News and Events

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. 

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)!