Looking for an online course this summer? The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to offer two options for students hoping to earn credits and satisfy GER(HU) requirements before Fall 2022: FRENCH 145: Views of France: Learning … Continue Reading »
43rd Annual Latin American Film Series
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to once again co-sponsor the Latin American Film Series, April 21-May 1, 2022. The film series is virtual, free, and open to the public: see the schedule of films, along … Continue Reading »
Co-sponsored events: Valerie Martínez craft talk and poetry reading, March 10
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to co-sponsor Valerie Martínez’s visit to UWM on March 10, organized by the Creative Writing Program. At 3:30pm CST, Martínez with give a craft talk, and at 7pm CST, she … Continue Reading »
Co-sponsored event: The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist, March 3, 7pm
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to co-sponsor the Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies’ 2022 Faye Sigman Woman of Valor Lecture, “The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist,” on Thursday, March 3, … Continue Reading »
Co-sponsored event: Dean Spade, February 25, 3pm
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to co-sponsor Women’s and Gender Studies’ Feminist Lecture Series Spring 2022 talk: Dean Spade, “In This Together: Feminist Mutual Aid For Survival and Mobilization.” Friday, February 25, 3-4;30pm CST, via … Continue Reading »
Free Staged Reading of Aimé Césaire’s A Tempest
Join us for a viewing of the Postcolonial Play A Tempest (Une Tempête), performed by Red Bull Theater and livestreamed from FIAF Florence Gould Hall, NYC. UWM’s in-person livestream will be held in Curtin 175 at 6:30PM CST. Free and … Continue Reading »
2022 Festival of Films in French is coming, February 11-20!
The UWM Festival of Films in French is back in person this year, for the 25th annual festival! It will run February 11 through February 20 and is free and open to the public at the UWM Union Cinema, 2200 … Continue Reading »
Study Abroad in Europe, Summer 2022!
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to announce the return of its two popular study abroad courses in Summer 2022: Summer in Rome (June 3-July 2) and Summer in Paris (July 1-30). Study with both local … Continue Reading »
Mère à Mère is short-listed for the Cène Littéraire’s 2021 Prix Les Afriques
Mère à Mère, by Sindiwe Magona, translated by Prof. Sarah Davies Cordova, is among the five novels short-listed for the Cène Littéraire’s 2021 Prix Les Afriques.… Continue Reading »
Spring 2022 Courses in French, Italian, and Comparative Literature
We’re excited to offer a wide range of globally-oriented language, literature, and culture courses in French, Italian, and Comparative Literature in Spring 2022. Please consider joining us in-person or online for one (or more!) of these classes–hope to see you soon! … Continue Reading »