multi-day
La Table Française, Spring Quarter '20
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Parlez-vous français? If so, come to the Table Française, held every Monday from noon-1pm at the ISRC section of the 1835...
Past Events Calendar
multi-day
Table Francaise
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for lunch at the Table française, while also practicing your French language skills, meeting other French speakers, and...
multi-day
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - due March 29th!
All day, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for graduate students •Paris Program in Critical Theory •Dual PhDs •Graduate exchange programs with Sciences Po and ENS •Exchange program with l’Institut...
Apr
14
2020
Marianne Midwest Lecture with Azouz Begag
6:15 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Livestream of lecture being held at U of C
Apr
16
2020
Ciné Club [SQ 1 of 4]
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
The department's ciné-club screens three to four free movies per quarter, followed by a short discussion with refreshments. If you...
Apr
17
2020
Peter Szendy Lecture
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Peter Szendy Lecture
Apr
24
2020
Anne-Emmanuelle Berger Lecture
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
" The End of Sexuality" a lecture by Anne-Emmanuelle Berger
Apr
30
2020
Anne-Emmanuelle Berger workshop 1 of 2
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Berger: “Malaise de la lecture” (a reflection on the crisis of literary criticism)
Apr
30
2020
Ciné Club [SQ 2 of 4]
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
The department's ciné-club screens three to four free movies per quarter, followed by a short discussion with refreshments. If you...
May
6
2020
Causerie with Anne-Emmanuelle Berger
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Anne-Emmanuelle Berger causerie: Lunchtime conversation in French on gender pronouns in French and the question of non-binary or gender nonconforming...
May
21
2020
Anne-Emmanuelle Berger workshop 2 of 2
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Berger: “Writing and the MLF Movement”
May
21
2020
Ciné Club [SQ 3 of 4]
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
The department's ciné-club screens three to four free movies per quarter, followed by a short discussion with refreshments. If you...
May
29
2020
Anne Berger: Lecture/Dialogue, followed by Berger closing reception
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Anne-Emanuelle Berger dialogue on The Queer Turn in Feminism
Jun
4
2020
Ciné Club [SQ 4 of 4]
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
The department's ciné-club screens three to four free movies per quarter, followed by a short discussion with refreshments. If you...
Sep
22
2020
Tavola Italiana 1 of 3 : Per conoscersi [getting to know each other]
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Informal conversation in Italian
Oct
7
2020
IT Film Screening, Mini Film Series 1 of 2
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for screenings of Italian language films, followed by discussion.
Oct
9
2020
Career Options in the Humanities : Publishing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
featuring Christopher Bush and Trevor Perri, moderated by Nasrin Qader
Oct
20
2020
Nadia Meflah causerie :
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
“Les Visages de la France” [Faces of France] through contemporary French cinema
Oct
22
2020
Tavola Italiana 2 of 3 : Apericena [dinner and drinks]
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Informal conversation in Italian
Oct
23
2020
Racial Equity and Justice Reading Group I :
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Anti-Blackness and its Critique in U.S. History and the Contemporary Context
Nov
5
2020
IT Film Screening, Mini Film Series 2 of 2
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for screenings of Italian language films, followed by discussion.
Nov
6
2020
Steve Hill Grant Writing Workshop
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Zoom workshop
Nov
19
2020
Tavola Italiana 3 of 3: Gesti [gestures]
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Informal conversation in Italian
Nov
20
2020
Racial Equity and Justice Reading Group II :
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Race, Diversity, and inclusion in France Today
Feb
26
2021
French Info Session: PPCT, graduate exchanges, and Dual PhDs
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY INFORMATIONAL MEETING For graduate students On: •Paris Program in Critical Theory •Dual PhDs •Graduate exchange programs with Sciences Po and ENS •Exchange program with l’Institut...
Mar
5
2021
Peter Szendy Lecture
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Shadow Iconomics and Road Networks of the Visible Our world is increasingly saturated with images. Their number is growing so exponentially—on...
Apr
16
2021
Emilia Di Rocco lecture
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Emilia Di Rocco is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of European, American, and Interdisciplinary Studies, at Sapienza...
May
5
2021
Christy Wampole lecture
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Realism and Degeneration This talk explores a strand of contemporary French literary realism Wampole calls “degenerative realism.” These narratives tell of...
May
27
2021
Café Francophone- Undergraduate French SAB event
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Café Francophone: Fun French videos & tongue twisters! Members of the Cercle Francophone and the Student Advisory Board organize a regular...
May
28
2021
Antonio Montefusco lecture
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Description forthcoming
Apr
15
2022
Dante and Memory: Composition, Publication, and Performance in the Textual Transmission of the Divine Comedy
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Looking at the remarkable unity and macrotextual solidity of Dante’s Comedy, it’s easy to forget that the Comedy was initially...
Apr
19
2022
Ciné-Club: La grande illusion
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for a screening of Jean Renoir's La grand illusion.
Apr
22
2022
The End of Sexuality: Feminist Theory, Body Talk and the Biological Conundrum
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Professor Anne Emmanuelle Berger holds an agrégation de Lettres modernes and a doctorate from the University of Paris VIll. She...
May
17
2022
Ciné-Club: Les amours imaginaires
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Please join us for the French Ciné-Club showing of Xavier Dolan's 2010 film Les amours imaginaires!
May
18
2022
Italian Film Series: Chiamami col tuo nome (Call Me By Your Name)
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Come join us to watch Chiamami col tuo nome (Call Me By Your Name) in Italian with English subtitles. This event is free...
May
20
2022
Queering Feminism, Questioning Gender: A Conversation with Anne Berger
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Please join us as we invite three specialists of gender studies, queer theory, and feminism (Kyle Kaplan, Penny Deutscher, and...
May
27
2022
La politique de la langue en France: Le débat public autour du langage 'inclusif'
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
A lunchtime causerie with Edith Kreeger Wolf Distinguished Visiting Professor Anne Emmanuelle Berger. The causerie will presented entirely in French. Lunch...
Sep
26
2022
Screening of the Animated Short Film S'Ammutadori + Workshop with the Filmmakers
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for the screening of the 2021 Italian animated short film titled S’Ammutadori. The screening will be followed by...
Oct
7
2022
Opportunity Knocks: Translatio as Race-Making in the First French Boccaccio
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us on Friday, October 7 at 3:30pm in Kresge 1-515 for a guest lecture from Professor Julie Singer (Washington University in St. Louis).
Oct
10
2022
Ciné-Club: ALPHAVILLE !
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us in the Library Forum Room on Thursday, October 10 at 6:00pm for a screening of Jean-Luc Goddard's ALPHAVILLE: une étrange aventure...
Oct
11
2022
Tavola Italiana: Il linguaggio giovanile
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us for the first Tavola Italiana of fall quarter, on the topic of il linguaggio gionvanile: how young Italians...
Oct
20
2022
Le Ciné-Club: LE CORBEAU
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us on Thursday, October 20 at 6:00pm in the Library Forum Room for a screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic Le corbeau (1943).
Nov
3
2022
Ciné-Club: GAGARINE
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Please join us Thursday, November 3 at 6:00pm in the Library Forum Room for a screening of the film Gagarine (2021).
Nov
17
2022
Ciné-Club: PETITE MAMAN !
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us on Thursday, November 17 at 6:00pm for a screening of Petite Maman (2021) in the Library Forum Room.
Jan
3
2023
Italian Film Series presents: Benvenuti al Nord
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Please join us on Monday, Janaury 9 at 4:00pm in Kresge 1-515 for the first Italian Film Series screening of winter quarter! We...
Jan
18
2023
La Tavola Italiana
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us in Allison Dining Commons (look for the table with the Italian flag!) on Wednesday, January 18 from 5:30–6:30pm. Come...
Jan
20
2023
Mimesis: The Role of Transcendence in Anthropogenic Climate Change
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Please join us Friday, Januaury 20 at 4:00pm in Kresge 1-515 for a guest lecture from Professor Andrea Righi (Director of Italian Studies, Miami University). A...
Feb
1
2023
La Tavola Italiana
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us in Allison Dining Commons (look for the table with the Italian flag!) on Wednesday, February 1 from 5:30–6:30pm. Come...
Feb
15
2023
La Tavola Italiana
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us in Allison Dining Commons (look for the table with the Italian flag!) on Wednesday, February 15 from 5:30–6:30pm. Come...
Feb
27
2023
Ciné-Club: TWIST A BAMAKO!
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join us on Monday, February 27 at 6:00pm in the Library Forum Room for a screening of Robert Guédiguian's Twist...
Mar
1
2023
Festa di Carnavale
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of French and Italian
Join the Italian Department on Wednesday, March 1 at 4:00pm in Kresge 2-305 for a FESTA DI CARNAVALE to celebrate the...