2018-04-20
- Jessica Nicholas, a graduating PhD student in the Department of French and Italian, gave an invited talk titled “Community Translation and Interpretation: Challenges and Rewards,” on April 11 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL).
Nicholas, who recently completed the requirements to receive a doctoral degree, discussed how the practical application of her French skills has led her on a...
2018-02-20 - Professor François Proulx and graduate students enrolled in the seminar “French 578: Marcel Proust” collaborated on the online exhibition Proust and the Great War. Time Regained, the final volume of Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time, is among the most famous literary depictions of World War I. Yet most of Proust’s letters from the war period have never...
2018-02-08 - The LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching is being awarded to Robert Rushing, professor of French and Italian and comparative and world literature among 3 others. Winners receive $1,000 for teaching and research and a one-time increment of $2,000 added to their salary...- 2017-11-16 - Students from Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Ill., were special guests of the Department of French and Italian on Oct. 30. The busload of approximately 50 students was initially divided into groups to complete a scavenger hunt en français, under the supervision of Prof. Clay and Prof. Maroun. The scavenger hunt consisted of simple, but fun tasks using the campus environment, such as ‘...
2017-10-17 - Professor Stoppino will be working on her project, “Ugly Beast, Talking Monkey: Contagion and Education in Medieval and Early Modern Culture”.