News and Events

UCSB Italian Club, Tombola Night

Friday, November 6th, 5-7:30pm, Phelps Hall 5309

Tombola! Join us and learn to play this popular pastime and other card games. Ci vediamo presto!  Follow us: @ucsbitalianclub, @ucsbitalian

[POSTPONED] Talk: Jamaican Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison on Translating Dante's Inferno

*Due to unforeseen circumstances, this talk has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for a later date. Please stay tuned to this website for updates.*

Thursday, November 5th, 5pm, North Hall 1006

New Course for W27: Intro to French Culture

Are you fascinated by the art, history, and vibrant culture of France? Check out our new course—"Introduction to French Culture" (French 20X)—debuting next quarter! Fulfill GE requirements (Area E, European Traditions, Writing); no prerequisites or French language required. All material is taught in English. Space is limited, tegister on GOLD today!

UCSB Italian Club, 1st Meeting of the Year

Wednesday, October 7th, 6:30pm, Phelps Hall 5309

Benvenuti! Interested in Italian culture? Want to learn Italian? Love Italian food? Join us at the first meeting of the UCSB Italian Club. Ci vediamo presto!  Follow us: @ucsbitalianclub, @ucsbitalian

UCSB French Club, 1st Meeting of the Year

Tuesday, October 6th, 4:45pm, Phelps Hall 5309A

All are welcome to join us for the first meeting of the year of the UCSB French Club. Open to all skill levels, come and hang out! Follow us: @frenchclubucsb

Enri Lala ’26, French minor, wins prestigious Lafayette Fellowship

We are delighted to announce that recent UCSB graduate Enri Lala ’26, who minored in French with a double major in Global Studies and History, has been awarded the prestigious Lafayette Fellowship for graduate study in France next year.

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.