French & Italian

Victor Brombert, preeminent scholar of French literature, dies at 101.

February 5, 2025

Victor Brombert, the Henry Putnam University Professor of Romance and Comparative Literatures, and an authority on French literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, died…
ECS Director Effie Rentzou Co-Curates ‘Objects – Ways of Seeing’ Exhibition in Paris

February 1, 2025

A new exhibition opening at the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is co-curated by Effie Rentzou (French and Italian), director of the Humanities Council’s Program in…
Bring out the Elves! Speech by Patrick Chamoiseau at the reception for the Lifetime of Excellence Award at the Center for Fiction in New York.

January 6, 2025

The Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson once told me a beautiful story. He was a great admirer of the French writer Michel Butor, who was a major figure of the Nouveau…
Pietro Frassica awarded Targa Antonello by Antonello da Messina Cultural Association

June 25, 2024

Prof. Pietro Frassica was surprised at a conference last month with the Targa Antonello (Antonello Plaque), a lifetime achievement award from the Antonello da Messina…
Senior Thesis Spotlight: Fernando Avilés-García used artificial intelligence to analyze Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy.’

June 18, 2024

In his final year at Princeton, Fernando Avilés-García tackled 700-year-old literature with an innovative approach: building an artificially intelligent tool to analyze…