French and Italian at UT...
The Department of French and Italian faculty and staff provide and support innovative, high quality teaching responsive to educational needs and interests of students through courses in pedagogy, language teaching, literary criticism, and cultural studies.
The department offers bachelors degrees in French and Italian. At the graduate level the department provides three subject tracks leading to masters and doctors degrees in French: French and Francophone Literature; French Linguistics; Romance Linguistics. Graduate courses in Italian support graduate degrees in other departments and cross-disciplinary offerings. Fall semester, 2009 will mark the beginning of a Graduate Program in Italian Studies at the University of Texas. Application deadline will be January 15, 2009.
Offices are located in Homer Rainey Hall (HRH) on 21st Street between the Harry Ransom Center and Benedict Hall. The building was originally the UT Music Building and was renamed in honor of former UT President Homer Rainey (1939-1944). The department shares this interesting 1950s Spanish Colonial style building with the Jessen Auditorium, and Liberal Arts Dean's Conference Room. Alice Hart's photograph (featured at the top of the navigation menu at left) looks across the Littlefield Fountain at the east end of the building.
Current News
2009 Raymond Dickinson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship
We are happy to announce that our colleague, Guy Raffa, has been selected as the recipient of a 2009 Raymond Dickinson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship.
The College of Liberal Arts established the Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship in 1989 to recognize faculty demonstrating outstanding commitment to teaching undergraduate and graduate students.
Bravo, Guy! Keep up the good work!
Liberal Arts Council Teaching Award
We are pleased to announce that department chair and Professor of Italian Daniela Bini has been presented with a 2009 Liberal Arts Council Teaching Award, a recognition nominated and awarded by students.
The Liberal Arts Council at The University of Texas at Austin is a student organization that represents the interests of students in the College of Liberal Arts.
Congratulations to Professor Bini!
Français interactif's new online textbook
UT's French Connection: Students Save and Rave with Electronic Learning Resources
Français interactif Receives 2009 CALICO Access to Language Education Award
We are pleased to announce Français interactif has been awarded the 2009 CALICO Access to Language Education Award, from CALICO, (Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium), Lernu.net and the Esperantic Studies Foundation, for a web site offering exceptional access to language learning resources. Français interactif will be recognized at CALICO's Annual Symposium Banquet at Arizona State University. Français interactif will be presented the ALE Award certificate and a $250 prize/honorarium.
Congratulations!