UMN Languages
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A nexus point for language lovers and studiers, brought to you by the University of Minnesota.
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Join the FRIT club for Movie Night this Wednesday! Showing Parïs A Tout Prix!
Popcorn and treats will be served.
See you there! 🍿
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Popcorn and treats will be served.
See you there! 🍿
@umncla.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Join the FRIT club for Movie Night this Wednesday! Showing Parïs A Tout Prix!
Popcorn and treats will be served.
See you there! 🍿
@umncla.bsky.social
Popcorn and treats will be served.
See you there! 🍿
@umncla.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Take these Spring 2026 German courses — pre-reqs GER 1004 or 3011 (class dependent)
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#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Take these Spring 2026 German courses — pre-reqs GER 1004 or 3011 (class dependent)
#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
Take these Spring 2026 German, Dutch, & Scandinavian courses — all taught in English with no pre-requisites!
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#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Take these Spring 2026 German, Dutch, & Scandinavian courses — all taught in English with no pre-requisites!
#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
Take a look at these Spring 2026 Scandinavian courses — all taught in English and open to beginners!
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#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Take a look at these Spring 2026 Scandinavian courses — all taught in English and open to beginners!
#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
#umntakethiscourse @umncla.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Register for French 1001 and build your skills to:
- use your French in real-world scenarios
- understand media designed by French speakers, for French speakers, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific
Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/TakeFREN1001
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- use your French in real-world scenarios
- understand media designed by French speakers, for French speakers, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific
Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/TakeFREN1001
@umncla.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Register for French 1001 and build your skills to:
- use your French in real-world scenarios
- understand media designed by French speakers, for French speakers, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific
Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/TakeFREN1001
@umncla.bsky.social
- use your French in real-world scenarios
- understand media designed by French speakers, for French speakers, from the Caribbean to the South Pacific
Learn more and register at z.umn.edu/TakeFREN1001
@umncla.bsky.social
Fall 2026 course
ITAL 3806: Italian Film and Literature
If you love Italian and film adaptations of powerful texts, this course is for you! You'll discuss how films like Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo deliver a different narrative experience than the books.
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ITAL 3806: Italian Film and Literature
If you love Italian and film adaptations of powerful texts, this course is for you! You'll discuss how films like Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo deliver a different narrative experience than the books.
@umncla.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Fall 2026 course
ITAL 3806: Italian Film and Literature
If you love Italian and film adaptations of powerful texts, this course is for you! You'll discuss how films like Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo deliver a different narrative experience than the books.
@umncla.bsky.social
ITAL 3806: Italian Film and Literature
If you love Italian and film adaptations of powerful texts, this course is for you! You'll discuss how films like Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo deliver a different narrative experience than the books.
@umncla.bsky.social
Spring 2026 course
ITAL 2303: Italian Travelers
How do travels shape our identity, freedom, and belonging? Dive into literature, cinema, and media from Dante’s Inferno to today’s refugee crossings, and explore Italy through the eyes of pilgrims, migrants, exiles, and tourists!
@umncla.bsky.social
ITAL 2303: Italian Travelers
How do travels shape our identity, freedom, and belonging? Dive into literature, cinema, and media from Dante’s Inferno to today’s refugee crossings, and explore Italy through the eyes of pilgrims, migrants, exiles, and tourists!
@umncla.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Spring 2026 course
ITAL 2303: Italian Travelers
How do travels shape our identity, freedom, and belonging? Dive into literature, cinema, and media from Dante’s Inferno to today’s refugee crossings, and explore Italy through the eyes of pilgrims, migrants, exiles, and tourists!
@umncla.bsky.social
ITAL 2303: Italian Travelers
How do travels shape our identity, freedom, and belonging? Dive into literature, cinema, and media from Dante’s Inferno to today’s refugee crossings, and explore Italy through the eyes of pilgrims, migrants, exiles, and tourists!
@umncla.bsky.social
Try out a new language in Spring 2026 with the CourseShare Program!
Open to Beginners:
-Reading Catalan for Research Purposes
-Introduction to Korean History
-Beginning Wolof I
Learn More: https://cla.umn.edu/language-center/programs/courseshare/courseshare-courses
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Open to Beginners:
-Reading Catalan for Research Purposes
-Introduction to Korean History
-Beginning Wolof I
Learn More: https://cla.umn.edu/language-center/programs/courseshare/courseshare-courses
@umncla.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Try out a new language in Spring 2026 with the CourseShare Program!
Open to Beginners:
-Reading Catalan for Research Purposes
-Introduction to Korean History
-Beginning Wolof I
Learn More: https://cla.umn.edu/language-center/programs/courseshare/courseshare-courses
@umncla.bsky.social
Open to Beginners:
-Reading Catalan for Research Purposes
-Introduction to Korean History
-Beginning Wolof I
Learn More: https://cla.umn.edu/language-center/programs/courseshare/courseshare-courses
@umncla.bsky.social
Morgan Staley took the first cohort of students to Egypt in May 2025 for three weeks, as part of the new course LING 3702 - Decoding Egypt: From Ancient to Modern Language.
Read the full article at https://z.umn.edu/ling-egypt
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Read the full article at https://z.umn.edu/ling-egypt
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October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Morgan Staley took the first cohort of students to Egypt in May 2025 for three weeks, as part of the new course LING 3702 - Decoding Egypt: From Ancient to Modern Language.
Read the full article at https://z.umn.edu/ling-egypt
@umncla.bsky.social
Read the full article at https://z.umn.edu/ling-egypt
@umncla.bsky.social
Ever caught yourself wondering why your roommate says “hella,” your neighbor says “y’all,” and that one professor says “idear” instead of “idea?” Congrats, you’re already asking the big sociolinguistic questions!
LING 5731/8731: Variationist Sociolinguistics
Spring 2026
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LING 5731/8731: Variationist Sociolinguistics
Spring 2026
@umncla.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ever caught yourself wondering why your roommate says “hella,” your neighbor says “y’all,” and that one professor says “idear” instead of “idea?” Congrats, you’re already asking the big sociolinguistic questions!
LING 5731/8731: Variationist Sociolinguistics
Spring 2026
@umncla.bsky.social
LING 5731/8731: Variationist Sociolinguistics
Spring 2026
@umncla.bsky.social
The FLAS Fellowship competition is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree students to study a modern less-commonly-taught language (LCTL) in combination with area studies courses.
Learn more about the application at z.umn.edu/flas.
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Learn more about the application at z.umn.edu/flas.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The FLAS Fellowship competition is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree students to study a modern less-commonly-taught language (LCTL) in combination with area studies courses.
Learn more about the application at z.umn.edu/flas.
@umncla.bsky.social
Learn more about the application at z.umn.edu/flas.
@umncla.bsky.social
In this talk, Professor Bigelow explores how Nordic horror—from silent films of witches and trolls to vampire and environmental thrillers—reveals the region’s unique fears and cultural anxieties.
Learn more: https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/events/scandinavian-gothic-century-nordic-horror-cinema
Learn more: https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/events/scandinavian-gothic-century-nordic-horror-cinema
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In this talk, Professor Bigelow explores how Nordic horror—from silent films of witches and trolls to vampire and environmental thrillers—reveals the region’s unique fears and cultural anxieties.
Learn more: https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/events/scandinavian-gothic-century-nordic-horror-cinema
Learn more: https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/events/scandinavian-gothic-century-nordic-horror-cinema
Ari Hoptman: Is That Why? An Exploration of Random Language Mysteries
Friday October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tickets: $15
Venue: American School of Storytelling 1762 Hennepin Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55403
Learn More: https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/ari-hoptman/
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Friday October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tickets: $15
Venue: American School of Storytelling 1762 Hennepin Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55403
Learn More: https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/ari-hoptman/
@umncla.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ari Hoptman: Is That Why? An Exploration of Random Language Mysteries
Friday October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tickets: $15
Venue: American School of Storytelling 1762 Hennepin Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55403
Learn More: https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/ari-hoptman/
@umncla.bsky.social
Friday October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tickets: $15
Venue: American School of Storytelling 1762 Hennepin Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55403
Learn More: https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/ari-hoptman/
@umncla.bsky.social
Russian Prose & Poetry is available to Big 10 Academic Alliance universities through CourseShare! Contact the University of Minnesota Language Center (elsie@umn.edu) for more information on how to add RUSS 3105 to your Spring 2026 offerings.
RUSS 3105 focuses on the work of 19th/20th-century poets.
RUSS 3105 focuses on the work of 19th/20th-century poets.
October 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Russian Prose & Poetry is available to Big 10 Academic Alliance universities through CourseShare! Contact the University of Minnesota Language Center (elsie@umn.edu) for more information on how to add RUSS 3105 to your Spring 2026 offerings.
RUSS 3105 focuses on the work of 19th/20th-century poets.
RUSS 3105 focuses on the work of 19th/20th-century poets.
Pencil in our PAWSitively spooky event for Thursday, Oct 30!
What's more de-stressing than petting a bunch of cute animals? Petting a bunch of cute animals wearing costumes!
October 30 | 2:30-4:30pm
Join us in the SpeakEasy (Jones Hall 135)
@umncla.bsky.social
What's more de-stressing than petting a bunch of cute animals? Petting a bunch of cute animals wearing costumes!
October 30 | 2:30-4:30pm
Join us in the SpeakEasy (Jones Hall 135)
@umncla.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pencil in our PAWSitively spooky event for Thursday, Oct 30!
What's more de-stressing than petting a bunch of cute animals? Petting a bunch of cute animals wearing costumes!
October 30 | 2:30-4:30pm
Join us in the SpeakEasy (Jones Hall 135)
@umncla.bsky.social
What's more de-stressing than petting a bunch of cute animals? Petting a bunch of cute animals wearing costumes!
October 30 | 2:30-4:30pm
Join us in the SpeakEasy (Jones Hall 135)
@umncla.bsky.social
