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ITAL 260 A: Fashion, Nation, and Culture

Spring 2026

Introduction to Italian culture focusing on fashion and manners from the late Middle Ages to today through literary and visual analysis. Taught in English.

FIS Graduate Student Sarah-Kate Moore Presents her MA Thesis

Dr. Sarah-Kate Moore, a current graduate student in the French MA program, presented her MA thesis on Wednesday, May 29th. Her project is a translation of the first ten poems of Le tendon et l'os [Tendon and Bone, 2019] by Québécoise author Anne-Marie Desmeules.