This 3 credit course, taught in French, will examine “Les maux et let mots: La médecine et la culture de Molière à Mesmer” / “Woes and Words: Medicine and Culture from Molière to Mesmer.” Using the …
Month: May 2019
COURSE ON MACHIAVELLI REACHES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS & PROGRAMS
ITALIAN 365: Machiavelli and His World is a three credit course that introduces students to the major works of Machiavelli through the close reading of his writings in cultural and historical contexts. Offered jointly with Political …
ITALIAN STUDENTS EMBODY THE WISCONSIN IDEA
Undergraduate and graduate students in this semester’s ITALIAN 450 class took on an interesting project: translate Carlo Goldoni’s comedic play La familia dell’antiquario, or The Antiquarian’s Family, into English. Inspired by an article about the UW-Madison professor who founded …
FRENCH ALUMNI PUBLISH TEXTBOOK FOR LANGUAGE & LIT CLASSES
Elizabeth Berglund Hall, Anne Theobald, and Mark Hall, all UW-Madison French Ph.D. alumni, are co-authors (with James Pfrehm, German) of TEXTURES, a new textbook for the transition from language to literature and culture-centered courses. The …
2018 HILLDALE LECTURE ON ‘HUMANITIES AS ARTS OF ATTENTION’ AVAILABLE ONLINE
In April 2018, the Department of French and Italian hosted Professor Yves Citton who presented the 2018 Hilldale Lecture in the Arts & Humanities entitled “The Humanities as Arts of Attention in the Age of Computational …
DAY OF THE BADGER
Day of the Badger (DOTB) is a campus-wide annual giving effort that actually begins at 5 p.m. Central Time on April 8, and runs for 1848 minutes, until midnight on April 9th. It’s a day …
TODAY! DAY OF THE BADGER!
Help support our department TODAY during the Day of the Badger Campaign. You have until midnight tonight April 9th to make your donation. Any amount given helps our students, faculty and programs flourish, keeping the Department of French …
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Speaker: Subha Xavier Date: May 1, 2019 – 4:00pm Location: French House Event Language: French Event Type: Lecture Faculty Sponsor: Lindsey Smith: llsmith4@wisc.edu
THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who donated to our department during the Day of the Badger. Your support will help our students, faculty and programs. We appreciate your loyalty and hope to see you soon at …