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We are delighted to announce this year’s Golden Lotus Award recipient, Keira Wood.
VISITING LECTURER OF FRENCH: Academic year 2022-2023
The French Program of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Pittsburgh seeks a full-time visiting lecturer of... View »
As the planet gets hotter, a new genre has emerged to inspire action: climate fiction. In this course, students will read stories and watch television series and film that deal with the global... View »
We want to recognize the undergraduates from Pitt and across the nation who are presenting their research at the ... View »
Alexandra Derubeis and Matthew Maida are recipients of University Honors College Research Fellowships for Spring 2022. Learn more >>>
We are delighted to announce our first undergraduate award recipients of the Antoni Kosinski and Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski Endowed Research Fund in French Studies (RBK Undergraduate Research Award). Let’s give it up for Danna Corsini and Regis A. Curtis!
Congratulations to senior French/GSWS major Amanda Parent. She defended her Honors thesis "Les négociations du travail sexuel dans les médias français contemporains" on Dec. 14 in front of her... View »
We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Flavia Cavaliere of the Università di Napoli—Federico II to the Department of French & Italian during the spring 2022 term. Prof. Cavaliere, a scholar of... View »
FRIT faculty are currently inviting undergraduates interested in doing research or teaching under the mentorship of a faculty member in the following areas for spring term 2022 [and beyond]:... View »
Congratulations to Dept. Chair Prof. Todd Reeser who received a USIAS fellowship at the University of Strasbourg, France, for spring term 2022.
He will be in residence in the Alsatian... View »
Our department seeks to hire an Assistant Professor of French in the area of Black African Studies:
The Department of French and Italian at the University of Pittsburgh invites... View »
La Parlotte - Bring your lunch. Speak French. Make friends! All levels welcome. Thursdays 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Schenley Plaza
Tavola Italiana - Mangia con noi! Come eat with us! Bring your lunch and chat. Thursdays 12 - 2 p.m. Schenley Plaza
Congratulations to Pat Nikiema on his appointment as tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami in Florida! Pat recently... View »
Congratulations to French major Hannah Heisler who is the inaugural recipient of the Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski Paper Prize in French. Hannah's winning submission, titled Réflexions sur une vie,... View »
French Major Alison Chilcott Wins Fulbright to Senegal 2021-2022
The Department... View »