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Department of French and Italian Studies
"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things." - Flora Lewis
About
Dartmouth is nationally recognized as an outstanding college at which to study language and literature. The Department of French and Italian Studies has traditionally taken a lead in efforts to initiate students to other cultures. We are one of the largest foreign literature departments relative to undergraduate population in the United States.
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6/4/2026
Please join us for the French and Italian Studies Open House on Thursday, September 10th. Ask your questions, meet some of the faculty, try some yummy pastries and learn about off campus programing, including 2 new additional LSA+ programs for Spring 2028 in Rome and Toulouse.
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Funded by a project grant from the Design Initiative at Dartmouth (DIAD), the Collaborative Conversations Project brings the innovation methodology of design thinking to language learning. Come check out the new Creative Design Thinking library in DH 213.
