A former student interviewed Professor Jan Miernowski for an article on trigger warnings for the Badger Herald. Trigger warnings in the classroom: Helping or hindering students? UW professor weighs in
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Professor Jan Miernowski interviewed on trigger warnings for the Badger Herald
Professor Jan Miernowski was interviewed by one of his former students for an article on trigger warnings for the Badger Herald. The full article can be read below. Trigger warnings in the classroom: Helping or …
Amir Issaa (Egyptian-Italian Hip-hop Artist, Writer, Educator) visits UW-Madison
Amir Issaa (Egyptian-Italian Hip-hop Artist, Writer, Educator) was on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Monday March 3rd, 2025 during his “Potere alle Parole-Vivo per Questo / Power to the Words-This is What I Live For” …
The Department of French and Italian welcomes Martin Rueff (University of Geneva) to campus as Halls Visiting Scholar, Saturday February 22nd to Sunday March 2nd, 2025
Martin Rueff is a Professor of French Literature at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, as well as an acclaimed poet and translator. A specialist of 18th-century literature, especially Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Professor Rueff has also published …
On view in the main lobby of the Memorial Library: “The Work of the Literary Translator: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Politics” (curated by Laura Martin, Head of International and Area Studies, Ibero-American Studies and Romance Languages Librarian, UW Libraries
This exhibit features translations and other works from the Libraries’ collection that were written by speakers participating in the upcoming Burdick-Vary Symposium on “The Work of the Literary Translator. Ethics, Aesthetics, and Politics,” February 28, …
Badger Talks Presents: All You Need is Love!
French Love Professor Jan Miernowski Department of French & Italian See more information on the All You Need is Love series here. The talk explores the unique perspectives on love in French and Francophone cultures through an …
2024 Open Doors Report: UW–Madison ranked #8 for study abroad and #18 for international students
The International Division shares that UW–Madison continues to demonstrate excellence in global engagement, earning recognition in the 2024 Open Doors Report. This report is published annually by the Institute of International Education in partnership with …
Temporarily on view in the main lobby of the Memorial Library: “Francophone Comics: Evolving Understandings of the Global French-Language Bande Dessinée” (curated by French Ph.D. candidates Pete Russella and Kimberly Rooney)
In recent years, the UW-Libraries have made significant additions to their French-language comics holdings to bolster awareness of and research on these important comics voices. This exhibit features selections from the Libraries’ burgeoning collection of …
FRIT’s University Housing Honored Instructors
The Department of French and Italian’s Associate Professor Kristin Phillips-Court and graduate student TAs Kulani Jahrling and Peter Russella were nominated by their students to be University Housing Honored Instructors for the Fall 2023 semester. …
Heather Willis Allen named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Associate Professor Heather Willis Allen has been inducted into the Ordre des Palmes Académiques at the rank of Chevalier. Dating from 1808 under Napoleonic rule, the Ordre des Palmes Académiques was established to distinguish university …