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Upcoming Events

Red Island
October 21, 2025

Red Island (L’Ile Rouge) - Robin Campillo

Event Start Time: 7:00 pm
Event Location: Wexner Center for the Arts
World languages workshop
October 22, 2025

World Language Skills and Competencies Workshop

Event Start Time: 3:30 pm
Event Location: Hagerty Hall 351
AU25 World Language Party
October 23, 2025

AU25 World Language Party

Event Start Time: 5:30 pm
Event Location: Crane Cafe - Hagerty Hall
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October 23, 2025

Le Cercle Français - Taste of France

Event Start Time: 6:00 pm
Event Location: Crane Cafe

Recent News

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October 10, 2025 French Center of Excellence Hosts Lecture on Book Burning with Professor Nicolas Valazza

The French Center of Excellence hosted its first guest, University of Indiana at Bloomington Professor of French, Nicolas Valazza, for the Autumn 2025 semester on October 9 in Thompson Library.…

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Le Féérique et le fantastique

In French 4401 “Le Féérique et le fantastique” we have been reading “contes de fées” (fairy tales) by sophisticated writers of the period 1690-1757, many…

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Professor Ryan Joyce Joining Inaugural Engaged Scholars Academy

Professor Ryan Joyce is participating in the inaugural Engaged Scholars Academy, organized by Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. Over the course of the year, the Academy convenes to…

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Professor Maggie Flinn Wins Prestigious Eisner Award

Dr. Maggie Flinn, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, was recently honored as a recipient of the prestigious Will Eisner Award for Best…

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PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Associate in Italian Studies
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Professor of Italian and Romance Linguistics & Director of the Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
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