News and Events
Spring 2007 Archives
Happenings
Lecture: Scholar and translator Robert Durling (Professor Emeritus of English and Italian Literature, U of California, Santa Cruz), "Introducing Dante's Paradiso" Tues, Mar 27, 4pm in CL 501;
reception to follow (event flyer (pdf)>>)
Lecture: Prof. Nicholas Dobelbower, "Cette Fraternité de Chaînes: Criminal (Anti-)Sociality in Early 19th c. France" >flyer
Mon, Mar 19, 4pm in CL 139; reception to follow in 13th floor lobby
Lecture: Prof. Philip Watts, "Algerian Cinema Today"
Thurs, Mar 15, 5:30pm in CL 1228
Sponsored by the Film Studies Program
Lecture: Prof. Lucien Nouis, "Tolerance as Hospitality: Pierre Bayle's Commentaire Philosophique" on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 12:00 pm in 2836 Cathedral of Learning.
Lecture: The Italian Club presents Prof. Francesca Savoia, associate professor of Italian, "Food for thought: a brief history of Italian food culture" on Tuesday, March 13th at 8:30pm. in Cathedral of Learning 332.
Events
French Tuesdays à Pittsburgh: Discussions interculturelles pour francophones et francophiles tous les mardis en mai
Premier rendez-vous: Duranti’s Restaurant mardi le 1 mai, 128 N. Craig 17:30h.-19:30h. L’invitée: Dany-Noëlle DeFilippis, Terre des Langues
RSVP: adairhauck@mindspring.com
Film: "Paris, I Love You" with an introduction by Phil Watts, Associate Professor of French
Monday, April 9, 7pm, Alumni Hall 7th floor auditorium
Conference: After the Avant-garde: European Experiments with the Moving Image. Phil Watts will present "Straub and Huillet and the Noise of Democracy" Sat, Mar 31, 11am in CL 232
Global Studies Film Series- Beyond Borders, The Immigrant Chimera- "Waalo Fendo: Where the Earth Freezes" on Wednesday, March 14 at 8:30 pm in Posvar Hall 4130.
French and Italian Reading Group
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish
Thursday, March 1, 2-4 pm
CL 1325
Text available in CL 1328
Global Studies Film Series- Beyond Borders, The Immigrant Chimera
"Inch'Allah Dimanche" on Wed, Feb 28, 8:30pm in WWPH 4130 In French and Arabic w/English subtitles.
Graduate News
PhD Defense: Alison Halasz, PhD Candidate in French, "Henri Michaux, poet-painter" Fri, June 15, 11am, CL1325
PhD Defense: Nacer Khelouz, PhD Candidate in French, "Le roman algérien de langue française de l'entre-deux guerres à l'épreuve du politique"
Mon, April 23, 9-11am, in CL 1325
Spring 2007 Faculty-Graduate Student Seminar featuring Alison Halasz and Prof. Francesca Savoia
Thur, Mar 22, 4:30pm in CL 1228; reception to follow at 6pm in CL 1228
Undergraduate News
Italian & French Clubs-Joint Events!
~Mardi Gras/Carnevale Mask Making Party on Tuesday, Feb 20 from 7:30-9:00pm in 1228 CL
~Mardi Gras Masquerade on Saturday, Feb 24, 2007 at 9pm in the WPU Assembly Room >flyer
Co-sponsored by funds from Student Non-Alcoholic Mini Grant, NIAF, Freshman Socialization and the A&S Undergraduate Dean
Italian Club Meeting: Officer elections and movie night, featuring Johnny Stecchino (event flyer>>)
Tues, Mar 27, 8:30pm in CL 332
Pitt-in-Italy 2007:
Study in Siracusa info sessions & program info (pdf)
Pitt-in-France 2007:
Study in Nantes
info sessions & program info (pdf)
Graduation Breakfast:
Graduating majors, as well as inductees into French and Italian honor societies, will be honored at a breakfast on Sun, April 29 from 9:30-11:30am in the WPU Ballroom
Congratulations to Kacie Cope who has been awarded a NIAF Scholarship for 2007-2008!
UHC BPhil Defense:
Aaron Boalick (French and Spanish), will defend his BPhil thesis “Bildung Blocks: Problematic Masculinities in Stendhal” (advisor, Prof. Todd Reeser)
Mon, Mar 19, 11:30am in CL 3501 (UHC)