Spring 2008

News and Information
French and Italian
The University of Arizona

Undergraduates and Graduates

The Department of French and Italian announces the students who are graduating this May. Congratulations to all.    more>>

Fabian Alfie, Italian

Fabian Alfie has been chosen as 2008 Distinguished Teacher by the College of Humanities.  more>>

Lise Leibacher, French

This year Dr. Lise Leibacher was one of three professors on campus to receive the award of “Outstanding Mentor of Graduate and Professional Students.”   more>>

Special Lecture by Bernard Magnier

On Monday March 10, 2008 the University of Arizona had the pleasure of welcoming Bernard Magnier for a conference entitled “Ecrire en français, venir d'ailleurs”  more>>
 

Marie-Pierre Le Hir: The National Habitus

On Wednesday March 26, 2008, Professor Marie-Pierre Le Hir presented a lecture entitled "The National Habitus: Norbert Elias' Theory of Nationalism."  more>>

K-16 Technology Workshop

Sponsored by CERCLL and PAL, a special workshop on technology and language teaching was held on Saturday March 29, 2008. Workshop leader was Karen Philabaum-Maginnis.   more>>

Foreign Language Fair

The Language Fair was held at the University of Arizona on Saturday, April 12 2008.    more>>

Ronnie Terpening

After twenty-six years of teaching Italian at the University of Arizona, Professor Ronnie H. Terpening will retire in May 2008.    more>>

Giuseppe (Beppe) Cavatorta  

One of the most important poets of Italian neo-avant-garde, Adriano Spatola and his poetic oeuvre has remained in only small and often out of print editions.     more>>

Isabelle Constant 

African tradition pays particular attention to dreams, their interpretation and their predictive power. Such attention is also found in African novels.    more>>