Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Writing My Own Tales
Raul Romero ’22 describes how the Spanish newspaper A Medio Camino is an outlet for students to share stories from different perspectives…
Research on Display
"Latinos in Rural America," a project led by Professor Clara Román-Odio, is included in a traveling Smithsonian exhibit.
Drawing Abroad
Art and Russian major Henry Uhrik ’18 draws comics to reach across language barriers studying abroad in Yaroslavl, Russia.
Parliamentary Practice
A German government fellowship prepares Nathan Crist '12 for a career in international relations.
Building a Family
Spanish major Patricia Mota '16 and Professor Clara Roman-Odio share why the language program is special for them.
Poetry without Borders
Professor Víctor Rodríguez NúñezOne of Cuba’s most noteworthy contemporary writers, Professor Núñez won the Alfons el Magnànim International Poetry Prize in Spain…
First Course: Crepes
An ebullient exercise in immersionDay one in introductory French with Mary Jane Cowles culminates with crepes, which the students cook (and savor) themselves.
From Novice to Expert
Varying levels of fluencyStudents can begin a language they have never before studied, or continue a language they have learned elsewhere.
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers students the opportunity to study language and cultural production across eight different traditions: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.
The best way to understand our mission is in the context of the liberal arts curriculum at Kenyon more broadly. To be sure, the study of language facilitates communication, work, and travel, but it is also an intellectual discipline in its own right, training one to think and to interpret the world in a completely new way.