Congratulations to Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi, whose latest publication, Dead Silent: Life Stories of Girls and Women Killed by the Italian Mafias, 1878-2018, is now available for free through UWM Digital Commons!… Continue Reading »
FICL endorses Center for Jewish Studies statement, “No Room for Hate at UWM”
At the start of this final week of spring classes at UWM, a student held a swastika sign near a public event celebrating Israeli Independence Day. Campus administration has noted that this reprehensible behavior is protected by the First Amendment … Continue Reading »
Women’s & Gender Studies Presents: Spring 2019 Brown Bag Series
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Women’s & Gender Studies Presents: Spring 2019 Brown Bag Series February 27: Robert Bruss, PhD Candidate, Dept. of English, UWM “The Potential for Queer Game Mechanics in Queers in Love at the End of the … Continue Reading »
ITALIAN CONSUL GENERAL AT UWM!
The Italian Program announces the Italian consul general’s visit to UWM! Please welcome Consul General, Dr. Giuseppe Finocchiaro, and the consular delegation Monday, December 10 @ 2:30-4:30 at UWM’s AGS Library.… Continue Reading »
Check out the following topic courses offered by the Italian Program in Spring 2019!
Here are the topic courses offered by the Italian Program in Spring 2019!… Continue Reading »
Italian language can boost your career!
Learn Italian one step at a time by taking the following five sequential courses. &nbs… Continue Reading »
Il Circolo
Join us for fun and informal conversation! The Italian Language Tables (Il Circolo) are held on Tuesdays at 3:00 to 4:00 pm throughout the 2018 fall semester. Location: UWM Language Resource Center, Language Oasis, Curtin Hall 187… Continue Reading »
French, Italian, and Comparative Literature supports Prof. Williams
We support FICL faculty member Demetrius Williams in his efforts to work with local organizations and investigate apparent racial profiling in our community. Two black pastors wanted help with a flat tire. A sheriff’s deputy asked if they had guns … Continue Reading »
Dr. Simonetta Milli Konewko publishes L’Italia neorealista: Compassione e identità nazionale nel dopoguerra
Congratulations to Simonetta Milli Konewko, Associate Professor of Italian, on the publication of L’Italia neorealista: Compassione e identità nazionale nel dopoguerra (Carocci editore, 2018), her own translation of her monograph Neorealism and the “New” Italy: Compassion in the Development of Italian Identity … Continue Reading »
Dr. Anita Alkhas publishes L’arte vivente: Baudelaire e Duchamp
Congratulations to Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French, whose book is now out in Italian translation: L’arte vivente: Baudelaire e Duchamp (Archivio Dedalus Edizioni).… Continue Reading »