College of Letters & Science
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 (and then some) for all alumni, students, and friends throughout Badger nation to give to their passion, show their pride, …
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 and Italian at the UW–Madison one of the best in the country. As an example, here’s what some smaller gifts, …
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 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 one of our events.
Date: April 22, 2019 – 7:00pm Location: Marquee Cinema, 1308 W Dayton Street Event Language: Italian Event Type: Film Series Description: MOVIE: RESIN * RESINA (Director Renzo Carbonera, Drama, 2017, 92 min.), with special appearance by Director Renzo Carbonera Young cellist Maria, disillusioned with the ruthless music industry. returns to her native Alpine village, a small …
Date: April 8, 2019 – 5:00pm to 11:45pm Description: 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 (and then some) for all alumni, students, and friends throughout Badger nation to give …
Speaker: The Italian club of UW–Madison, FRIT Department Date: April 13, 2019 – 6:00pm Location: French House, 633 N Frances St Event Language: English, Italian Description: COME AND JOIN US! la cena italiana, presented by the UW–Madison Italian Club featuring the flavors of Emilia-Romagna and recipes inspired by pellegrino artusi’s science in the kitchen and the art …
Speaker: Margaret Butler, Ritt Deitz, Peter Russella Date: February 13, 2019 – 4:00pm Location: TBD Event Language: English Event Type: Research Seminar Description: Margaret Butler, Thinking from Divas’ Lives: Celebrity and its Mechanisms in 18th-Century Italian Opera Abstract: A seminal article entitled “Thinking from Women’s Lives” interrogated the experience of 17th-century Italian composer Francesca Caccini and …
Speaker: Elizabeth Harris Date: February 22, 2019 – 4:00pm Location: French House, 633 N. Frances St. Event Language: English Event Type: Lecture Description: Elizabeth Harris translates contemporary Italian fiction. Her translated books include Mario Rigoni Stern’s novel Giacomo’s Seasons (Autumn Hill Books), Giulio Mozzi’s story collection This Is the Garden (Open Letter Books), and Antonio …
Speaker: Heather Willis Allen, Ullrich Langer, Eric Wistrom Date: February 27, 2019 – 4:00pm Location: Union South, check TITU Event Language: English Event Type: Research Seminar Description: Heather Willis Allen, Toward a Design Approach to Foreign Language Writing Instruction Reconceptualization of the notion of literacy and its relevance to foreign language instruction in the U.S. has …