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In a recent Le Monde op-ed, Professor Benjamin Hoffmann examines the controversy surrounding writer Thélyson Orélien and the accusations that his novel was produced with the help of…
STILSA is an international education program that offers paid, career-building or credit-earning experiential learning opportunities for Ohio State STEM students. Dr. Patrice Hamel, a professor of…
Kickstart Kreyòl, designed by French and francophone studies Assistant Professor Ryan Joyce, is entering its second year with a mission to expand Haitian Creole language education…
Languages have been an integral part of Elena Past’s life, guiding her upbringing, education and eventual career in higher education. Now, as the incoming chair for the Department…
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lucille Toth will serve as Interim Director of the Newark Earthworks Center, effective July 1.
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Her program On Board(hers) was recognized for demonstrating excellence in community engagement and high-impact practices.
Dr. Lucille Toth, Associate Professor in Newark, has received the 6-Year Distinguished STEP Faculty Mentor Award, recognizing exceptional excellence in advancing STEP's…
FRIT was proudly represented at Newark’s 22nd Annual Student Research and Scholarship Forum by four exceptional students whose work highlights the department’s commitment to…
Deborah Idowu, a first-year French and Francophone Studies PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University, has been named co-winner of the prestigious…
The Department of French and Italian and French Center of Excellence were pleased to celebrate our own Benjamin Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Designated Professor of French Literature,…
Thirteen students in Italian 3222, Modern Italian Media (Professor Qian Liu), visited Thompson Library’s Special Collections to explore rare materials on Italian Futurism and its global…
The Department of French and Italian is thrilled to share Professor Lucille Toth's co-edited volume, Embodied Narratives in the Health Humanities and Literary Studies,…
The French Center of Excellence was pleased to host visiting Professor André Leblanc to discuss his current research on a project entitled Modernity of Madame de Staël and the Coppet Group…
Dr. Lucille Toth, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, recently collaborated with Latinx students at the University of Texas at San Antonio through her creative research project …
On October 9th, CSCC Executive Chef Reese Flowers (Degrees Restaurant) visited the students of FRIT 3061: Mediterranean Food Cultures to talk all about pesto. After the students were primed to…
Students in Italian 5330 took a field trip across the Oval to Thompson Library to peruse the rare manuscripts collection. Many don't realize how amazing the collection of Medieval and Renaissance…
The French Center of Excellence hosted its first guest, University of Indiana at Bloomington Professor of French, Nicolas Valazza, for the Autumn 2025 semester on October 9 in Thompson Library…
In French 4401 “Le Féérique et le fantastique” we have been reading “contes de fées” (fairy tales) by sophisticated writers of the period 1690-1757, many of them women. Cinderella’s science…
Professor Ryan Joyce is participating in the inaugural Engaged Scholars Academy, organized by Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. Over the course of the year, the Academy convenes to…
Dr. Maggie Flinn, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, was recently honored as a recipient of the prestigious Will Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Professor Flinn…
The Department of French and Italian is excited to announce Dr. Benjamin Hoffmann, College of Arts and Sciences Designated Professor of French Literature, has been named a Fellow of the Royal…
Our own Dr. Maggie Flinn, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Film Studies has been shortlisted for Comics Studies Society Best Edited Book shortlist and for…
Professor Ryan Joyce recently appeared on the radio live from Martinique, where he organized two conferences on the visibility and invisibility of queer and feminist experiences, expressions, and…
The Department of French and Italian celebrated our academic year 2025 graduates, including 6 graduate students taking MAs or PhDs as well as numerous majors and minors, on May 3 in Hagerty Hall…
On April 1, 2025, the French Center of Excellence and Wexner Center for the Arts co-hosted a series of events dedicated to honoring and exploring French and Francophone culture and language as a…
The French Center of Excellence and Department of French and Italian hosted Dr. Loïc Bourdeau on April 3 to discuss his research in narrative medicine. Dr. Bourdeau's talk, entitled #Ob…
The French Center of Excellence and Department of French and Italian hosted a conversation between Dr. Mauro Cazzolla and Professor Jonathan Combs-Schilling on Thursday, April 17 to analyze some…
We are pleased to announce Professor Lucille Toth's OnBoard(hers) documentary, produced in 2021, has been selected as part of the 2025 Columbus International Film Festival on April 26 in the…
The Department of French and Italian was pleased to host French cartoonist Jessica Oublié on Thursday, March 27 for a review and discussion of her new book Toxic Tropics.
The French Center of Excellence and Department of French and Italian hosted Professor Chase Cormier for this year's Jules Verne Lecture in Creative Writing on March 17, 2025 at Thompson Library…
The French Center of Excellence was honored to host Yale University Associate Professor of French, Morgane Cadieu, on February 3. Professor Cadieu gave a talk in Thompson Library on her most…
Benjamin Hoffmann, College of Arts & Sciences Designated Professor of French Literature, has been named Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palmes. This prestigious French honor, founded in 1808,…
This lecture examines the historical and contemporary systemic exclusions impacting the authentic representation of Black American Music (BAM). Focusing on the perspectives of Nicholas Payton, a…
The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will host its annual symposium on Friday, February 21 and the morning of Saturday, February 22. This event brings together six scholars from OSU and…
The French Center of Excellence is proud to announce its Spring 2025 lecture and programming series. The following events are free and open to the public. Please register using the links below.
“HIP HOP is a gateway to our youth…music influences their decisions, what clothes they wear, what they want to be as an adult and even the food choices they make. I connect this culture and…
Chay Robert Rossing is a graduating senior on track for degrees in Philosophy with a Minor in LGBTQ+ Studies; Religious Studies; and French and Francophone Studies. Under research mentor, Dr. Dana…
The Wexner Center for the Arts will host a French film festival by Jean-Luc Godard in January 2025.
This special series offers three chances to see Godard’s final works paired each night…
Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and better able to cope with traumatic memories
Andrea Sims, Professor in the Department of Linguistics, will give a lecture on November 20 entitled "Modeling trees, theorizing forests: From local to system-level linguistic organization."
Designated Arts & Sciences Professor of French Literature Benjamin Hoffmann recently published a new edition of De l'Esprit des lois. Congratulations, Professor Hoffmann!
“Murakame” by Benjamin Hoffman, College of Arts and Sciences Designated Professor of French and Francophone Literature, has been published in the Fall 2024 issue…
