Department of French and Italian at the University of Arizona

04/21/2026

Can't join us in Paris this summer for ? You can still learn about hip-hop cultures in the US and the French-language world by enrolling in FREN/AFAS 373 this fall with Dr. Knisely! The course is fully online, has no pre-requisites, and fulfills multiple gen ed requirements!

Class # 37422, 37423, 44496, or 44497

Gen Ed Attribute: Diversity and Equity, US
Gen Ed Attribute: World Cultures and Societies
Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Artist
Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities

No room in your fall schedule? You can also take FREN/AFAS 373 this summer (7w1) with Dr. Durand!

College of Humanities at The University of Arizona

03/19/2026

Join Team Kerr during March Madness! Steve and Margot Kerr have committed $1 million to create the Kerr Family Endowment for Humanities Abroad, which will award $5,000 scholarships to eight students each year. The College of Humanities is asking alumni and friends to come together in a crowdfunding campaign to raise $5,000 and provide an additional study abroad scholarship for a deserving student. Every gift matters. Please consider a gift of $25 in honor of Steve’s jersey number and help us reach this goal! https://crowdfund.arizona.edu/project/49584

03/19/2026

Check out the 2026 Night of Idea's featuring our very own Dr. Mouzet https://nightofideas.org/los-angeles/speakers/
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Refik Anadol (b. 1985, Istanbul) is an internationally renowned media artist and a pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. Based in Los Angeles, he is Director and co-founder of Refik Anadol Studio and teaches in UCLA’s Department of Design Media Arts, where he earned his MFA. ...

02/16/2026

Check out the classes we'll be offering this summer in French!
Register now! french.arizona.edu

02/16/2026

Congratulations to Michelle Durham, our awesome alum! Thank you for coming back to campus to share reflections on your amazing career with our current students.

Congratulations to Michelle Durham, the 2025-26 College of Humanities Alumna of the Year! She graduated in 2002 with a double major in French and Communication and is currently the Senior Vice President of Programming for Warner Bros. Discovery. Enjoy the Arizona Alumni of the Year celebration!
https://humanities.arizona.edu/news/michelle-durham-named-coh-alumna-year

02/12/2026

02/12/2026

Thank you for everyone who is stepping up on this giving day to join ! Our students are deeply grateful for the experiences that you make possible with your generous gifts, including the chance to participate in our wonderful faculty-led programs:

Immersive Italian in Orvieto https://arizona.via-trm.com/program_brochure/26681
Arizona in Paris https://arizona.via-trm.com/program_brochure/26683
Cultural Immersion in Paris https://arizona.via-trm.com/program_brochure/27789/

It’s the final stretch of Giving Day – if you share our belief that study abroad is essential to a humanities education, please join Team Kerr by making a gift of any size to the Kerr Family Endowment for Humanities Abroad. givingday.arizona.edu/hum

02/11/2026

Language Bytes season 2 is here!

In the first part of this two-part interview, Ángela talks to Dr. Allain-Philippe Durand, the Dorrance Dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona.

An advocate for entrepreneurship in the humanities and author of "Hip-Hop en Français: An Exploration of Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World," among other titles, Dr. Durand is also a professor of French. In this interview, Dr. Durand discusses the significance of the humanities in the professional world.

Click the link below to listen!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fCXpxW7QsJ5QQLpMlqZsf?si=bd774393a106443c