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The Crisis of Afrophobia in Italy

By Ellie Smith
October 15, 2022 01:18 PM
Award winning author Kossi Komla-Ebri describes the prevalence—and effects—of racism in Italy.
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Student Internship: Emma Stucki in Rome

By French Department
July 20, 2022 01:00 PM
Emma Stucki recently graduated from BYU as a pre-med student minoring in Italian. She was accepted to medical school at Washington State University and will begin her studies in the Fall. She attributes her acceptance in large part to her internship. She says “I think my internship was the single most valuable addition to my application to medical school.”
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Student Faculty Research: Rachel McDonald and Dan Paul

By French Department
March 31, 2022 10:12 PM
Rachel McDonald started learning Italian in an ITAL 101 class here at BYU. She continued her studies while serving in the Italy Rome Mission and declared herself an Italian major upon returning to BYU. She has pursued studying the Italian language and culture ever since.
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Student Faculty Research: LeeAnn Broderick and Professors Corry Cropper and Carter Charles

By French Department
March 01, 2022 09:10 AM
LeeAnn Broderick, a senior majoring in both French and Art History, has been working on a research project about the 1890 French play Camille. The play focuses on the interaction between a fictional Mormon family and a Frenchman with legal troubles. In her paper, LeeAnn examines how Mormonism is used as a bridge between the secular French state and America as a religious country.
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Want to Escape to France? Visit the MOA

By Savannah Taylor
January 06, 2022 09:30 AM
Walk the streets of Paris this winter without leaving Provo. (Sadly, no food or drinks allowed.)
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"Projet Zeitgeist" Award-Winning Paper

By French Department
July 13, 2021 02:20 PM
The French and Italian department would like to congratulate Ariel Munyer on winning the History Department's History of Religious Liberty Award! Ariel is a recent graduate, she graduated this April. As her submission, Ariel used her Projet Zeitgeist paper from Dr. Sara Phenix’s French 362 course.
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BYU Professors Win MHA Award for Their Publication “Mormon in Paris”

By Heather Bergeson
June 30, 2021 12:38 PM
Congratulations to Associate Dean Corry Cropper and Associate Professor Christopher Flood (French & Italian) for receiving the Mormon History Association (MHA) 2021 Best Book on International Mormon History award for their collaborative publication, Mormons in Paris: Polygamy on the French Stage.
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French Literature Professor Writes Horror Analysis, Gets Picked for Series Editor Position

By Molly Ogden Welch
February 26, 2021 06:46 PM
French literature professor Marc Olivier made a splash with his book "Household Horror: Cinematic Fear and the Secret Life of Everyday Objects," landing him a series editor position for a new series, Icons of Horror.
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“Mormons in Paris”: Two BYU Professors Analyze Mormon Polygamy in French Culture

By Molly Ogden Welch
February 22, 2021 01:34 PM
Professors Corry Cropper and Chris Flood recently published their book "Mormons in Paris" as an analysis of how the French used early Mormon polygamy to satirize French culture in the 1800s.
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Corry Cropper on Albert Camus' The Plague (1947)

July 06, 2020 12:00 AM
Albert Camus’ novel depicts the city of Oran, Algeria during a contemporary outbreak of the plague. While there are obvious parallels between the plague in the novel and the peste brune (the brown plague, a nickname for the Nazis who occupied France during World War 2), by transforming the threat into an act of nature, Camus shifts the focus from human cruelty to the many reactions to suffering: some pretend it doesn’t exist, some try to escape it, others accept it and try to alleviate pain.
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