Department of French and Italian |

Top Stories

Learning Italian by Making Movies and Mapping Landmarks

Tania Convertini’s students find new ways to document their study abroad.
Prof. Graziella Parati presented "Stories of Migration and Citizenship in Rome"

Prof. Graziella Parati stimulated interest and discussion among Italian students who attended her October 25 lecture, "Stories of Migration and Citizenship in Rome." After the engaging talk and the many insightful follow-up questions, the conversation will continue in the classrooms.
Montaigne and Proust: Literature as Theory

"Montaigne and Proust: Literature as Theory," a colloquium organized by Prof. Lawrence Kritzman, will take place on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 in Haldeman 041. The colloquium begins at 3:30 p.m., is open to the public, and all presentations will be in English.
Julia Kristeva essays edited by Professor Lawrence Kritzman

Professor Lawrence Kritzman has edited Passions of Our Time, a new collection of essays by the major French intellectual Julia Kristeva.
Graziella Parati Speaks in Defense of the Liberal Arts

"The creation of knowledge is not made by studying one particular thing, but by studying, across the board, as many things as possible," says Professor Graziella Parati in an interview that aired on NPR on August 14.
Professor Kritzman - Commander of the Order of Academic Palms

Professor Lawrence Kritzman has received the title of Commander of the Order of Academic Palms (L’Ordre des palmes Académiques) from the French government.
Intersectionality in the Age of Populism

Intersectionality in the Age of Populism, a symposium in three panels on Friday, April 20, presenting Montgomery Fellow Didier Eribon, Roth Distinguished Visiting Scholar Nancy Fraser, and Montgomery Fellow Édouard Louis.
Lawrence D. Kritzman named Pat and John Rosenwald Research Professor

Last June, Lawrence D. Kritzman, Professor of French and Comparative Literature was named by the dean of faculty to the Pat and John Rosenwald Resarch Professor in the Arts and Sciences.
Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture.

A talk by Mehammed Amadeus Mack, Assistant Professor of French Studies, Smith College - Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 4:45 pm-6:00 pm, Haldeman 041 - Sponsored by the Department of French and Italian
"TRE: Renaissance Cities," Curated by Students of Italian

“TRE: Renaissance Cities,” an exhibit at Rauner Special Collections Library curated by students of Italian, is on display in the Class of 1965 Galleries through February 23rd, 2018. The exhibit examines a wide range of innovative modes of expression in three Italian cities of the Renaissance: Venice, Florence, and Rome. Students Tony DiPadova ’19, Camila R. Feltrin ’20, Daniela Jerez ’18, Madeline Killen ’18, Nicolle Salazar ’19, and Evan Strouss GR created the exhibit as their final project in Professor Nancy Canepa’s Italian 22 class, “Humanism and Renaissance.”

Recent Publications

view all

“Réseaux mondains et création littéraire”

Faith E. Beasley

Lendemains: Etudes comparées sur la France, volume titled “Du genre de la littérature”
Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal: François Bernier, Marguerite de la Sablière, and Enlightening Conversations in 17th-Century Fra

Faith E. Beasley

University of Toronto Press
Pacifist Invasions

yasser elhariry / ياسر الحريري

Liverpool University Press
Poetry, Politics, and the Body in Rimbaud: Lyrical Material

Robert St. Clair

Oxford University Press

Events

view all

Jun 20

12:00AM
Summer Term 2019
no location

Summer term begins
Aug 27

12:00AM
Summer Term 2019
no location

Summer term ends
Sep 16

12:00AM
Fall Term 2019
no location

Fall term begins
Nov 27

12:00AM
Fall Term 2019
no location

Fall term ends
Jan 06

12:00AM
Winter Term 2020
no location

Winter term begins
Mar 13

12:00AM
Winter Term 2020
no location

Winter term ends

Education

Research

Life & Community

More

French and Italian

Department of
French and Italian

Main menu

Search form

Top Stories

Learning Italian by Making Movies and Mapping Landmarks

Prof. Graziella Parati presented "Stories of Migration and Citizenship in Rome"

Montaigne and Proust: Literature as Theory

Julia Kristeva essays edited by Professor Lawrence Kritzman

Graziella Parati Speaks in Defense of the Liberal Arts

Professor Kritzman - Commander of the Order of Academic Palms

Intersectionality in the Age of Populism

Lawrence D. Kritzman named Pat and John Rosenwald Research Professor

Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture.

"TRE: Renaissance Cities," Curated by Students of Italian

Recent Publications

“Réseaux mondains et création littéraire”

Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal: François Bernier, Marguerite de la Sablière, and Enlightening Conversations in 17th-Century Fra

Pacifist Invasions

Poetry, Politics, and the Body in Rimbaud: Lyrical Material

Events