Fall 2025 Events
¡Cuenta cuentos! Tell Tales! Spanish Bilingual Story time
📅Saturdays: September 13, October 11, November 15, December 13.
⏱️2:00-2:30 p.m.
📍Manhattan Public Library
AI Symposium: Humans and the Machine
The K-State AI Symposium is a three-day event featuring a variety of panels, lightning talks and workshops. It offers a way for the K-State and Manhattan communities to expand their knowledge of AI. Participants will learn about recent advances in AI; how AI can be used for educational purposes; AI applications in various disciplines, including agriculture, engineering, and the humanities; as well as some of the ethical issues surrounding AI. This event is free to attend.
📅October 14th to 16th
📍Hale Library
Registration is Free but Required for ALL events.
Register for each event or session you are interested in individually on the event website.
A Talk with Dr. Muriel Cormican
In celebration of K-Staters Go Global!
A CAT Community organized by the Department of Modern Languages in partnership with Geography, with the support of an APRR grant, the Department of Modern Languages invites you to the lecture:
GET LOST: The Cosmopolitan Mindset
Speaker: Dr. Muriel Cormican
Professor of German and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students
AddRan College of Liberal Arts, Texas Christian University
📅Monday, October 20th
🕒 5 pm reception
🕒 5:30 pm Lecture
📍581 Hale Library
This event is free and open to all students, faculty, and community members.
Multilingual Horror Film Festival
🎬 You're Invited to the Multilingual Horror Film Festival! 👻
The Modern Languages Department at K-State dares you to join us for a chilling cinematic journey across languages and cultures! All language students, K-State faculty and staff, and the Manhattan community are welcome to experience horror through the lens of French, German, and Spanish masterpieces.
🕯️ Festival Lineup:
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October 28 – Fantômas I: À l'ombre de la guillotine (French, 1913)
A shadowy criminal mastermind haunts Paris in this silent classic of suspense and intrigue. -
October 29 – Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens (German, 1922)
The original vampire creeps from the shadows in this eerie and iconic tale of terror. -
October 30 – El espinazo del diablo (Spanish, 2001)
Guillermo del Toro’s haunting ghost story set during the Spanish Civil War will chill you to the bone.
🕗 5:30 pm
📍 Eisenhower Hall 015
🎟️ Free Admission
Come for the language, stay for the scares. Costumes welcome, screams encouraged!
All films include English subtitles where relevant.
Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead)
The Kirmser Language Center in the modern languages department invites to Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) celebration.
Come and learn the history of this important celebration in the Mexican culture. This come-and-go event is open to students, faculty and community members of all language backgrounds. There will be a cultural presentation, games, nichos (wooden altars), Mexican pastries like pan de muerto, and Mexican hot chocolate.
Learning a new language has never been more tempting, so bring a friend and experience the joy of language and culture together. All languages are welcome!
📅 Wednesday, October 29
⏱️12:30–2 pm
📍 Eisenhower Hall 015
🎟️ Free Admission
Language Conversation Tables
Interested in practicing French, German, Spanish, or Japanese in a relaxed and enjoyable setting? Whether you're fluent or just starting out, join Modern Languages students and faculty for informal conversations and games over coffee and snacks. These events are free and open to everyone in the campus community (staff, faculty, students) at all proficiency levels, whether you are just starting out on your language learning journey or you've been speaking it your whole life!
