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PhD Student Deborah Idowu Honored with Prix Henriette Walter d’Article
Deborah Idowu, a first-year French and Francophone Studies PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University, has been named co-winner of the prestigious international…
La Guerre des os Book Launch Celebrating Professor Hoffmann
The Department of French and Italian and French Center of Excellence were pleased to celebrate our own Benjamin Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Designated Professor of French Literature,…
Italian 3222 Students Take a Trip to Rare Collections on Italian Futurism
Thirteen students in Italian 3222, Modern Italian Media (Professor Qian Liu), visited Thompson Library’s Special Collections to explore rare materials on Italian Futurism and its global impact from…
Professor Toth's New Publication - Embodied Narratives in the Health Humanities and Literary Studies
The Department of French and Italian is thrilled to share Professor Lucille Toth's co-edited volume, Embodied Narratives in the Health Humanities and Literary Studies, has just been published by…
French Center of Excellence hosts Visiting Professor André Leblanc
The French Center of Excellence was pleased to host visiting Professor André Leblanc to discuss his current research on a project entitled Modernity of Madame de Staël and the Coppet Group. Professor…
On Board(hers) Goes to Texas
Dr. Lucille Toth, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, recently collaborated with Latinx students at the University of Texas at San Antonio through her creative research project On…
Chef Reese Flowers Visits FRIT 3061
On October 9th, CSCC Executive Chef Reese Flowers (Degrees Restaurant) visited the students of FRIT 3061: Mediterranean Food Cultures to talk all about pesto. After the students were primed to…
FRIT Students Peruse Thompson Library Rare Manuscripts
Students in Italian 5330 took a field trip across the Oval to Thompson Library to peruse the rare manuscripts collection. Many don't realize how amazing the collection of Medieval and Renaissance…
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…