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[tI Rap Therefore I Am: Why France is the Second-Largest Hip-Hop Market in the W
Wed, 01/09/2013 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Prof. Alain-Philippe Durand will give this presentation on January 9, 2013 at 5:30pm as part of the Confluence Center Lecture Series at Playground in downtown Tucson: Show & Tell @ Playground—I Rap Therefore I Am: Why France is the Second-...
Internationally Acclaimed French Novelist Marie Darrieussecq Visits U of A
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 4:00pm - Tue, 04/03/2012 - 7:00pm
Internationally Acclaimed French Novelist Marie Darrieussecq will give a public lecture in English at UA Poetry Center on April 2 co-sponsored with Africana Studies, Alliance française, College of Humanities, Confluencenter, Dept. of English...
Dr Alain-Philippe Durand
Fri, 03/02/2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Dr. Alain-Philippe Durand will be the keynote speaker at Northern Arziona University's French Film Festival "Vive la Différence! Gender and French Comedy" on March 2, 2012. He will give the public lecture "Hilarious French...
Free Gelato at the Italian Faculty / Student Meet and Greet
Thu, 02/09/2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Department of French and Italian will be holding another Faculty / Student Meet and Greet at Allegro: Il Gelato Naturale (446 North Campbell, Ste. 120).  Students who sign-in will receive a free small gelato! This is the sixth Meet and...
Orvieto Summer 2012 Informational Meeting
Tue, 01/31/2012 - 3:00pm
There will be an informational meeting for the Italian classes in Orvieto for Summer 2012.  We will talk about the course offerings, and provide general information about Orvieto.  When: Tuesday January 31 2012 @ 3:00pm Where: Sabino Room...
Michelangelo Zaccarello Public Lecture
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
 The Department of French and Italian will be sponsoring a public lecture by Michelangelo Zaccarello (Associate Professor of Italian Philology, Università di Verona).    The title of his talk: “The Shifting Boundaries of...
Wed, 01/25/2012 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm
On January 25th, the Department of French and Italian will be co-sponsoring a showing of the film A Woman Like That, about the artist Artemisia Gentileschi.  After the film, there will be a Question and Answer session with director Ellen...
SILLC's Gamers Gauntlet Medieval 5k Obstacle Race Cortona
Sat, 11/26/2011 - 7:30am - 7:30pm
Kelly Moyes, SILLC's Business Manager, is putting together a SILLC team for the Gamers Gauntlet Medieval 5k Obstacle Race. Curious to know more about this, please visit this website: http://www.gamersgauntletaz.com/ If we have a team of 10...
Information Session on Graduate Programs in French
Fri, 11/18/2011 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
What? Information Session on Graduate Programs in French When? Friday November 18th at 3-5pm in Harvill 316 You are considering applying to a MA in French? You are considering pursuing a PhD after your MA ? You are definitely planning to apply and...
SILLC Workshop on Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the Humanities
Thu, 10/27/2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Workshop on Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the Humanities Co-Sponsored by SILLC, Graduate College, and McNair Program Each year the University of Arizona Graduate College sponsors the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC)...
SILLC Workshop on Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the Humanities
Wed, 10/26/2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Workshop on Undergraduate Research Opportunities in the Humanities Co-Sponsored by SILLC, Graduate College, and McNair Program Each year the University of Arizona Graduate College sponsors the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium (UROC)...
World Cultures Table at Ghini’s French Café
Fri, 10/14/2011 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Back by popular demand, the World Cultures Table at Ghini’s French Café is now on Friday during Happy Hour. Please join us for great food and drinks between 5-7pm on the dates indicated. Check out the menu and make sure to rsvp Chef...
Italian Operas: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Sat, 10/01/2011 (All day) - Sun, 10/02/2011 (All day)
On October 1 and 2, the Arizona Opera will be pairing two  one-act operas: Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci."  Both operas are classics of "realistic"...
Prof. Durand and UA French Majors Visit Amphitheater High School in Tucson, AZ
Wed, 09/28/2011 - 8:15am - 10:00am
On September 28, 2011, Prof. Alain-Philippe Durand visited Ms. Clara Estey's French classes at Amphitheater High School as part of the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures' Scouting Program. Ms. Estey is also a MA...
Cinema Italiona
Thu, 09/08/2011 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Movie 1 from Cinema Italiano! Location: Steward Observatory N210 Price: FREE! Plot Checco, a guy who works as a bouncer at a nightclub in Brianza, dreams of becoming a policeman, like his uncle Joseph Capobianco, but for a series of funny...
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William Van Watson

PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1987. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian. Publications: Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Theatre of the Word (UMI, 1989...

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