FRONTIERE Summer 2020

Welcome from the Chair

Dear Friends, I hope that this finds you well during these remarkable times. It has been quite a summer, and the FRIT community sends warm and supportive…

Laurenzo De Camilla: A Voice for LGBTQ Youth

Laurenzo De Camilla graduated this summer with a Ph.D. in Italian Studies, and a dissertation titled “Female Leads: Negotiating Minority Identity in Contemporary Italian Horror Cinema.” De Camilla…

Kiki Hou: From Guangzhou to Columbus, and onto Paris

Kiki Hou graduated last spring with double majors in French and Sociology. She is now beginning to work towards a two-year Master’s degree in Sociology at the Sciences Po (The Paris Institute of…

Committee of Diversity and Inclusion

Several years ago, FRIT formed a departmental Committee of Diversity and Inclusion, and the committee has been very active ever since. During the 2019-2020 academic year the members were Professor…

The Quarantine Cookbook

Harry Kashdan, FRIT’s Postdoctoral Scholar in the Global Mediterranean, and Philip Gleissner, Assistant Professor at the Department of Slavic and East European…

New Programs in French and Francophone Studies

Two new programs in French and Francophone Studies will soon be available to students (pending final approval). The undergraduate Major in French and Francophone Studies (FFS) has a more…