2026-03-24
- You are cordially invited to attend an Illinois Road Scholar lecture by musician and cultural preservationist Dennis Stroughmatt, who learned to play Creole tunes and to speak the local variety of French from the last Francophone descendants of Illinois and Missouri (see abstract below). He will present: Old French Roots in the New World: Cajuns and Creoles to the New World...
2026-03-24 - Please join us in congratulating Professor Manuel Rota who has been officially promoted to the rank of Professor in French and Italian, School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics; and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, without change in tenure, effective March 20, 2026. The promotion has been approved by the Board of Trustees. "Promotion in academic...
2026-03-10 - Willie Asamoah has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Xiaohui Zhang Diversity & Community Engagement Award in recognition of his contributions to servicing the department through mentorship of peers and undergraduate students, and also for community engagement. The Xiaohui Zhang Diversity & Community Engagement Award honors...
2026-03-10 - Professor Aurore Mroz is the 2026 recipient of the SLCL Diversity and Engagement Award, in recognition of her efforts to engage in university teaching and research schools, libraries, cultural institutions, and families in the Champaign-Urbana community.The SLCL Diversity and Engagement Award, initiated in 2021, is granted to members of...
2026-02-19 - We are delighted to announce that our colleague, Dr. Laura Callegari Hill, has received the prestigious LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The College of LAS selected 19 professors, graduate students, lecturers, and advisors this year in recognition of their exceptional commitment to teaching, mentoring, and supporting students throughout their academic journeys.
2026-01-24 - You are cordially invited to attend any and all of our upcoming Graduate Students' Talks this Spring, as they prepare to present at prestigious and competitive conferences throughout the country. January 23, 11am, 2080A LCLB-- Laura Lestani's Nature, Ruins, and the Pastoral Vision in Nicoletto da Modena's Engravings (2026 Multidisciplinary...
2025-10-25 - The many French and Francophone events organized as part of the French Around the Corner initiative have made it into in our university’s independent, student-run newspaper, The Daily Illini. Click here to read the article "...
2025-10-23 - Dear prospective graduate students,Please join us at our online information session on graduate programs in French and in Italian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.The information session will be held on Zoom on Friday, October 24, 2025 from 1 to 2:30 pm. Please contact Professor Aurore Mroz (apmroz@illinois.edu), Director of Graduate Studies, for...
2025-10-12 - The University’s first-ever Humanities Open House, held on Saturday, October 4, 2025, was a success. The many events offered on or near the Main Quad highlighted the best of what the humanities have to offer — from academic programs, research, and resources to student- and alumni-led activities and stories.The (fun!) activities and offerings at our table were designed for current...
2025-09-30 - The College of LAS has awarded a $6,000 Inclusive Excellence funding to Prof. Mroz for her innovative public engagement project titled French Around The Corner. "The Office of Inclusive Excellence is delighted to partner with the Dean Augoustakis [Associate Dean for Humanities and Interdisciplinary Programs] and support this...
2025-09-25 - Join us for Italian Movie Night (La vita è bella)Location: Armory (room 147)Date: Sep 25, 2025 5:00 pm Sponsor: Department of French & ItalianContact: Leonardo Chiaranti (leo85@illinois.edu) and hectorc2@illinois.edu
2025-09-09 - The Department of French & Italian is proud to present this year's Francophone Film Festival of Champaign Urbana.Click on this link for more informationThe event will take place in the Spurlock Museum's Knight Auditorium on six Fridays from 6-9pm....
2025-08-30 - Congratulations to the following instructors in FRIT ranked as excellent by their students in their Spring 2025 courses, based on the ratings from the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) maintained by Measurement and Evaluation in the...
2025-08-15 - Congratulations to Professor Aurore Mroz who has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian with indefinite tenure, beginning August 16, 2025. Professor Mroz joined our French program as Assistant Professor in 2015, following a similar position at Colby College (2012-2015) and the defense of her doctoral dissertation (2012) at the University of Iowa...