College of Letters & Science
Cinetica is a weekly film series showcasing a variety of Italian films with english subtitles. The Department of Italian will be present the film I Cento Passi. Based off a true story, I Cento Passi (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos’ house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small …
A wealthy and lonely man creates a family for Christmas by hiring actors to play his family members.
The colloquium will address the following questions: What does it mean to write a courageous article or book? What is a courageous talk? Who is a courageous teacher? What are the responsibilities of teachers and researchers?
CEMS Graduate Student Round Table Was It Love at First Sight? How Did You Come to Study The Early Modern Period? Panelists: Kelsey Ihinger (Spanish), Killian Harrer (History), Jennifer Morgan (French), Jillian Slaight (History), Lauren Surovi (Italian) Sponsored by the Center for Early Modern Studies and the Department of French and Italian
Please email the French Student Ambassadors Maria Rectenwald mrectenwald@wisc.edu or Leanna Latanision llatanision@wisc.edu for more information
November 4, 2015 Undergraduate leaders in our French program have launched a new Undergraduate Student Advisory Board, otherwise known as ‘The French Ambassadors.’ This ‘French club of the new millennium’ is focused on deepening engagement between our undergrads and department faculty, staff and alumni, with a special interest in networking, career planning and innovation in French …
November 4, 2015 Dr. Ritt Deitz (Director, Professional French Masters Program) has founded the First Annual Wisconsin Round Table on French and Francophone Studies, which brought professors of French from college and university campuses across Wisconsin to Madison on October 16, to discuss current issues in French studies and in the profession. Presenters at the first …
An evening of conversation with French Economist Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics Streaming Live from the University of Chicago at the UW French House. Piketty is a French economist and professor at the Paris School of Economics whose work focuses on wealth and income inequality. He is the author of the best-selling book, Capital …
“Imaginary Representations of Space through Sound and Soccer in West African Cinema” Vlad Dima Assistant Professor, French and Italian University of Wisconsin–Madison Time and Location 12:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI Description This presentation primarily explores the work of Senegalese director Djibril-Diop Mambèty from the perspective of sound. Mambèty ingeniously uses sound …
A video conference streaming live from Chicago. Chicago Moderator: Dominique Bluher, Director of MA Studies, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago Local Moderator: Vlad Dima, Assistant Professor of French, University of Wisconsin – Madison At 87, Agnès Varda is one of the most significant voices in French and …