We define culture broadly to include both the academic and the everyday. Guided by creative and enthusiastic faculty committed to language immersion, students explore topics ranging from literature and film to politics to cuisine.
| Language in Chicago |
| Because of our close ties to Chicago’s cultural institutions, students pursue internships with organizations like the Alliance Française and the Chicago Latino Film Festival. Academic excursions to immigrant neighborhoods like Chinatown and Pilsen, allow students to meet and learn from native speakers. |
| A Wide Range of Courses |
| We offer coursework in Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish as well as occasional courses in Italian and Portuguese. Most language majors and minors enhance their linguistic and cultural knowledge by taking advantage of the College’s numerous options to study and complete internships abroad. |
Department News
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Working collaboratively across disciplines, Assistant Professor of Finance Dimitra Papadovasilaki and Assistant Professor of Chinese Ying Wu received a $40,000 grant from ASIANetwork to research investments in China.
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Congratulations to Rebecca Rabizadeh for successfully defending her thesis, “La presencia de la vergüenza inscrita en la época colonial en los cuerpos y la sexualidad de las mujeres latinas y latinoamericanas en tres textos narrativos.” -
Jennifer Bolek ’20 - Established in 1899, the McPherson Prizes are the College’s oldest awards. Jennifer is a double major in English: Literature and Spanish and a minor in Education. While at LFC Jennifer has been on the Dean’s list three times and was accepted into Phi Beta Kappa. This upcoming school year, she will be returning to LFC as a graduate student to get her Masters in Teaching. After that, she hopes to become a high school English teacher. -
Even in quarantine, translation students are engaging first-hand with experts in the field. French Translator Kristen Miller visited Prof. Kripper’s Intro to Translation Studies course via Zoom to discuss her new translation SPAWN, by Marie-Andrée Gill. SPAWN is a braided collection of brief, untitled poems, a coming-of-age lyric set in the Mashteuiatsh Reserve on the shores of Lake Piekuakami (Saint-Jean) in Quebec. Kristen discussed her translation process and students had the chance to ask her questions about the art of literary translation. -
Modern Languages and Literature sponsored a career and internship panel with Sandra Aguilera ’16, Guadalupe Guzman ’20, Alex Cornejo Casares ’20, Perc Adimabua ’20.
| Internships |
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| Chicago |
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Thanks to our close ties to Chicago’s cultural institutions, students may pursue internships with the Chicago Latino Film Festival, the Alliance Française, the Quebec Government Office, and many other sites. Academic excursions to immigrant neighborhoods like Chinatown and Pilsen provide enhanced cultural connections. |
| Off Campus Study |
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We support cultural and linguistic immersion, through a variety of study abroad options in many countries, often with internships. Lake Forest has off-campus opportunities in over 70 countries. |
| MLL Living-Learning Community |
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Living-Learning Communities are opportunities for juniors and seniors with a similar interest or academic focus to live together. |
Majors and minors
Other offerings
- Arabic
- Italian
- Japanese: Concentration in Japanese Language with Asian Studies Major/Minor
- Linguistics
- Literature and Culture in Translation
- Portuguese