News
Azouz Begag to Speak at the French House
March 4, 2019
Azouz Begag, a writer, former minister, and a researcher at CNRS will be speaking at the French House (633 N. Frances Street, Madison WI) on Wednesday, March 13 2019 from 4:30 PM-5:30 PM. Monsieur Begag's talk is entitled "Peurs, replis, et haines en France et en Europe. Au secours Martin Luther King!" The talk will be held in French. This event is made possible by the support of the Department of French and Italian and the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies.
Pellegrino Artusi and the Culinary Unification of Italy: Opening Lecture
March 4, 2019
Please join us for the opening events of this wonderful, ongoing exhibition. To open the event, Alberta Lai, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago, will be providing welcoming remarks. Following this, Professor Grazia Menechella of the Department of French and Italian will present her talk, "Italian Food Writing Across the Ocean: The Artusi Connection from Italy to Wisconsin." This lecture looks at Pellegrino Artusi’s Scienza in Cucina e l’Arte di Mangiar Bene (... more
CINETECA ITALIANA INTERVIEW
January 8, 2019
Italian Ph.D. graduate student, Hilary Emerson, was recently interviewed about the Cineteca Italiana film series on WORT. The UW Cineteca Italiana is a graduate student initiative that showcases a variety of classic & contemporary Italian films for students and the community. Movies are shown weekly throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. More information can be found on the UW Cineteca Italiana facebook page. You... more