In February 2012, the Latin American Studies Program at George Mason University organized the event series EL SALVADOR TODAY: 20 YEARS AFTER THE PEACE. 20 years ago, the government of El Salvador signed a peace agreement with leftist rebels, bringing an end to a 12-year civil war that resulted in the loss of over 70,000 lives. The event series commemorated the Peace Accords and reflected on the challenges facing El Salvador today.

Pedro Serrano, a Mexican poet, and Rei Berroa, a professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at George Mason University, will host a discussion covering the Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet Odysseas Elytis, who passed away in 1996. The discussion takes place at the Library of Congress.

Erin Rondeau, 2011 French major Mason graduate, shares her experiences as a teaching assistant in Brittany.

This semester, George Mason University is giving its students another set of tools to use in their pursuit for a global education: new foreign languages.

The City of Trieste, Italy, will present Rei Berroa, professor of modern and classical languages, with this year’s International Poetry Award. The award ceremony will be held on Dec. 2 in the historic Café Tommaseo in Trieste.

Students, faculty, and staff from all around George Mason University packed the Grand Tier of the Center for the Arts on Thursday, March 24, to hear Frederick Ahl, professor of classics at Cornell University, deliver the first Jeffrey T. Chamberlain Memorial Lecture, named after the late beloved faculty member.

The best International Week event: with videos to prove it!