Julia

Doctoral dissertation defense: Julia Gorham

PhD Candidate Julia Gorham (French SLATE) will defend her doctoral dissertation “L2 French Students’ and Instructors’ Experiences of Critical Literacies Pedagogy: A Mixed Methods Program” on March 6, 2025 at 11 am in 2090B, LCLB. The defense is open to the public.
Manie Musicale

Join Manie Musicale, a fully online francophone music competition in March!

                              This is a March Madness bracket type competition that starts with 16 songs (in French!) that advance by international student voting. You can self-enroll on Canvas to see the...
Profs Mroz and Clay

Professors Clay and Mroz featured in LAS News

Two of our faculty members have been recently featured in LAS News for their ongoing teaching and outreach initiatives. Professor Aurore Mroz, founder of the Cercle Francophone aims to develop and maintain French English bilingualism and biliteracy in Francophone and Francophile children...
Evening French Conversation

Evening French Conversations (Soirées en français)

Evening French Conversations to brush up on your spoken French! Event Type Social/Informal Event Location 1080, Lucy Ellis Lounge, LCLB Contact Sacha Craig (acraig22@illinois.edu), graduate...
Take ITAL 101 or 102 this summer

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...
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