College of Letters & Science
January 10, 2018 The Department of French and Italian would like to congratulate Professor and Chair Gilles Bousquet and PhD student Lindsey Smith on their presentation at the MLA National Convention in New York City in early January. The presentation, which was part of a panel called World Languages and Humanities Majors: Career Trajectories and …
December 1, 2017 Congratulations to Associate Professor, Nevine El Nossery and Teaching Assistants Lindsey Smith and Hilary Emerson! All three were selected as Fall 2017 Honored Instructors by University Housing through the Honored Instructors Program. Each semester, University Housing residents have an opportunity to honor instructors that have impacted them positively – instructors that have challenged them, …
November 27, 2017 Chef “Marietta” leads a pasta making demonstration. The Week of Italian Cuisine in the World is an annual celebration of Italian gastronomy abroad. This year the focus was on quality, sustainability, culture, food security, right to food, education, identity, territory, and biodiversity. A series of events took place around the world and …
November 21, 2017 From November 13 – 17, the Department was host to a group of master’s students from the Graduate School of Management (IAE) in Aix-en-Provence, France. The group was on campus as part of a rigorous academic study tour, the first of its kind organized between the two universities. Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies and …
October 24, 2017 Group photo of French and Italian students in Morocco Students can now improve their French langauge skills in North Africa! The new UW sponsored program, called UW French Language in Morocco, allows students to spend four weeks in the city of Rabat while earning three credits. Deadline for Summer 2018 is February …
October 13, 2017 Photo of Gilles Bousquet, Andrew Irving, and Ashley Redjinski posing with French Consul General in Chicago Guillaume Lacroix During his visit last Friday, the new French Consul General in Chicago, Guillaume Lacroix, met with French-speaking academics and researchers from across campus and took a tour of the French House. As Consul, Monsieur …
October 3, 2017 Image of the cover of Dictionnaire Flaubert Faculty member Florence Vatan and graduate student Jeffrey Thomas both contributed to the Dictionnaire Gustave Flaubert that was recently published by Les Classiques Garnier in Paris. In addition to being a very focused work, the Dictionnaire Gustave Flaubert is a substantial contribution to 19th Century French Studies.
April 7, 2017 Italian Ph.D. graduate student, Caitlin Schaer, was recently interviewed about the Cinetica Italiana film series on WORT. You can listen to the full interview here.
January 11, 2017 Congratulations to Lauren Goodpseed, recipient of a 2017 Campus-wide Award for Innovation in Teaching. Thank you for your contributions to the French program at UW–Madison, Lauren, and kudos on this well-deserved recognition!
October 11, 2016 New Study Abroad Program in Rabat, Morocco! Apply by January 27 for summer program. Check it out here!