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The Department of French & Italian Studies is offering a variety of exciting classes in spring quarter!Read below to check out some of our classes and their descriptions! If you have any questions regarding our courses, please reach out to frenital@uw.edu. FRENCH 222 A/TXTDS 222 A: Human and Machine Translation (SSc)
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Check below for a list of scholarships, awards, fellowships, and more that are open to eligible French or Italian students during autumn or winter quarter!Apply for UW nomination to the Carnegie Endowment’s Gaither Junior Fellows Program: UW deadline Dec. 4, 2025!Each year the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers approximately 15 one-year Gaither Junior Fellowships to uniquely…
Cinema Italian Style Festival 2025 is presented by Seattle Perugia Sister City Association and Il Punto Seattle, with the support of many Seattle organizations and business partners from the Italian and Italian American communities. The Seattle Cinema Italian Style will take place from Wednesday, November 12 through Sunday, November 16, 2025, at SIFF Cinema Uptown. Now…
Applications for the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) will open on November 3rd! Applications are open from November 3rd and close around early March.Run by the French Ministry of Education and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, each year TAPIF places around 1,300 Americans into French public schools to work as English language teaching assistants for 12 hours a week. The…
The Department of French & Italian Studies is offering a variety of exciting classes in winter quarter!Read below to check out some of our classes and their descriptions! If you have any questions regarding our courses, please reach out to frenital@uw.edu. FRENCH 301 A: Francophone Graphic Novels (A&H)Mondays & Wednesdays | 1:30pm - 3:20pm | Taught…
Last spring, a group of students completing Italian 103 decided to bring the defunct Italian club back. After an initial interest meeting earlier this year, the Italian Club at UW kicked off regular autumn quarter meetings on Wednesdays, from 3:30 - 4:30pm, in SMITH 107. Below is a short interview with the Italian Club's founding president, Sophie Biernacki. Sophie is a sophomore majoring in…
The Department of French & Italian Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 FIS Academic Awards and Photo Contest! The Department of French & Italian Studies would like to commend all of the students who submitted projects during this academic year. We would like to thank Professor Maya Smith and Professor Richard Watts for their efforts to evaluate and select our…
On Monday, June 9th, our two graduating Masters in French students presented their final projects to French & Italian Studies faculty, staff, and family members. As part of the Masters in French program, students are expected to complete a capstone project under the guidance of a faculty advisor who best fits their area of expertise. The two graduating MA students of 2025, Emy Chevalier and…
On Friday, June 13th, the Department of French & Italian Studies celebrated the achievements of the class of 2025. The event celebrated our graduating French MA students and undergraduate French majors and Italian minors who have earned their degrees from Autumn 2024 - Summer 2025. Our graduation celebration brought together students, guests, faculty, and staff to mark the culmination of…
The Department of French & Italian Studies will be participating in or hosting three events during Dawg Daze 2025. Check out the details for each event below! For any questions, please email frenital@uw.edu.World Language FairSeptember 18, 2025 | 12:00pm - 3:00pm | DEN 212 & 213
The Department of French &…