By Zaynah Almasri (’27) Power of Language (POL) Week returned to Wesleyan this February with a vibrant series of events celebrating multilingualism, cultural exchange, and the powerful role language plays in shaping identity and community. Hosted by the Fries Center for Global Studies, the annual observance coincided with International Mother Language Day (February 21) and…
Artolution: Art Through Crisis is a series of collaborative and interdisciplinary artwork created across refugee camps and crisis zones all over the world. Artist and organizer Max Frieder travelled with and helped grow this collection of art, all the way from areas such as Bangladesh and Ukraine, to be put on display at the United…
By Zaynah Almasri February 18–28 | Wesleyan University | Fisk Hall & Across Campus The Fries Center for Global Studies is thrilled to announce that the eighth annual Power of Language (POL) Week has officially arrived! Originally launched as a multi-day conference, Power of Language has grown into a dynamic, week-long celebration organized around International…
By Charlotte Li ’28 When we think about what language can do for us, we often imagine it as a key that could unlock grand possibilities. It could open the door to new careers, unlock a foreign world and culture, and connect us to new people. We imagine language as a passport to somewhere else,…
By Zaynah Almasri Power of Language Week invites us to celebrate bilingualism, multilingualism, second languageacquisition, and the linguistic and cultural diversity that shapes the Wesleyan community. Forme, that celebration is deeply personal. My relationship with language isn’t a neat timeline—it’sa layered, overlapping, sometimes messy story of sounds, scripts, and social worlds that havefollowed me across…
The Power of Language (POL) Week Committee is excited to announce that the event submission form for the upcoming Power of Language Week is now open! The Fries Center for Global Studies is delighted to host the eighth annual Power of Language event, intended to encourage and honor multilingualism and second language acquisition. Originally organized as a multi-day conference, POL…
