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The sounds of traditional Japanese percussion and stringed instruments fill the rehearsal room in Lincoln Hall as kimono-clad students gracefully dance together. With each deliberate step, they embody the beauty and poise of an 18th century courtesan. They still have a few more days to...

A Portland State professor has been awarded one of Japan's highest honors...

In the last 20 years, computers and the internet have made it possible...

Professor DeLys Ostlund of the Dept. of World Languages and Literatures...

An Italian play will be performed in London this month — thanks to a group of Portland State University students who translated the work into English. "Variations on Kraepelin's Model," a play by Italian playwright Davide Carnevali, will be performed Nov. 18 in London's Theatre503 as...

Portland State University students studying Italian put their language skills to the test by translating parts of a documentary about Italy's gay community into English — with the hope that a wider audience would be able to enjoy the film. Students in Angela Zagarella's second- and third-year...

Cassio de Oliveira (right), a Portland State University assistant professor of Russian, World Languages and Literatures, will receive a $6,000 stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund his research this summer...