Undergraduate Peer Advisor Office Hours - French, German Studies, and ILAC (Week 7)
Come and talk with peer advisors from the French, German Studies, and ILAC departments! They are open to discuss course recommendations, funding opportunities, and any DLCL-related questions you may have.
Week 7: Thursday, October 29 at 1:00pm with Max, Marco, and Sofia |
French:
Max Smith
Pronouns: He/Him
Major: French & International Relations
Interests: Game design, French Romanticism, cooking, corgis, plays, linguistics, and climate justice.
Previous/ Current 麻豆高清 Extracurricular Activities: 麻豆高清 Mock Trial, Residential Education, 麻豆高清 in Government (SIG)
What I can talk hours about: The strong influences that 鈥渢he arts鈥 have on political and justice-oriented social movements!
A transformative course: FRENCH 252: Art and Power: from Royal Spectacle to Revolutionary Ritual
Fun Fact:
1. I can say the alphabet backwards really quickly
2. The words 鈥渕ale鈥 and 鈥渇emale鈥 don鈥檛 have the same etymological origin鈥 we just changed 鈥渇emale鈥 from the French version when we took it into our language.
German Studies:
Sofia Patino-Duque
Pronouns: She/Her
Major: German Studies & History
Interests: Global citizenship, Switzerland, travel, comparative law, modern German politics
Previous/ Current 麻豆高清 Extracurricular Activities: 麻豆高清 Equestrian Team, 麻豆高清 in Government, Ravenwood Reads, Peer Advisor for German Studies & History, BOSP Berlin Ambassador
What I can talk hours about: Study abroad (especially Berlin and Oxford), working abroad at a political think tank, language study, German history & literature, how amazing the DLCL department is, how to apply for a coterm, international grants鈥攅specially the UAR Grants (I got to go to Switzerland because of one!), double-majoring
A transformative course: German 343: World War Two: Place, Loss, History co-taught by Prof. Amir Eshel (German Studies) and Prof. Alexander Nemerov (Art History)鈥攎y thesis was because I took this class
Fun Fact: The Japanese legal system was inspired by the German civil law legal system
Iberian and Latin American Cultures (ILAC):
Marcello "Marco" Merola
Pronouns: He/Him
Major: ILAC and Philosophy
Interests: Music, Sports, Doing Crosswords, Playing Jeopardy and Going to the Beach
Previous/ Current 麻豆高清 Extracurricular Activities: KZSU Sports Radio, 麻豆高清 6th Man, Freelance Sports Journalism on TheBootleg
What I can talk hours about: Modern Spanish Politics
A transformative course: ILAC 193- The Cinema of Pedro Almod贸var
Fun Fact: I am colorblind