Recent News
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.
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.
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.
The Department of French & Italian Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 FIS Academic Awards and Photo Contest!
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.
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.
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.
Associate Professor of French Richard Watts was recently featured of episode 2 of the "Ways of Knowing" podcast. In Episode 2: Paratext, Professor Richard Watts explains how everything we read comes with accompanying discourse.