College of Letters & Science
November 4, 2015 Undergraduate leaders in our French program have launched a new Undergraduate Student Advisory Board, otherwise known as ‘The French Ambassadors.’ This ‘French club of the new millennium’ is focused on deepening engagement between our undergrads and department faculty, staff and alumni, with a special interest in networking, career planning and innovation in French …
November 4, 2015 Dr. Ritt Deitz (Director, Professional French Masters Program) has founded the First Annual Wisconsin Round Table on French and Francophone Studies, which brought professors of French from college and university campuses across Wisconsin to Madison on October 16, to discuss current issues in French studies and in the profession. Presenters at the first …
An evening of conversation with French Economist Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics Streaming Live from the University of Chicago at the UW French House. Piketty is a French economist and professor at the Paris School of Economics whose work focuses on wealth and income inequality. He is the author of the best-selling book, Capital …
“Imaginary Representations of Space through Sound and Soccer in West African Cinema” Vlad Dima Assistant Professor, French and Italian University of Wisconsin–Madison Time and Location 12:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI Description This presentation primarily explores the work of Senegalese director Djibril-Diop Mambèty from the perspective of sound. Mambèty ingeniously uses sound …
A video conference streaming live from Chicago. Chicago Moderator: Dominique Bluher, Director of MA Studies, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago Local Moderator: Vlad Dima, Assistant Professor of French, University of Wisconsin – Madison At 87, Agnès Varda is one of the most significant voices in French and …
Course does NOT count toward the Italian Major. Food Cultures of Italy in the Mediterranean Contextis a 3-credit course conducted in English. It focuses on the history of Italian food cultures from the end of the 19th-century to the present. Readings include fiction, cookbooks, and history. It does not count towards the Italian major. …
Rome: The City and the Mythis a 3-credit course conducted in English. This course considers the continuing presence of Rome, the “Eternal City” as both a metaphoric and actual focal point of Italian artistic and cultural sensibilities. Some of the themes include: transformation (Rome in the flux of time); pilgrimage (Rome’s sacred centrality, Rome as …
3-credit course conducted in Italian. The course is intended to provide a chronological survey of Italian literature from its beginnings through the Renaissance. Readings, lectures, and class discussion will focus on the various texts within a cultural and historical context. Prerequisites: Italian 204 or consent of instructor, Professor Jelena Todorovic, (jtodorovic@wisc.edu)
Development of accurate and nuanced capacity for expression in Italian and for understanding the spoken and written language. The course will also address Italian phonetics and phonology to develop accurate pronunciation. Prerequisite: Italian 204 or 205 or consent of instructor, Professor Ernesto Livorni (elivorni@wisc.edu).
3-credit course conducted in Italian. It is a survey of Italian history, literature, cinema, art, politics, and general culture from the Risorgimento to the present. Prerequisites: Italian 204 or consent of instructor, Professor Grazia Menechella (gemeneche@wisc.edu)