The Perception of Place in the Works of Ivan Cankar
Luka Zibelnik, Lecturer
Luka Zibelnik, a visiting lecturer from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), will give a scholarly presentation on American and Slovenia perceptions of place and analyze representations of place in the work of one of Slovenia’s most recognized writers, Ivan Cankar.
Thursday, March 4th at 4:00pm
Nazareth College in Rochester, NY
GAC 375
Refreshments will be provided.
Sponsored by the Academic Film Series, English Department and Nazareth Scholars.
Slovenians are well-represented in the the XXI Winter
Olympic Games, held in
Vancouver, Canada, from
February 12 until February
28.
More than 2,500
contestants from over 80
countries will compete for 86
sets of medals. The town of
Whistler in British Columbia,
Canada, will be the venue
where most events will be
held, whereas the opening
ceremony will take place
at the BC Place Stadium in
Vancouver, indoors for the
first time in the history of
Olympic Games.
Slovenia will be
represented at the Olympics by
47 athletes, which is the largest
delegation of athletes to the
winter Olympics in Slovene
history. Seventeen women and
thirty men will compete in
ten different Olympic events,
ranging from alpine skiing,
cross-country skiing, skijumping,
snowboarding, and
figure skating to skeleton and
freestyle skiing
Coverage of the Slovenian team in Vancouver can be found on Cleveland Slovenian's Sports page!