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Music and Performances in French 5403
Professor Marx-Scouras's spring 2022 class French 5403: “Minor Art” from Gainsbourg to Stromae: Popular Music as a Political Act allowed students to engage with French and Francophone music. French…
Combs-Schilling Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Combs-Schilling, who was recently promoted to Associate Professor! Combs-Schilling’s principal field of research and teaching is Medieval and Renaissance Italian…
Toth Receives 2022 Best New Undergraduate Mentor Award
Congratulations to Lucille Toth on winning the 2022 Best New Undergraduate Mentor Award! Toth is an Assistant Professor of French at OSU-Newark, affiliated with Ohio State Dance department. She was…
Mental Health and Music: An Evening with Quebec's Polyglot Florence K
A huge thank you to FRIT's Wynne Wong and Québec Government Office in Chicago for organizing "Mental Health and Music: An Evening with Quebec's Polyglot Florence K" on April 13th. Over 200 people…
Sarah-Grace Heller named Department Chair
Congratulations to Sarah-Grace Heller, who has been appointed by Interim Executive Dean David Horn as Department Chair of the Department of French and Italian! Heller will begin her four year term as…
Combs-Schilling discusses Liszt's Dante Symphony with the maestro of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Over the weekend of March 18-19, Assistant Professor of Italian Jonathan Combs-Schilling, who specializes in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature, was invited to join the Columbus Symphony…
A&H Grant Recipients at FRIT
Congratulations to FRIT's Lucille Toth, Assistant Professor of French, and Maggie Flinn, Associate Professor of French, for recently winning substantial A&H Grants for their respective research…
Voices of Excellence: Sarah-Grace Heller answers 'What was shopping like in medieval Paris?'
Sarah-Grace Heller, an associate professor of French, specializes in medieval French and Occitan literature, language and material culture. Her most recent book is a cultural history of fashion in a…
Marx-Scouras Featured in ASC Faculty Spotlight
Professor of French Danielle Marx-Scouras was featured in the Arts and Sciences Faculty Spotlight. She talks about her teaching, research, and her advice to students!