significance. In my class
I run two courses each semester in the European Studies Department, each entitled 유럽영어실습. I normally begin the courses by announcing to the students that indeed there is no English. Now, before you tear your hair out and throw your “Eye of the T.O.E.I.C” book in the trash, I will explain what I mean, but before I do that I must digress, as I have a little story to tell. The story you are about to hear is about an obscure Indo European language from a small Island on the western fringes of Europe. This is a language with a Germanic basis, and French, Latin and Greek aspects; a relatively new la
European Studies is going to hold a series of forum on European themes, beginning next Wednesday. The first topic is "Islam and Europe." This forum is going to be held in Smith Hall on September 27 at 5 pm. The opening lecturer is Prof. Andrew Brennan of European Studies.