June 22, 2018
French and Italian Studies graduates and their families gathered with staff and faculty in the Simpson Center on June 8th to celebrate the culmination of their time at the UW. Around 70 people mingled, chatted and enjoyed refreshments for an hour before Chair Geoff Turnovsky took a few minutes to speak about the graduates and recognize some of their outstanding achievements. He commended the students' hard work and wished everyone the best in their post-graduation endeavors.
Congratulations to... Read more
May 29, 2018
Graduating French majors April Si Lo and Tiana Quimin Neuerberg have recently been accepted to the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF). The TAPIF allows American citizens and permanent residents to teach English in public schools across all regions of metropolitan France and in the overseas departments of France.
April, a French and Psychology double major from Fife, WA will be teaching at the... Read more
March 14, 2018
Peadar Kavanagh, a French Studies and English Language and Literature graduate (class of 2016) recently accepted an offer from the University of Chicago to begin a PhD in French and Francophone Studies with English Language and Literature as a secondary discipline. Peadar, a Seattle native, credits the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France and the comic books series of Tintin and Asterix as what originally attracted him to French... Read more
November 8, 2017
Kelsey Jackson, (class of 2013) a French and Psychology double major recently completed her Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology Research Methods at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England and acheived distinction for her original research project. Kelsey, a native of La Jolla, CA says that her "time in the French department at UW was, without a doubt, pivotal to my ability" to design and create the research project for her MSc. After graduating from UW Kelsey spent a year in Nancy in ... Read more
June 22, 2017
Christina Sztajnkrcyer, a recent graduate of our French doctoral program recently published a piece of writing on the website of The Stroum Center For Jewish Studies. Christina's piece, "From Rhodes To Racine: Why a Sephardic Teenager in 20th-Century Paris Was Reading The Tragedy Esther" highlights some of her work with a young woman's school notebook from 20th century Paris. In particular, she uses a quote drawn from Racine's play Esther as a way to shed light on Jewish womanhood in... Read more
May 18, 2017
Assistant Professor Maya Smith's French 448 students (Cultures of Franco-America) and students in the CHID Amsterdam Study Abroad Program recently watched a screening of the documentary Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light. The screening was followed by an engaging Q&A with the Associate Producer, Julia Browne. The documentary, based on a book by the same name, follows the experience of African-Americans in Paris since 1900.
May 11, 2017
Emma Smith has been living and working as an intern at the UW Rome Center since last summer. She will continue her journey in Italy in the fall as an intern with the Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Department at the U.S Embassy in Rome. Below Emma reflects on the year she has spent abroad, and gives advice about balancing your personal, work, and social life while employed in a foreign country.
"While being in such a romantic city can be distracting, I have spent most of my time... Read more
May 5, 2017
Alumni Profiles
These French and Italian Studies Alumni have shared the paths they followed after graduation, how their languages have fit into their careers, and why they think the knowledge of foreign languages is beneficial.
Lauren Moses
2016, JSIS and French. Teaching Assistant in France: TAPIF
“I heard about TAPIF through UW’s French department, in an email. I knew that I wanted to take a gap... Read more
June 6, 2016
French and Italian students, faculty and staff turned out in great numbers to this year's Graduate Student Colloquium, hosted by Assistant Professor Maya Smith. Current and former graduate students Esther Le Grezause, Lise Lalonde and Federico Fabbri presented their experiences instructing French and Italian. Esther shared her techniques for teaching French pronunciation, stressing the importance of raising awareness of different accents and dialects used... Read more
April 11, 2016
Italian minor and international business major Teodora Costea has been hired by former UW Italian major Ari Manzin of Bianco-Rosso Imports. Her part-time job as an administrative assistant allows her to use her skills gained as a business student, and the company's Italian ties are a definite perk. She is very interested in working abroad in the future and hopes that her combination of studies will open diverse career doors. "I chose business because... Read more
