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-...

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...

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....

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...

Congratulations to the following instructors in FRIT ranked as excellent by their students in their Spring 2025 courses, based on the ratings from the...

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...

Congratulations to Professor Amy Clay who has been promoted to the rank of Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian, beginning August 16, 2025. Professor Clay joined our program as Instructor in French in 2017, obtained her Ph.D. in Second-Language Acquisition at the...

Professor Zsuzsanna Fagyal (FRIT) is among the three recipients of seed funding from the Birmingham-Illinois Partnership for Discovery, Engagement and Education (“BRIDGE”) to initiate collaborative research and scholarly exchanges on “...