Profile Awesome Presents: Aarilee Lorenzen, recipient of the ICC Massimo Bonavita Memorial Scholarship

“Studying French and its culture makes me feel more like a citizen of the world,” says Anika Hauk, a student who studied abroad in Montpellier, France last semester. Explore what Hauk and other undergraduate students learned about themselves while learning abroad.

Study Abroad Scholarship and Excellence in Teaching Awards Announced

Cameron Cook chosen to teach English in Montpellier for the 2019-2020 academic year.

African Voices of Paris is a four-part documentary series that highlights the lives of immigrants of African origin living in Paris. Director of the African Studies Initiative (ASI) and Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature Shaden M. Tageldin speaks about how collaboration got ASI invested in this important project.

Professor Jen Bouchard, Normandale Community College, and filmmaker Joanna Kohler, Kohler Productions, joined us last week for a presentation on their project African Voices of Paris / Voix africaines de Paris, a series of short documentary-style films that reflect the diverse experiences of individuals of African origins living and working in Paris.

Alumnus Robert St. Clair (PhD '11) has a new book forthcoming from Oxford University Press on bodies in Rimbaud's poetry.

Brian Barnett, Director of Language Instruction in French, and Sean Killackey, PhD candidate, presented PACE Project research at the AATF National Convention in Martinique in July.

This spring, the Department of French & Italian hosted acclaimed Québécois director, actor, and playwright Robert Lepage for an open interview and discussion about his new, largely autobiographical play, 887, and his theatrical vision.