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Feb. 22, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Ania Wroblewski (Ph.D. Université de Montréal) who has just accepted the position of assistant professor of Contemporary French Studies in our department. Dr. Wroblewski is a specialist in contemporary French literature, art…
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Feb. 20, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Lucy Swanson (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania) who has just accepted the position of assistant professor of French and Caribbean Studies in our department. She comes to us with several years of teaching experience both at…
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Feb. 2, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. A-P Durand who has just co-authored with Alain Milon (U Paris Ouest-Nanterre) and Charles Norton (ASU) a new book chapter, “Pédagogie Hip-Hop Trans-Amérique.” This chapter has just appeared in Heurs et malheurs du système…
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Jan. 12, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Joe Price whose recent edited volume, LA JEUNE FRANCOPHONIE AMÉRICAINE: Langue et culture chez les jeunes d'héritage francophone aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique, has just been published with L’Harmattan. For more information, see…
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Jan. 2, 2018
Congratulations to Dr. Aurélia Mouzet for her essay: "Magie blanche, magie noire, magie grise: Figures de la sorcière dans le roman féminin guadeloupéen." published this month. Please see here for the complete essay.
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Dec. 18, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Dalila Ayoun and Dr. Aurélia Mouzet who have both been awarded Teaching and Outreach Grants from the College of Humanities for 2018. Dr. Ayoun received full funding for the project, “Arizona Graduate Student Conference in…
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Dec. 12, 2017
Congratulations to French and Italian Department Head Dr. Denis Provencher who was just named Acting Director for The Institute for LGBT Studies for Spring 2018. Read more about his appointment here.
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Dec. 11, 2017
Félicitations to Dr. Mouzet for her article “Les acteurs noirs du cinéma français: de l’ombre à la lumière?” published in Voix Plurielles! Read the article here.
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Dec. 5, 2017
Grad students and faculty from the French and Italian department came together on December 1 for a fun potluck and rousing game of Jeopardy. The well attended activity put on by the Graduate French Student Association allowed students and their…
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Dec. 4, 2017
On November 28, Margherita Berti, Stefano Maranzana, and Jake Monzingo hosted a unique event to allow students to experience Italy without even leaving the classroom. Google Cardboard glasses let Italy come to the UofA! Read more about this fun…
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Nov. 21, 2017
Congratulations to Dr. Beppe Cavatorta for having his talk highlighted in a recent article. The full text can be found here.
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Sept. 20, 2017
The Department of French and Italian is very happy to announce that our colleague Dr. Beppe Cavatorta has been elected president of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) for a three-year term beginning in January 2018.
The…