Can you feel it? The frosty joy of a winter celebration is in the air! Department of French and Italian Holiday Open House Friday, December 12th 10am – 2 pm 614 Van Hise …
Year: 2014
The Life of the Mind
International Conference The Life of the Mind: Literature, Aesthetics, and the “sciences de l’homme,” 1700-1900 Interdisciplinary and International Symposium, April 16-18, 2015 The University of Wisconsin-Madison In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, writers, philosophers, …
GAFIS Symposium, “CONSTRAINTS”
WELCOME! The GAFIS Graduate Student Symposium, now in its 28th year, provides a forum for intellectual and scholarly exchange in a positive collegial atmosphere. Interdisciplinary in nature, this national event gives future colleagues the chance …
Conceiving Peace, Pacification, and Conflict Resolution in the Early Modern Period
Early Modern Studies Conference This conference will touch on several interrelated questions : how can enemies reconcile ? How can we imagine peaceful coexistence ? How can nations and individuals get along ? The …
Visit by the Italian Ambassador
The Italian Ambassador to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, will talk about the importance of Italian Studies and Italy’s cultural heritage. As Italy currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the …
Professor Simon Gaunt 2014
On October 29, 2014 Professor Simon Gaunt of King’s College London gave a Germaine Brée Lecture on an alternative history of medieval literature in French. He also participated in the Department Colloquia: French outside France …
Professor Simon Gaunt 2014
On October 29, 2014 Professor Simon Gaunt from King’s College London gave a Germaine Brée Lecture on an alternative history of Medieval literature in France. The following evening Professor Gaunt also participated in the department’s …
French author Philippe Vasset Fall 2014
French 623: Communications orales en situations professionnelles
Professional communication for advanced speakers of French, with a particular focus on intercultural analysis, nonverbal communication, and public speaking. Required for students in the Professional French Masters Program.
French 449: Sexuality & Gender in French Literature
Sexualité et genre sexuel dans la littérature du XXème siècle Ce cours étudie à la fois la création et la représentation de l’identité sexuelle à travers des œuvres littéraires et cinématographiques françaises. Essentiellement fondé …