Category: Event

Readings in French from Prof. Richard Goodkin’s novel LES MAGNIFIQUES MENSONGES DE MADELEINE BÉJART (followed by a discussion in English). April 10 at the French House from 4:00 to 6:00pm.  For more information please contact Prof. Nevine El Nossery at elnossery@wisc.edu

  Roundtable Discussion Charlie Hebdo, Satire, and Freedom of Expression January 30, 5:30-7:30 Pyle Center room 325/326   At this round table, the January 7 attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris will be discussed in its past, present, and future context and implications. How can these events be understood from a geopolitical viewpoint? What are …

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 to meet each other and to hear about current issues in upcoming research. Excellence and pertinence are assured through an …

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 early modern period was witness to wars and civil strife of unheard-of dimensions, fueled not only by traditional political ambitions …

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 Ambassador will comment on the connections between Italy, the United States and Europe. The talk and Q&A will be followed …

Mini-colloquium with reception to follow in Union South.

On Wed., Nov. 5, French author Philippe Vasset will give a brown bag talk in 1418 Van Hise Hall. He will talk about his current book project and his writing process.

Roundtable at the French House with Professor Simon Gaunt, King’s College, London. With additional participants: Professor Névine ElNossery, Professor Ullrich Langer, Professor Jennifer Gipson, Professor Vlad Dima. Moderator: Professor Marion Vuagnoux Location: French House, 633 N. Frances Street Time: 4:30pm, reception to follow

Traditional literary histories tend to be centrifugal, tracing trajectories that move outwards from a strong and identifiable center towards peripheral zones. This lecture suggests an alternative history of medieval literature in French, one that is centripetal rather than centrifugal. Focusing initially on three key places and epochs in the development of literature in French outside …

Sin is Female: Francesca Da Rimini and the Seduction of the Reader (Divine Comedy, Inferno V). Brittingham Scholar Lecture delivered by Massimo Ciavolella (UCLA Department of Italian).