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Charles R. Ross Distinguished Lecture in Italian Studies

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU) to deliver the inaugural Charles R. Ross Distinguished Lecture in Italian Studies!

Thursday, February, 6, 2025, 5pm Annenberg Room (4315 SSMS), Reception to follow.

"Race, Gender, and Population in Italy from Mussolini's "Battle for Babies" to Meloni's

FRIT to offer Discovery Seminar in winter 2024

Come meet the faculty in the Department of French & Italian, and discover what they research as well as what you can learn as a major or minor in French and/or Italian here at UCSB!

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FRIT Launches New Website

The Department of French & Italian is pleased to announce the launch of its new website. The site showcases the interdisciplinarity and collegiality of our department, and highlights our faculty and students. We invite to explore the site and discover our ongoing research projects, our innovative courses, and everything else FRIT has to offer.

Prof. Giancarlo Tursi Wins Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome

We are delighted to announce that our colleague, Prof. Giancarlo Tursi, Assistant Professor of Translation Studies and Translation Theory, has been awarded the prestigious 2024-2025 Rome Prize in Modern Italian Studies from the American Academy in Rome. Congratulations! Professor Tursi will spend the next year at the Academy working on his book project, "Dialectal Dante: The Politics of Translation in Risorgimento Italy."

Postcolonial Translation: Ubah Cristina Ali Farah in conversation with Laura Sarnelli and Giancarlo Tursi

Tuesday, April 16th, 4-6pm, 6020 HSSB, McCune Conference Room

Please join us for a conversation with writer Ubah Cristina Ali Farah on the recent translation of her book, Commander of the River.

Prof. Giancarlo Tursi wins Franklin Research Grant!

A hearty congratulations to Prof. Giancarlo Tursi, Assistant Professor of Translation Studies and Translation Theory who was awarded a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society. Prof. Tursi will conduct research in the archives of the National Library of Naples on Domenico Jaccarino's 1870 Dante Popolare, a complete translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into Neapolitan dialect. Congratulations!