December 2022

Sayila Edmé graduates with Accelerated BA/MA in French

Congratulations to Sayila Edmé, the first graduate of the accelerated 5-year program in French. Sayiila graduates in December 2023 with a BA in French and an MA in Language, Literature, and Translation (French and Francophone Studies concentration) in just five …

Robin Pickering-Iazzi publishes Pirandello translations

Robin Pickering-Iazzi published her translations into English of the short stories “Candelora” and “The Lord of the Ship” by Luigi Pirandello, in the collaborative digital edition of Stories for a Year(Novelle per un anno), edited by Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka. …

Anita Alkhas and Ruth Adeniyi present at ACTFL: Language Connects

Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French, and Ruth Adeniyi, Graduate Teaching Assistant in French, shared the UWM French program’s innovative curriculum at the annual ACTFL Convention on November 19, 2022, in a presentation entitled “Custom-Made: Remixing and Localizing Open Educational …

Kristin Pitt presents her research on Mariana Enriquez

On November 11, Kristin Pitt, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, presented her research on literary representations of feminicide in talk entitled “Burning Even Ourselves: Self-Immolation in Mariana Enriquez’s ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’” as part of the panel “Transnational …

Anita Alkhas Asks Why We Should Study Iran in and through French

In November, Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French, gave a presentation entitled “Why Study Iran in/through French?/Pourquoi étudier l’Iran en français?” with Andrea Behn (Janesville Parker High School) and Ellen Onsrud (Lake Mills High School) at the Wisconsin Association for …

Christine Wolf presents on the Global Studies major’s international internships

This November, Christine Wolf traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to present a poster at the Council for International Educational Exchange’s Annual Conference entitled “International Internships: Cultivating the curious, compassionate, and connected professional.” This project was supported by the U.S. Department …

French Instructors Present on Experiences with Open Educational Resources

On November 5, Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French; Ruth Adeniyi, Graduate Teaching Assistant in French; and Diana Boateng, Graduate Teaching Assistant in French; along with Kristin Woodward, Teaching and Learning Team Lead at UWM Libraries, discussed using free, online …