Dean’s Council supporter Antonio Petrosino receives an honorary doctorate

June 24, 2022.Reading time 11 minutes.

A boy of about 11 years old, Antonio Petrosino, watched as this mix of soldiers from around the world passed through his town of Coperchia, in the mountains just north of Salerno in Southern Italy. He would try to observe the soldiers who spoke different languages and came from diverse cultures.

Translation and interpretation certificate creates additional opportunities for bilingual students

October 26, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

The translation and interpretation program was created for bilingual students, who already act as translators and interpreters for their families and friends, to get the formal training required to translate in a professional setting.

Student of Distinction: Raquel Romero

April 8, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

“As a graduate student I realized that I wanted to explore how immigration is represented in Mexican literature and for my thesis project I presented an analysis that focuses on the relationship between migration and identity.” ~ Raquel Romero

Student of Distinction: Meesha Ghedia

April 8, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

“I faced many different obstacles. One of the biggest ones was culture shock and getting used to a new country.” ~ Meesha Ghedia

“Talk to the Hand”: Italian studies announces their Spring lecture series

February 5, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

There could be no more powerful image of the growing agency of Italian women in the early modern period than the raised hand of Judith in Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting “Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, 1623.” This woman’s gesture, who demands to be heard, evokes the taking up of paintbrushes, pens, and scientific instruments by women in Italy over the 300-year span.

New Italian studies minor, starting in Fall 2020, to provide a variety of opportunities

February 27, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Dr. Andrea Polegato, assistant professor of Italian Studies at Fresno State

The unique program will allow classes from cross-disciplines to count toward the minor, classes such as Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and World Viticulture. Additionally, there are plans for opportunities to engage students outside of classrooms.

New Faces: MCLL welcomes Dr. Andrea Polegato

August 30, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Andrea Polegato, who will be joining as an Assistant Professor of Italian Studies. Dr. Andrea Polegato earned his BA in History of Political Philosophy from the University of Padua, Italy and his Ph.D. in Italian Literature from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2015.

Portuguese language high school students to visit Fresno State

March 7, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Traditional Portuguese dancing during Tulare Union High School visit in 2017

As part of Portuguese Immigrant Week in California, the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute will host “Portuguese Language Students Youth Day” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 16 at Fresno State.

Transformative two-year grant to promote Portuguese legacy in Valley

November 16, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Dr. Vasco Rato, FLAD president, director Miguel Vaz, Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. David Valadao, and other University officials, students, and faculty for a reception and gift announcement at 11 a.m. Nov. 5 in the Smittcamp Alumni House.

The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), based in Lisbon, Portugal, gave $130,000 to launch two initiatives in the newly created Portuguese Beyond Borders Center at Fresno State. The grant will be split two ways with $100,000 funding the Portuguese-American Oral History Project and $30,000 to fund a speaker series. “FLAD is extremely enthusiastic about the opportunity […]

MCLL brings world to Fresno State with international perspective of guests

May 5, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

From left, Ana Cruz Navarro, director of the film “The Suffragists” (Las Sufragistas), is introduced by Mary Husain at a recent CineCulture screening.

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures brings several guests with an international perspective to Fresno State each semester.