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Global Seminar Info Session - 10/8/25

Tish Clendenen — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:43:45 +0000

Global Seminar Info Session - 10/8/25 Tish Clendenen Mon, 10/06/2025 - 12:43

Travel to Paris with Professor Aimee Kilbane, learn about the figurative "underground" of Paris' forgotten or hidden history while exploring its physical underground of catacombs, jazz caves and metro. Or travel to Italy with Professor Suzanne Magnanini, exploring Florence’s historic streets. Learn about Dante, his Inferno, paintings, and frescoes inspired by the poem. No language background required to spend your summer in Italy or France! Both courses fulfill upper-division A&S Gen Ed: Arts & Humanities and more. Come learn more Wednesday, October 8 from 5-6pm in UMC 247. See you there!

Come learn more Wednesday, October 8 from 5-6pm in UMC 247. See you there!

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Settimana della lingua italiana 2026 10/13/25 - 10/19/25

Tish Clendenen — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:06:56 +0000

Settimana della lingua italiana 2026 10/13/25 - 10/19/25 Tish Clendenen Mon, 10/06/2025 - 11:06

Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo - 2025 - XXV edition

Theme - Italofonia: lingua oltre i confini

Date - October 13th - 19th, 2025

Events:

Wednesday, October 15th

FILM - Italian for Beginners, 2000 (Danish/Italian with English subtitles)

5-7PM

ALTEC HIVE (CASE E380)

Thursday, October 16th

ITALIAN PARTY

4-5:30PM

ALTEC HIVE (CASE E380)

Join us for short presentations, games, prizes, and food!

Contact olga.vasile@colorado.edu if you have any questions!

Join the Italian Department for a variety of events celebrating Settimana della lingua italiana 2025, October 13th - 19th.

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Soccer Event - Italian Students vs French Students 10/13/25

Tish Clendenen — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:10:05 +0000

Soccer Event - Italian Students vs French Students 10/13/25 Tish Clendenen Tue, 09/30/2025 - 10:10

Join us for our yearly soccer game - French students vs. Italian students! You can participate as a player or come out and cheer.

Monday, October 13th
4:00 pm
Kittredge Field South

Join us for our yearly soccer game - French students vs. Italian students! You can participate as a player or come out and cheer.

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Pétanque - 9/29/25

Tish Clendenen — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:05:03 +0000

Pétanque - 9/29/25 Tish Clendenen Tue, 09/30/2025 - 10:05

Join the French Club for a game of Pétanque at Norlin Quad. Snacks will be provided.

Monday, September 29th
3:30PM
Norlin Quad

Join the French Club for a game of Pétanque at Norlin Quad. Snacks will be provided.

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Le théatre Populaire au Burkina Faso - 9/24/25

Tish Clendenen — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:18:07 +0000

Le théatre Populaire au Burkina Faso - 9/24/25 Tish Clendenen Tue, 09/09/2025 - 13:18

French & Italian is co-sponsoring a talk with the Center of African and African American Studies on 9/24 at 5pm in HUMN 145. The talk will be by a professor and theater specialist from Burkina Faso, who will tell us about the world of theater and culture in the now highly complex and challenging climate of Burkina Faso today.

Le théatre Populaire au Burkina Faso
A talk in French by Dr. Pingdewinde Issiaka Tiendrebeogo
Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

September 24th
5PM
HUMN 145

Light refreshments will be served.

Event sponsored by The Department of French & Italian and The Center for African & African American Studies (The CAAAS)

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Anatomy of a Public Humanities Program - A visit with Susan Derwin - 9/19/25

Tish Clendenen — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:10:20 +0000

Anatomy of a Public Humanities Program - A visit with Susan Derwin - 9/19/25 Tish Clendenen Tue, 09/09/2025 - 13:10

The French & Italian Department is organizing a special public and engaged humanities event on September 19th. Susan Derwin, Director of the UC Santa Barbara Interdisciplinary Center, will discuss her groundbreaking work with California schools and prisons (see the attached flyer). Please join us and spread the word!

Anatomy of a Public Humanities Program

A visit with Susan Derwin

Friday, September 19th

5:00PM

HUMN 250

In her talk, Susan Derwin will explore the social impact the humanities can have, through an examination of two programs she developed as Director of UC Santa Barbara’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Center: the first is a civics education partnership established with the Santa Barbara Unified School District and a local public historical society; and the second is a correspondence program in literary studies that is active in all 32 California prisons. Susan Derwin is professor of comparative literature and director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UC Santa Barbara.

Free Event! Open to the public!

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The Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival

Tish Clendenen — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:31:27 +0000

The Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival Tish Clendenen Mon, 08/25/2025 - 12:31

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FREE Admission!

Link to flyer here

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2025 Amazing Grads - Niloofar Sarhadi - College of Arts and Sciences

Tish Clendenen — Tue, 06 May 2025 18:02:27 +0000

2025 Amazing Grads - Niloofar Sarhadi - College of Arts and Sciences Tish Clendenen Tue, 05/06/2025 - 12:02

Congrats, Niloofar, on being named a "2025 Amazing Grad" in Arts and Sciences! Read more here!

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2025 Italian Film Festival

Azarie LaRue — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:39:37 +0000

2025 Italian Film Festival Azarie LaRue Thu, 04/10/2025 - 15:39

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FREE Admission!

Link to flyer

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FRIT Fridays Event - Rethinking Modern Language Programs for Today's Research University

Tish Clendenen — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:39:59 +0000

FRIT Fridays Event - Rethinking Modern Language Programs for Today's Research University Tish Clendenen Mon, 03/17/2025 - 08:39

Our next FRIT Fridays event will be on Friday, March 21st from 3:30PM - 4:30PM in HUMN 370. Anne Violin-Wigent, Associate Professor of French at Michigan State, will be presenting on rethinking modern language programs for today's research university. Join us if you can and pass this along to any other AHUM graduate students or faculty that may be interested. Light refreshments will be served.

Zoom link: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/98864988718

Our next FRIT Fridays event will be on Friday, March 21st from 3:30PM - 4:30PM in HUMN 370.

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