News and Events

Lecture: "Animating Matter: Italian Puppetry as a Technology of Wonder," Prof. Federico Pacchioni (Chapman U)

Thursday, May 28th, 2pm, SSMS 2303

Congrats to Stephanie Malia Hom on her new co-edited volume!

We are delighted to celebrate Stephanie Malia Hom's new volume, Illegality and the Making of Italy: Crime Italian Style (2026), co-edited with Dana Renga. 

Talk: A Man's Secrets: Translating Queer French Writers (Jeffrey Zuckerman)

Thursday, April 30th, 5pm, MCC Theater

Brown Bag Talk: "The Force of Poverty," Prof. Silvia Mazzini (Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts)

Friday, April 24th, 12pm, 6206C Phelps Hall

Please join us for a Brown Bag talk by Prof. Silvia Mazzini (Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts) co-sponsored by the Comparative Literature Program and the Departments of French and Italian and the Graduate Center for Literary Research.

"The Force of Poverty: Eco-Political Resistance as the Creation of Alternatives"

UCSB Club Matchup: Italy vs. Germany!

12-2pm, Rec Cen Field 1

Please join us for our annual club matchup and come cheer on your favorite team. Forza azzurri!

UCSB Give Day 2026

UC Santa Barbara is a community worth celebrating. Join the festivities by making a gift to French & Italian, one of the many programs and activities that make campus special. Merci beaucoup & grazie mille for your support!

Congrats to Eric Prieto on his new book, Urban Informality and Narrative Form (2026)!

A hearty congratulations to Eric Prieto on his new book, Urban Informality and Narrative Form (Routledge, 2026)!

Screening + Q&A: "Toni, My Father" (2025) with Director Anna Negri

Friday, 3/13, 3pm, South Hall, 2nd Floor, Seminar Room 2635

The Center on Modern Culture, Materialism, and Aesthetics (COMMA), the Department of French and Italian, and the Department of Film and Media Studies are pleased to present filmmaker Anna Negri and the screening of her documentary Toni, My Father (2025), 110 mins.