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Eight projects receive Library Collections Enhancement Initiative awards! Congratulations to Anne Vila and the team.

Josh Armstrong has received a 2022 Summer Humanities Research Fellowship (SHRF) at the Institute for Research in the Humanities

Heather Allen has received a 2022 Summer Humanities Research Fellowship (SHRF) at the Institute for Research in the Humanities to work on her book project “A Design Orientation to Second Language Writing Instruction.” She is …

This Library Collections Enhancement project will enhance access for UW-Madison researchers in the humanities and social sciences to recent critical reeditions of important primary works by major French and Italian authors from the Early Modern …

Last month, French Teaching Faculty and Kentucky native Ritt Deitz was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Andy Beshear. Founded in 1813, the commission is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth …

Lydia Nyachieo, who is pursing a French Certificate alongside her double major in International Studies and Philosophy and her African Studies Certificate, was named Marshall Scholar, one of the country’s top undergraduate honors. Félicitations Lydia!

Nevine El Nossery (associate professor in the Department of French & Italian) co-edited a special issue with Shereen Abouelnaga of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA): “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts“. The issue is …

Professor Gilles Bousquet has been appointment as “Consul honoraire de France pour le Wisconsin.” Félicitations, Gilles!

The Day of the Badger fundraising campaign was a success for French & Italian. The one-day event brought in $2,450 in donations from 29 total donors. A special thank you to all who contributed on …

On April 20, the guilty verdict was announced in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin week. The College of Letters & Science and its departments, centers and institutes are developing resources for …