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Sage Corps Summer 2023

Sage Corps Summer 2023 Abroad Program

Intern abroad with Sage Corps! The Summer 2023 program offers internships abroad for CU students... Read more
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France and the Muslim World

July 11 - Aug 11 Can Islam be French? Read more
Inferno 1911

Inferno 1911 - Silent Film Screening with Live Jazz Accompaniment

May 1st, 2023 6:30pm Reception, 7:30pm Screening Chancellor's Hall & Auditorium, CASE 1725 Euclid Ave,... Read more
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Why Study French and Italian?

The Department of French and Italian provides instruction in the languages, literatures, cinema, and cultures of France, Italy, and other areas where these languages are spoken.

We offer a wide selection of undergraduate courses, covering topics ranging from the Middle Ages to Italian-American culture and the Francophone literature of Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East.

Our MA and PhD graduate programs in French are among the national leaders in successfully placing students in academic positions, and the highly productive research faculty provide expertise in all areas of French and Italian literature.

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Featured Courses - Spring 2023

Liberty, sex or death! FREN 4110/5110

Taught Tuesdays 3:30-6:00pm
Liberty, sex or death! Moral dilemmas in early modern French culture will be taught in English this spring! We’ll be reading stories about female rage, nuns gone wild, torrid love affairs and bad marriages.
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Sexuality and Gender Wars in Italy and France

Taught MWF 12:20-1:10pm
In this class we will study literature, scientific and political texts, and artwork as we consider how these questions regarding acceptable sexuality and gender norms relate to our own beliefs today.

Sexual Consent: Medieval/Modern

Taught Thursday 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Challenging the popular narrative that the history of sexual consent is one of linear progress and/or that sexual consent is a modern invention, this course will attend the medievalness of our modern conceptions of it.

(Taught in English)