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FRONTIERE Autumn 2025
FRONTIERE Autumn 2025
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Words from our Chair
FRIT begins this fall with great new energies. We welcome a big cohort of new graduate students after a strong and competitive admissions cycle. Our doctoral…
New Faces in FRIT
The Department of French and Italian is excited to welcome several new faces to our team this year. We look forward to working with each of them as they begin their journeys teaching and learning…
Transformative Times Abroad
Hundreds of students study abroad each year from The Ohio State University. Many of these include time in French- or Italian-speaking locations. The value of these experiences cannot be…French Center of Excellence AU25 Programming
The French Center of Excellence is pleased to announce it will host four speakers in the Autumn 2025 semester series to discuss current and ongoing…
Villa Albertine French Film Festival
The Albertine French Film Festival is organized by the Department of French and Italian at Ohio State and sponsored by The Wexner Center for the Arts and Albertine Cinemathèque, a program of…
New Directions in Italian Studies Series
Beginning in Fall 2025, the Department of French and Italian (FRIT) at The Ohio State University is delighted to inaugurate a new Zoom-based lecture series titled New Directions in Italian Studies:…
Professor Maggie Flinn wins Eisner Award
Professor Maggie Flinn Dr. Maggie Flinn, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, was recently honored as a recipient of the prestigious Will…