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Italian Program Awarded Grant to Teach Italian in the Summer

  Congratulations to our Italian Basic Language Program that has been awarded a grant by the Italian Ministry of Culture for the second year in a row. Administered by the Italian Cultural Services in the United States, the grant will support our program's course offerings of eight-week...
Mroz

Professor Mroz receives French in Higher Education Grant

Congratulations to Professor Aurore Mroz who was awarded one of the Villa Albertine's (French Institute for Culture and Education) prestigious...

Minority Identities in Film and Culture: The Italian American and African American Experience

TR 9:30-10:50 am Were Italian Americans white? What is whiteness? How does identity politics define the relation between minority groups? To answer these questions, this course explores films by Italian American and African American directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee, as well as short stories and essays by authors such as John Fante and Thomas J. Ferraro. This class will also welcome guest lectures. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Cultural Studies - US Minority
ITAL 250

Professor Incoronato on Italian American and African American Experience in Movies

After a successful Fall 2024 semester teaching about the Italian capital, Rome (ITAL 156), and Italian Culture in a European and global context, including the mafia (ITAL 406) Professor Ciro Incoronato is gearing up to teach the Italian program's minority general education course ITAL 250 'Minority...
Anne and Linh

FRIT and SLCL Staff Recognized at Holiday Luncheon

FRIT office manager Anne Olmstead and office support specialist Linh Tran were recognized with a small gift by faculty and graduate students at this year's FRIT Holiday Luncheon on Wednesday, December 11 from 11 to 2 pm. Each year, the buffet-style Luncheon opens at 11 am and runs continuously...
Professors COVID-19 Fellowships

Professors Gaillard, Maroun, and Reynolds awarded COVID-19 Revitalization Fellowships

Heartfelt congratulations to Professors Julie Gaillard, Daniel Maroun, and Felisa Reynolds who received an LAS COVID-19 Revitalization Fellowship that will allow them to focus more on their ongoing research in the academic year 2025-26. Their...
Le Cercle at the Summit

Le Cercle Francophone at the Chancellor's Inaugural Public Engagement Summit

Professor Aurore Mroz and two PhD students, Macha Petre and Scarlet Peterson, presented an innovative public engagement project, Le Cercle Francophone (The Francophone Circle), at the Chancellor's Inaugural...
Choix Goncourt

Choix Goncourt 2025: Select the Best French Novel of the Year

The Villa Albertine's Choix Goncourt, or Goncourt Prize Selection, gives undergraduate students in French from campuses across the United States the opportunity to participate in the...
Dr. Ciro Incoronato

Assistant Professor Ciro Incoronato joins faculty

We are delighted to welcome Assistant Professor Ciro Incoronato (PhD 2024, Duke University) who is new graduate faculty in Italian Studies. He comes to us with extensive teaching and service experience and is an expert on Mediterranean and transnational Italian literatures, cultures, and...
Endangered Languages in the 21st Century

Endangered Languages in the 21st Century

"Its 18 chapters provide a wide-ranging snapshot of the state of endangered languages in the contemporary world – including a great deal of historical background – and the methods and practices that...
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