Spring 2025
Celebrate Cultures: Korea
 The Modern Language Department cordially invites K-5th graders and their families to join us to celebrate cultures through stories, music, activities, food. |
Saturday, February 22nd from 2 to 3 PM
Manhattan Public Library
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Fall 2024
December
A Day at the Gladiator Games
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Are you ready to see Ridley Scott's Gladiator II?
Take a break from studying and come learn about the spectacular world of gladiators, breast hunts, and Roman entertainment!
There will be an interactive presentation by Dr. Allie Pohler, light snacks and refreshments.
RSVP using the QR code or at 
https://forms.office.com/r/BPZdMPqWpT
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Tuesday, December 3rd, from 3–4 PM
Kirmser Language Center (KLC) - Eisenhower 001
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November
Mock Pura Belpré
 On Saturday, November 16, (12-1:30 PM) will be our first Mock Pura Belpré where we view, discuss, and vote on the best Latinx picture books of 2024. We have versions of all books in English so everyone can participate. Video links to book readings to follow. We're hoping to guess winners before January when the American Library Association announces Pura Belpré Awards to "a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth."
We'll finish up with snacks and drinks (1:30-2:30 PM) and the Dept. of English's Mock Caldecott will immediately follow. All activities are free, open to the public, and will take place at the Manhattan Public Library. Book information will be posted on the Instagram account the_promise_of_fantasy leading up to the event.
Read aloud videos of some books are available on YouTube at K-State Modern Languages. More information available @the_promise_of_fantasy.
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Saturday, November 16th, from 12 to 1:30 pm
Manhattan Public Library
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National French Week
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Bake sale
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 Come support French learning students by grabbing a (French) snack!
We are raising funds so that we can organize an excursion to the new Museum of Art and Light and their Immersive Renoir Exhibit.
Donations Welcome!
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Tuesday, Nov. 12th, from 11:30 to 2 pm
Union Food Court
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Cheese Tasting - KLC Event
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 The Kirmser Language Center in the modern languages department invites celebrating the National French Week with a cheese tasting event.
Come and learn about the National French Week and the importance of cheese in the French culture. This come-and-go event is open to students, faculty and community members of all language backgrounds. There will be a cultural presentation, games, and French cheese tasting.
Learning a new language has never been more tempting, so bring a friend and experience the joy of language and culture together. All languages are welcome!
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Thursday, Nov. 7th, from 12 to 1 pm
KLC (EH 001)
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¡Cuenta cuentos! Tell Tales! Spanish Bilingual Story time
 This story time is suggested for ages 3-8. We will tell great tales and look at some beautiful illustrations, focusing on books by Latinx authors and illustrators. Everyone will be able to enjoy stories and join in the fun. Acompáñanos a la hora del cuento y manualidad/actividad, ¡Cuenta cuentos!, en español e inglés para niñas/os de 3 años en adelante. Contaremos cuentos maravillosos y veremos bellas ilustraciones creadas por autores e ilustradores latinos. ¡Cuenta cuentos! es una actividad apta para hablantes biligües, de español, de inglés o de otros idiomas.
Hosted by the Department of Modern Languages and Manhattan Public Library. For more information, see the Manhattan Public Library website. |
Saturdays, Oct. 26–Nov. 23.
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Manhattan Public Library
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October
Multicultural Chocofest - KLC event
The Kirmser Language Center in the modern languages department invites to our Multicultural Chocofest: A celebration of the importance of chocolate in different cultures.
Come and explore the history of chocolate and how it has become an important element in different cultures. This come-and-go event is open to students, faculty and community members of all language backgrounds. There will be games, prizes and chocolate samples from different countries.
Learning a new language has never been more tempting, so bring a friend and experience the joy of language and culture together. All languages are welcome!
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Friday, October 25th, from 12 to 2 pm
KLC (EH 001)
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Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) - KLC Event
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 The Kirmser Language Center in the modern languages department invites to Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) celebration.
Come and learn the history of this important celebration in the Mexican culture. This come-and-go event is open to students, faculty and community members of all language backgrounds. There will be a cultural presentation, games, nichos (wooden altars), Mexican pastries like pan de muerto, and Mexican hot chocolate.
Learning a new language has never been more tempting, so bring a friend and experience the joy of language and culture together. All languages are welcome!
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Monday, October 28th, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm
KLC (EH 001)
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AI Symposium
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 Join us for the free AI and the Future Symposium! This three-day event features panels, lightning talks, and workshops. Explore the latest advances in AI, its educational applications, and its impact while also discussing important ethical considerations. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge of AI!
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October 15th to 17th
Hale Library
Registration is Free but Required for ALL events.
Register for each event or session you are interested in individually on the event website.
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 The Department of Modern Languages invites you to a special Keynote Session at the AI Symposium: Quixotic Conversations: A Communicative Approach to the Machine and the Humanities by Kevin Gaugler, professor of Spanish and Assistant Dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Marist College. |
Wednesday, October 16th at 4:30 pm
Hale Library 581
Register on the event website.
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Multicultural Film Festival - Sustainability on Screen
Feature Films
All films to be shown at the Wildcat Chamber at 6 pm
Light refreshments will be served.
October 7
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October 8
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October 9
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
(The Gleaners and I)
A film by Agnès Varda, 2000
French with English Subtitles
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Ixcanul
A film by Jayro Bustamante, 2015
Mayan and Spanish with
English Subtitles
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Roter Himmel (Afire)
A film by Christian Perzold, 2023
German with English Subtitles
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Feature Presentation
Elle-Máijá TailFeathers: The Radical Hope of Decolonizaed Indigenous Cinema and the Movement away from Extractive Storytellin
 Madison río de Estrellas
Drums are considered sacred among many Indigenous peoples. They represent a pulse—the heartbeat of animals, people, and Mother Earth. If the feeling of a heartbeat could exist in a filmmaker, it would be Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, a proud award-winning Blackfoot and Sámi woman. She is an actor, producer, director, writer, storyteller, and advocate for her Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy) and Sámi (Norway) communities. Much of her work is a response to the injustices happening in her Kainai community and a reflection of their resilience. This presentation seeks to explore Tailfeathers’ radical approach to reimagining the process of filmmaking into collaborative forms centering cinema as a tool for healing and hope. She is a force of nature in front of and behind the lens. Devoted to the authentic representation of women, and Indigenous peoples, she empowers artists to shift the narratives– to change the stories that can be told, and who can tell them.
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Friday, October 3rd from 3:45 -5 pm
Multicultural Center
Room 204/205
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September
Arts and Sciences Diversity Lecture Series
Human Rights in Colombia: A Journey through Suma Paz
Dr. Elvira Sánchez-Blake
Dr. Sánchez-Blake is a distinguished journalist, writer, and academic. Her 2019 novel Espiral de silencios explores diverse experiences of women in Colombia's civil war. Her most recent book, Suma Paz: La utopía de Mario Calderón y Elsa Alvarado (2021) is the true story of the lives, murders, and legacy of two environmentalists who fell in love through their work promoting peace and sustainability in the páramo highlands ecosystem.
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Wednesday, September 25 at 3:30 pm
Multicultural Center
Room 204/205
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Philoctetes - Ancient Theatre Alive on the Modern Stage
Join Modern Languages, Classical Studies, Primary Texts, and the University Honors program to see K-State Theatre’s production of PHILOCTETES on Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 pm in the Chapman Theatre. Tickets available for purchase here.
Can’t get enough Greek myth? Join us Thursday at 6:00 pm in the Kirmser Language Center (EH 001) to learn more about Greek theatre! Come chat about your favorite characters in the Trojan War and spend time with folks who love learning about Ancient Greece and Rome as much as you do! Food will be provided.
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Thursday, September 26 at 6:00 pm
Kirmser Language Center - EH 001
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Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
Tuesday, September 17 from 12 - 1:30 pm
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Events
AI Symposium
Registration is Free but Required for ALL events. If you would like to attend, please register for each event or session you are interested in individually on the event website.
French Movie Nights
Holy Crèpes!
Language Conversation Tables - Eisenhower Hall, 2nd Floor Lounge
Interested in practicing your French, German, Spanish, or Japanese, in a relaxed, fun environment? Do you already speak these languages and want to come chat with Modern Languages students and faculty? Open to EVERYONE on campus who speaks these languages, not only students! Join us for informal conversations, coffee, and light snacks.
Japanese Table - Thursdays 4:30-5:30pm
French Table - Le Table Française: Fridays from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM.
German Table - Kaffestunde: Fridays 12:30 PM- 1:30 PM
Spanish Table - Café Olé: Wednesdays 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
