News

Announcing the Lecturer Travel Award
Lecturers in The Department of French and Italian who have had a paper accepted at a professional conference, who have a research or professional development project that requires travel, or who…

Simone Cristicchi at OSU
We had an incredible time hosting Italian composer, actor, and writer, Simone Cristicchi. Thank you to Simone and to everyone who made this happen!
Simone Cristicchi (composer, actor, writer…

Rancière: Aesthetics and the Question of Disciplinarity
On September 21-22, 2017, as part of the Havens Lecture series, The Department of French and Italian hosted a two-day symposium featuring renowned French philosopher, Jacques Rancière.…

Italian SITE Program 2017-18
The SITE Program (Study, Intercultural Training and Experience) is a paid internship program for English Teaching Assistants in the schools of the Region of Lombardy,…

Prof. Aski Creates Free, Open-Access Online Course for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Professor of Italian, Janice Aski, has created a free, open-access online course for the teaching of foreign languages.
(K-12/HE) Purposeful, Interactive Foreign Language Teaching
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Congratulations, Ted!
A $1000 donation has just been made to the Italian Development Fund, which supports undergraduate study abroad in Italy, in honor of Dr. Ted Emery, Senior Lecturer in Italian. Dr. Emery…

Spring 2017 FRIT Newsletter
Greetings to our French and Italian alumni and friends!
Our latest FRIT newsletter has just been published! You can read the Spring 2017 issue online. If you allow mail communications from…

Book Review from Ph.D. Alumna, Michele Gerring
Ph.D. alumna, Michele Gerring has a review of Alain Badiou's Notre mal vient de plus loin: Penser les tueries du 13 novembre in the May 2017 issue of the French Review. Congratulations!

Jessica LaHote, French & Psychology major, wins at the 2017 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Jessica LaHote, French and Psychology major, wins second place in the Histories, Literatures, Religions, and Cultures category at the 2017 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
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