"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....

Professor Lawrence Kritzman has edited Passions of Our Time, a new collection of essays by the major French intellectual Julia Kristeva.

"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 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, 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.

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,” 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.”...

The conference "Selfies: autobiographie, autoportrait, autofiction" analyzes how the self is written, visualized and constructed in texts. It examines how autobiography, self-portraiture and autofiction take shape over time....

Develop your language skills, earn money, and enjoy a great experience by becoming an Apprentice Teacher for the Department of French and Italian in Spring 2018!