Program

8:30–8:45am
Breakfast (1501 University Hall)

8:45-9:00am
Welcome by José Camacho, Director of the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics

9:00–10:45am
Undergraduate Panel #1 (1501 University Hall)

Classics and Mediterranean Studies Undergraduate Student Panel
Moderator: Krishni Burns
Faculty advisor: Krishni Burns

Alec Breneman: Composing Latin in Dactylic Hexameter

Vidyalakshimi Devarajulu: The Blue/Black Coloring of Divinity in both Latin and Sanskrit Texts

Kira Oberman: Inauthentic lines in Ovid’s Heroides V

Tondum Pius-Alonee: A Comparison of Political Riots and Their Suppression

Kat Pope-Keegan: An Analysis of Agricultural Homeric Similes within Context

Susannah Summerlot: Sister Sites of Civic Engagement: the Circus Maximus and the National Mall

Taylor Trower: Two Medieval Receptions of Lucretia

11:00am–12:00pm
Bilingual Poetry Reading (1501 University Hall)
Organizer: Mariam Babiker (Classics and Mediterranean Studies)

Readers: Lemar Abooun, Mariam Babiker, Marlen Saenz-Silva, Tiantian Li, Keshauna Schaffer, Hannah Cosby, Alexander La Mantia, Gustas Gladstein, Chiara Fabbian, Zoha Manaar, Melenie Montes, Bianca Miguel, Ruchi Rana, Alec Breneman, Mazyar Madjidpuy, Mika Obana Changet, Carmen Fuentes Garrido, Viktor Klimczyk, Alexander La Mantia, Gustus Gladstein

12:00–12:45pm
Lunch (1750 University Hall)

12:45–1:45pm
Undergraduate Panel #2 (1501 University Hall)

Urban Linguistic Field Methods: When ‘good enough’ is better than ‘perfect’

Jill Hallett (Linguistics) and students from LING 300 (Rajvi Shah, Daniella Galvan, Rowan MacDonald-Hays, Therese Magpayo, Genessee Sánchez, Tram Ho)

Jill Hallett (Linguistics)

2:00–3:15pm
Paper Panel #1 (1501 University Hall)
Moderator: Nahia Frias-Bilbao

Liliana Sánchez (Hispanic and Italian Studies) and Vengoa de Orós (Independent Researcher): Beyond the plurality of individuals: Group sorting in Cuzco Quechua

David Miller and PoM Lab members (Hispanic and Italian Studies): The effects of political correctness on mood, perception, and behavior

Michael Gismondi (Hispanic and Italian Studies): “Language for the Common Good: Is it Possible?”

3:30–5:00pm
Paper Panel #2 (1501 University Hall)
Moderator: Mateusz Borowski

Karen Underhill (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): Activating the Margins: Puah Rakovsky, Di bokherte (La garçonne) and Feminist Translation in Interwar Poland

Katarzyna Majchrowicz-Wolny (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): I Am What I Look At: Anthropocenic Sensorium in Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights

Folorunso Odidiomo (Germanic Studies): Multiple Consciousnesses and African Diaspora Identity in Kleist’s “The Engagement in St. Domingo”

Jamie Lin (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): Mapping Mickiewicz’s Dziady in China: Romantic Ideals, Postcolonial Dialogues, and the Revival of Peripheral Narratives

Keith Budner (Hispanic and Italian Studies): A Companion to Exile: Atias and Usque’s Ladino Bible Between Spanish Nation and Sephardic Diaspora

Paper Panel #3 (1750 University Hall)
Moderator: Dianna Niebylski

Margarita Saona (Hispanic and Italian Studies): Systemic and ecological violence and illness in recent Peruvian poetry

Steve Marsh (Hispanic and Italian Studies): Violence and the State: The massacre at Spain’s Melilla border with Morocco

Ipsita Mukherjee (Hispanic and Italian Studies): Guilt and Violence in the Short Story “Los culpables” or “The Guilty” by Juan Villoro

Yann Robert (French and Francophone Studies): Conspiracy Theories and the September Massacres: From Popular Justice to Social Banditry

8:30–8:45am
Coffee and breakfast (1501 University Hall)

8:45–10:15am
Undergraduate Panel #3 (1501 University Hall)
Moderator: Kara Morgan-Short

Andres Roa: Uroboros of the Neoreactionary Intelligentsia: Curious Contradictions in the Dark Enlightenment and the Future of a Disenchanted Generation
Faculty advisor: Julia Vaingurt

Smit Privesh Modi: Health Disparities in India: Examining the Hardships of the Overlooked
Faculty advisor: Margarita Saona

Leen Alaraj: Shifting Lenses: A Comparative Analysis of Western Industrialized Healthcare and the Emergency Health Crisis in Gaza
Faculty advisor: Margarita Saona

Dženan Sefer: Just Count the Pills: Why Pharmacists are Moving Away From the Retail Space
Faculty advisor: Margarita Saona

Morgan Chinski: What is the role of ADHD symptomatology and time pressure in additional language learning?
Faculty advisor: Dr. Kara Morgan-Short

10:30am–12:15pm
Undergraduate Panel #4 (1501 University Hall)
Moderator: Dolly Weber

Aldo Magaña: Don’t Forget Hippocrates: History and Humanity in Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century American Medical Education
Faculty advisor: Margarita Saona

Maryam Alaani: A Comparison of Global Healthcare Systems and Where America Can Improve
Faculty advisor: Margarita Saona

 Izzy Agostinelli-Brown: “Le Petit Prince, Childhood, Angels.” Le Petit Prince, Childhood, Angels
Faculty advisor: John Ireland

Grace Jones: Watching the Quartiers Populaires: An Investigation of Authenticity in French (Banlieue) Film
Faculty advisor: Ellen McClure

Johnathan Saez: Spanish as a Heritage language: a language attitude study
Graduate student advisor: Jefferson Imbaquingo
Faculty advisor: Dr. Liliana Sánchez

12:15–1:00pm
Lunch (1750 University Hall)

French and Francophone Studies Lunch Workshop (1501 University Hall)

1:15–2:30pm
Paper Panel #4 (1501 University Hall)
Moderator: Ibinabo Wilton Harry

Nate Cook (Hispanic and Italian Studies): Bilingual Emotional Processing During Reading: Investigating Lexical Learning and Memory and the Relationship of Emotional Resonance with Electrodermal Activity

Jeffrey Kunath (Hispanic and Italian Studies): New Language Training to Measure and Promote Neurocognitive Resilience in Healthy Aging

Paper Panel #5 (1750 University Hall)
Moderator: John Ireland

Wiktoria Adamczyk (Germanic Studies): The Politics of hope: Utopian aesthetics in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Folorunso Odidiomo (Germanic Studies): Multiple Consciousnesses and African Diaspora Identity in Kleist’s The Engagement in St. Domingo

Katarzyna Majchrowicz-Wolny (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): I Am What I Look At: Anthropocenic Sensorium in Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights

 Krishni Burns (Classics and Mediterranean Studies): Iarbas Furens: Decoding Multicultural Insults in Aeneid 4.206-18

2:45–3:45pm
Faculty Book Showcase (1501 University Hall)
Moderator: Dianna Niebylski

John Ireland (French and Francophone Studies): Theater, War, and Memory in Crisis: Vichy, Algeria, the Aftermath (U of Michigan P)

Julia Vaingurt (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): Soft Matter: The Poetics of Weakness in Late Soviet Socialism (Northwestern UP)

Karen Underhill (Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies): Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity (Indiana UP)

Yann Robert (French and Francophone Studies): The Last Judgement of Kings / Le Jugement dernier des rois (Annotated Translation) (Bucknell UP)

4:00–5:00pm

Keynote Address (1501 University Hall)

Literature, Culture, and Healthcare: A New Frontier for Language Programs

How can we reposition our language departments as vital contributors to STEM fields while preserving our commitment to literature and culture? This presentation explores the role of language departments in the growing field of Medical Humanities, using the creation of the French for Health Professionals (Français Professionnel de la Santé) pathway at Washington University in St. Louis as a case study. I will share concrete strategies for revitalizing language programs by aligning them with high-demand fields without sacrificing our core mission. By integrating courses that address the intersection of language, culture, and healthcare, we can demonstrate the essential role of linguistic and cultural competence in professional domains while simultaneously strengthening our departments.

Lionel Cuillé (Washington University)

Lionel Cuillé is teaching professor of French at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU). An “agrégé de lettres” and a specialist in French poetry, Cuillé is the founder and director of the French Connexions Center of Excellence. He has spearheaded a “French for Health Professionals” track at WashU, further reinforcing his commitment to connecting French studies with professional and interdisciplinary fields. This “filière de recrutement” has successfully attracted PreMed students to advanced French literature courses. His innovative approach to curriculum development aims to make the study of French relevant to emerging student niches, including those interested in health, global health, and political sciences.

Thank you to The Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Effectiveness for their generous support of this portion of the In/Between conference!

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