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Doctoral dissertation defended - Julia Gorham
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Julia Gorham (French SLATE) who successfully defended 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.
Members of her committee were...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...