Lectures and Events

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SIFF Cinema Italian Style 2025 Begins November 12th
October 29, 2025
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FIS Dawg Daze 2025 Events
September 17, 2025
Panorama of Perugia, Italy
Visit FIS at the UW Study Abroad Fair on Thursday, January 16th 
January 13, 2025
Sarah-Kate Moore
FIS Graduate Student Sarah-Kate Moore Presents her MA Thesis
May 31, 2024
Chair of FIS, Beatrice Arduini with JSIS advisor Sabrina Tatta
FIS Chair Beatrice Arduini Attends Admitted Student Day Event at the Burke Museum
May 2, 2024
Pictures from the visit of the French Ambassador
French Ambassador Laurent Bili Visits the University of Washington
March 22, 2024
Students and faculty play Bocce and Petanque in the Quad
Autumn Quarter Events Wrap Up
January 23, 2024
Poster for Event
Europe's Ideals & Realities in Three French Movies
May 9, 2023
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Night of Ideas [La Nuit des idées]
February 15, 2023
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Author Jessica Oublié Visits FRENCH 303
November 29, 2022
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Autumn Events Co-Sponsored by French & Italian Studies 
November 14, 2022
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Upcoming Book Talk: Robert Desjarlais and Khalil Habrih
November 1, 2022
Italian Club at UW
Student Run French & Italian Clubs Meeting In-Person!
October 21, 2022
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Upcoming Book Talk with Dr. Oriel Siu
October 4, 2022
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Dawg Daze 2022: French & Italian Studies Trivia Event
August 31, 2022
Flyer for French Fest 2022
Seattle's French Fest 2022
March 11, 2022
Smudged ink on white paper art installation, Jacob Lawrence Art Gallery
*SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED* Call For Presentations: Social Justice Pedagogies Across Language and Culture Curricula: Opening a Division-Wide Conversation
March 2, 2022
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Guest Lecture by Dr. Natale Vacalebre: Books as Bridges of Peace: Aldus Manutius and Pedagogical Humanism
February 9, 2022
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CIFNAL Speaker Series on Digital Humanities in French & Francophone Studies
February 2, 2022
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Associate Professor Beatrice Arduini in New Podcast Series Canto per Canto: Conversations with Dante in our time  
February 1, 2021
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Career Panel for Foreign Language Students
December 16, 2019
author and professor Jean Beaman
Guest Lecturer Jean Beaman on Citizen Outsider: Race and Racism in France and Beyond
December 16, 2019
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French & Italian Studies Faculty Update
May 6, 2019
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UW Welcomes Québec Artist Sophie Labelle 
November 1, 2018
Legitimizing iel symposium Vassar College
Associate Professor Louisa Mackenzie to Participate in Public Symposium "Legitimatizing iel" at Vassar College
March 21, 2018