Month: March 2016

  ITALIAN FOLKTALES   April 9th, 2016   1:00pm to 1:30pm   Madison Museum of Contemporary Art   227 State Street, Madison, WI 53703   Join Professor Ernesto Livorni in a lively discussion of the …

    Bonjour / Buon giorno !   This year’s French & Italian Student Advising Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13th from noon to 1:30pm in 259 Van Hise.   This is a great …

An informal interview with the director (led by Prof. Dima) on various issues.     Jean-Pierre Bekolo (1966, Yaounde) is an avant-garde filmmaker and socio-cultural activist whose imaginative work overturns stereotypes of Africa and African …

Campus-wide presentation (in English) on the current state of African cinema,followed by a screening of  Le Président (The President) 65 min. 2013   followed by a  brief Q&A with the film’s director Jean-Pierre Bekolo.   Jean-Pierre …

Informal presentation (in English) at the French House on Mr. Bekolo’sgeneral artistic process, reasons for making films, politics, etc.Reception to follow.   Jean-Pierre Bekolo (1966, Yaounde) is an avant-garde filmmaker and socio-cultural activist whose imaginative …

The Center for European Studies and  The UW’s Italian Club present a lecture:  Guy Borlée (Cineteca di Bologna)   “‘The Cannes of Classic Cinema’: The History of Italy’s Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna.”   Friday, March …

“Humanism and its Discontents: A Dialogue on the Occasion of the Publication of Frédéric Neyrat’s Homo Labyrinthus” Frédéric Neyrat, Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies, UW-Madison and Jan Miernowski, French and Italian, UW-Madison   Tuesday, March …