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 »
Demetrius Williams receives Teacher-Scholar Grant
Congratulations to Demetrius Williams, who received a Teacher-Scholar Grant from Calvin University to supplement his year-long sabbatical leave as he works toward completing a monograph entitled, “The Cross of Christ in African American Christian Religious Experience: Piety, Politics, and Protest.” (Lexington Books, … Continue Reading »
French, Italian, and Comparative Literature at the Exploring Majors Fair
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature will be at the Exploring Majors Fair in the Union Ballroom on Monday, October 18, 10am-2pm. If you’d like to find out more about any of our majors or minors, please stop … Continue Reading »
Robin Pickering-Iazzi at the international conference “Mafie tra continuita’ e mutamenti
Robin Pickering-Iazzi presented her invited paper on signs of mafia continuities and innovations in the novels Canto al deserto by Maria Rosa Cutrufelli and Piu’ scuro di mezzanotte by Salvo Sottile at the international conference “Mafie tra continuita’ e mutamenti,” at the University of … Continue Reading »
“Milwaukee As Seen From Space”: A conversation between Neapolitan painter Francesco Fiscardi, students of Ojibwe and students of Italian”
On April 29, 2021, the Neapolitan painter Francesco Fiscardi joined the students of Ojibwe and Italian at UWM via Zoom. They had a lively conversation about his painting “Milwaukee As Seen From Space,” which focuses on the shores of Milwaukee … Continue Reading »
Multidepartmental Resolution: September 22, 2021
The undersigned departments and programs express their strong support for students and staff of color and LGBTQ+ students and staff in light of the recently posted racist and homophobic video by a UWM student. We strongly support the efforts by … Continue Reading »
Momcilovic publishes “Music Video Gothic”
Congratulations to Dr. Drago Momcilovic, whose article “Music Video Gothic: Fragmentary Form at the Dawn of MTV” has been published by Gothic Studies!… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Rania Chalhoub
Congratulations to Rania Chalhoub. She graduates this August with a MA from the MALLT program, with a concentration in French and Francophone Language, Literature and Culture. She is looking forward to continuing to teach and pursuing a PhD in world … Continue Reading »