Sarah Gamalinda: 2021-2022 Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship
Bravo to Sarah Gamalinda who has received the 2021-2022 Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship. Congratulations Sarah!
College of Letters & Science
Bravo to Sarah Gamalinda who has received the 2021-2022 Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship. Congratulations Sarah!
The Campus-Wide TA Award Committee has selected Maggie Hughes as a winner of a 2020-2021 Campus-Wide TA Award. This selection from among the field of outstanding nominees speaks to her impressive contribution to the educational mission of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Congratulations Maggie!
A review of Ernesto Livorni’s book in the Times Literary Supplement, a prestigious weekly magazine published in London.
Funded by the US Department of Education, the prestigious Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships help undergraduate and graduate students increase their expertise in area studies while developing their language skills. Fellowships are available for intensive language study during the summer and for language and area studies during the academic year. FLAS fellowships cover …
Vlad Dima’s new book, The Beautiful Skin: Fantasy, Football, and Cinematic Bodies in Africa, is forthcoming in fall 2020, with the Michigan State University Press. Professor Dima will present his book at the “Africa at Noon” series on November 6, 2019 at noon in room 206 Ingraham Hall.
Event Type: Research Seminar This seminar will feature presentations of ongoing scholarly work by the graduate students, academic staff and faculty of the department, and a lively discussion following. The languages will be English, French and Italian. Discussion will be held in English. For further information please contact Stefania Buccini (sbuccini@wisc.edu), Corie Marshall (cmarshall3@wisc.edu) or …
March 22, 2018 Looking to earn some credit this summer? Whether you’re on campus or off, Littrans 360: French and Italian Renaissance Literature Online is an ideal course for summer! It’s flexible (take it anywhere, anytime), simple (no midterm or final), and fun (creative and optional extra credit opportunities). This 3 credit, intermediate course will run from …
An exchange with Swetha Saseedhar, recipient of a 2016 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship (edited from a transcription of the full interview) I sat down with Swetha outside a State Street café this past Saturday, April 23rd, to hear more about her award-winning project working to remedy systemic poverty in several Wisconsin counties (for more …
April 22, 2016 Congratulations to Professor Aliko Songolo, who recently received the African Literature Association’s 2016 Distinguished Member Award during the organization’s national conference in Atlanta. The award was given in recognition of Professor Songolo’s numerous contributions to the field, including his outstanding dedication to teaching and scholarship over the course of his career.
Director Jean-Pierre Thorn showed one of his films in our department and met with graduate students and faculty.