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” …
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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 …
Mathlide Garner receives 2025 Language Institute Award for Instructional Innovation with Generative AI
Graduate student Mathilde Garner was one of a select number of students to receive the 2025 Language Institute Awards for Instructional Innovation with Generative AI. The awardees were among 35+ participants in a semester-long Language …
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 …
The French House: A space of cultural encounter
“The French House is a residence for students who want to speak French on a daily basis, but it’s also for native French speakers who are participating in exchange programs,” (Anne) Theobald said. “Having both …