James Madison University

Department of Foreign Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures

jmu.edu

College of Arts and Letters

 
Welcome!
 

Dr. Giuliana Fazzion, Department Head
Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures
MSC 1802
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Phone: 540-568-6128
FAX: 540-568-6904


 

Our program is designed to teach you how to speak and read one or more foreign languages, as well as help you understand the cultures and literatures of other countries.

The department offers B.A.s and minors in Modern Foreign Languages with a concentration in French, German, Italian or Spanish, as well as minors in Arabic and Russian. It provides three years of instruction in Chinese, and two years in Ancient Greek, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, and Swahili.

If you have questions about a specific language, please speak with that language's contact person.

Announcements

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Call for Papers

"Diasporas Changing the World"

2012 Conference

James Madison University
March 22-23, 2012


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Italian Film Festival

February and March 2012
"INCONTRI/ENCOUNTERS"
All movies are
in Italian with English subtitles

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Brazilian Film Festival
Spring 2012


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La Revista:
Magazine for the Professional Spanish Minors


in pdf format

La Revista No. 3 - 2011/2012

La Revista No. 2 - 2009/2010

La Revista No.1 - Verano 2009

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