Recent News
The Department of French & Italian Studies is offering a variety of exciting classes in autumn 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 216 A: The Nobel Prize and World Literature (A&H)… Read more
The Department of French & Italian Studies (FIS) at the University of Washington invites applications from qualified candidates for short-term, temporary instructional positions that may be needed at various points throughout the 2025-26 academic year (Sept 16-Jun 15). The successful candidate(s) would be appointed as Lecturer Part-Time Temporary, a non-tenure track, non-voting eligible faculty title. Appointments would be made on a quarterly (3-month) basis or… Read more
The following article was originally published as an article on the Textual Studies website by Nikita Willeford Kastrinos. The Department of French & Italian Studies is home to the Textual Studies Program (TXTDS). In this program, students can explore how texts — from scrolls, manuscripts, and printed books to archival documents, digital texts, and… Read more
We are pleased to announce the fifth annual French & Italian Studies Academic Awards and the reintroduction of the French & Italian Studies Photo Contest! Students are eligible to submit one project for the academic awards and one photo for the photo contest.
Academic Awards:
The FIS Academic Awards are a chance for students to be officially recognized for their excellent work in French and Italian studies courses, have their projects showcased on the… Read more
The Department of French & Italian Studies is offering a variety of exciting classes this Spring!
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.
TXTDS 220: Making Manuscripts: Manuscript & Handwriting Technologies from the Antiquity to Today (SSc… Read more
Join us at the annual UW Study Abroad Fair. Whether your planning for a few years from now, or looking for a program to participate in soon, this event is a great opportunity for you to gather information about UW study abroad options and learn how to apply.
At the UW Study Abroad Fair, you can:
meet faculty and staff leading UW study abroad programs
speak with representatives from program providers such as CIEE, SIT, etc.
learn more about exchange programs and meet with… Read more
The Daily, the University's student-run newspaper, recently published an article covering French/Italian 240: Harmonizing Language and Music, taught by Dr. Eun Ju Vivianna Oh. The author, Miya Spry, is a current student of the course and writes about how the performance and activity based course requires students to break free of their comfort zones. Read the article "Don't Stick to the Status Quo (No, no no)" by Miya Spry on… Read more
The Department of French & Italian Studies is offering a variety of exciting classes this Winter!
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.
ITAL 260 A: Fashion, Nation, and Culture (SSc, A&H)
Professor Susan Gaylard | MW 12:30pm… Read more
Cinema Italian Style returns to SIFF Cinema Uptown November 7-14 to celebrate the best in Italian cinema with a broad selection of 15 films to celebrate its 16th year. Tickets for the festival, a celebration of the best Italian films of the year, are on sale now.
“Cinema Italian Style is one of SIFF’s most beloved annual events, and we’re so grateful for the partners and patrons that return… Read more
Professor of French Geoffrey Turnovsky was recently featured in episode 639 of The History of Literature podcast, titled "Immersed in Print". In the episode, host Jacke Wilson and Professor Turnvosky discuss his newest book, Reading Typographically: Immersed in Print in Early Modern France, and the stereotypes and myths centering around the act of reading a print-based book - and what insights they might deliver to readers in an age of digitization.
Reading… Read more