Speaking of Language

S16E4 - Jack Brown - Critical Language Scholarship

Jack Brown, PhD student in Cornell's Department of Romance Studies, is the Alumni Ambassador for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. Jack discusses the CLS and reasserts the importance of language study in creating a safer, more connected world.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/learn/academics/critical-language-scholarship-program 

https://clscholarship.org/ 

https://events.cornell.edu/event/information-session-critical-language-scholarship (Info session on 9/30)

#tagarela

S16E3 - Ellen Jovin & Brandt Johnson - Rebel with a Clause

Grammar guru Ellen Jovin and filmmaker Brandt Johnson join us to discuss Rebel with a Clause, a new film following a traveling grammar advice stand across all 50 US states.

https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/

Tickets to screenings: https://www.cinemapolis.org/movie/rebel-with-a-clause/

#joiedevivre

#Eichhörnchen

#écureuil

S16E2 - Hannah Scott Deuchar - Translational Justice

Sam speaks with Hannah Scott Deuchar, a scholar of modern Middle Eastern literature, media, and translation; critical and legal theory; and histories of culture and technology in the Global South. This past spring semester, she gave a talk as part of Cornell's "Language and Power in the Middle East and Beyond" series titled "Translational Justice: The Arabic Novel and the British Archive." She expands on this talk and discusses the impact of translation on politics and power.

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/comparative-literature-and-culture/people/academic/profiles/scott-deuchar.html

وَسْوَسَة#

 

S16E1 - Jaida Anekwe - Fashion and Diaspora

Jaida Anekwe, President Emeritus of Cornell’s Pan-African Students Association, discusses the organization and their much-celebrated annual fashion show, AFRIK. 

Cornell Chronicle article on AFRIK: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/03/fashion-show-celebrate-unite-cultures-african-diaspora 

https://www.instagram.com/cornell_pasa

@cornell_pasa

#mnike

Season 16 Teaser

We're back with our Sweet Sixteen season! Join Sam, Angelika, and another dozen-odd guests to talk about the impact of language and culture, from fashion to food, translation to grammar.

S15E14 - Sara Lee - Neurodivergent Language Learners: Needs, Opportunities, and Teaching Strategies

Sara Lee closes out our season discussing strategies for supporting neurodiverse language learners and how these design principles create better learning outcomes for the entire classroom.

Watch Sara's workshop: https://youtu.be/hhB0Bg_3-bw

Neurodiversity reading list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CD7TP7FCcSmEt7Jms3hu7Jwi6xBkhRVC/view?usp=sharing

Sara.A.Lee@asu.edu

#Scheidebecher

S15E13 - Katie Fiorella - Cornell Migrations Program

Dr. Katie Fiorella is the director of the Cornell Migrations Program. We discuss the policies and outcomes related to the movement of living things across borders, and learn about how this initiative has developed since we first discussed it in 2020.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/programs/migrations-program 

Subscribe to the Migrations mailing list: https://cornell.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=da35890acf22b2437aeb5bb67&id=c45499fc3f

#oyaore

S15E12 - Andrew Campana & Ashley Griffith - Poetry at the Edge of Media

We celebrate the LRC's annual Sweet Poetry event with two returning guests: poet and Japanese literature and media scholar Andrew Campana, and the LRC's Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Ashley Griffith.

 

https://lrc.cornell.edu/sweet-poetry 

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/expanding-verse/paper 

 

“Speaking of Speaking of Language” by Angelika Kraemer

Performed by Angelika Kraemer and Sam Lupowitz

Underscore: “Nordisk Guld” by Simon Bjarning

https://simonbjarning.com

 

#図々しい

#sala

S15E11 - Monti Wilkins - Cornell Language House

We will learn all about Cornell's Language House and how it benefits campus life from residence hall director Monti Wilkins.

https://cornell.campusgroups.com/tonimorrison/home/

https://scl.cornell.edu/residential-life/housing/campus-housing/upper-level-undergraduates/program-houses/language-house

https://lrc.cornell.edu/news/language-house-opens-students-learning-asl

#bonsoir

S15E10 - Daniel Kaufman - Language Documentation and Revitalization

Dr. Daniel Kaufman is the co-founder and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to documenting Indigenous, minority, and endangered languages, supporting linguistic diversity in New York City and beyond. We speak with him about language documentation, community collaboration, and more.

https://www.elalliance.org/

https://languagemap.nyc

Language City book: https://groveatlantic.com/book/language-city/

Facebook/Instagram: @elalliance

#wagübürigu