GTAs in French hosted their annual Francophone Taste Fest on October 28th featuring dishes and teas from French-speaking areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. Undergrads in French at the elementary and intermediate levels
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Writing Center Support for French and Spanish Students
The Writing Center now has tutors with intermediate proficiency in French and advanced/native proficiency in Spanish. The Writing Center is open to all members of the UA community, and both
AIZEN Conference
Association Internationale Zola et Naturalisme 30th Anniversary “Émile Zola, Naturalism, and Protest” The conference took place March 3-5, 2022 at the University of Alabama and was hosted by the Department
Congratulations to Katherine Lightfoot
Katherine Lightfoot is the University of Alabama 2021-2022 winner for Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student. Katherine is a graduate student earning her Masters Degree in German. She is currently
Day of the Dead celebration held at the Department of Modern Languages & Classics
Day of the Dead celebration held at the Department of Modern Languages & Classics; sponsored by the Spanish Club/LEASF. The altar was dedicated to Frida Kahlo. The “calaveras literarias” (skul\l
Dr. Cheryl Toman awarded 2021 “Gender Chair”
Dr. Cheryl Tomas was awarded the 2021 “Gender Chair” by The Gender Institute of France’s CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). Home | Institut du Genre (institut-du-genre.fr)
Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes awarded SREB-DSP Dissertation Year Award
Elizabeth Naranjo Hayes was awarded a prestigious Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-Doctoral Scholars Program (DSP) Dissertation Year Award for 2021-2022. As a State Doctoral Scholars Fellow, she will be awarded
Dr. Michael Picone awarded Alabama World Languages Association Award for Excellence in Teaching (Post-Secondary)
Congratulations to Mike Picone on the Alabama World Languages Association Award for Excellence in Teaching (Post-Secondary)! This recognition will take place at the spring joint AWLA/SCOLT meeting in Mobile March
Two students in French PhD program receive SREB fellowships
Deproux Kadji and Maxime Vignon, both students in the French PhD program, received prestigious Southern Regional Education Board dissertation fellowships.
Undergraduate student in French writes article for online magazine
Emily Morgan, an undergraduate student in the French program, writes “Why Should College Students Learn a Foreign Language?” for the online magazine, HER Campus.