A pioneer in distance learning through the use of satellite technology and the Web, Nicole Vaget has taught French to African students in Zimbabwe, Ghana, and Kenya.
Elissa Gelfand focuses on French and Francophone women writers, twentieth-century French culture and literature, and comparative feminist theory.
Propaganda film during the Franco dictatorship? Consumer culture and the notion of backwardness? Just some of Justin Crumbaugh's interests.
When she's not examining political speeches in ancient Athens and Sparta, Paula Debnar is asking whether Aeschylus's Cassandra was a virgin or revising a textbook on Homeric Greek.
Want to examine the influence of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides on modern filmmakers like Roman Polanski and Woody Allen? Study with Bruce Arnold.
Want to know about fascism in Italy, or Pirandello? What about Italian children's literature or an Italian "Miss Manners" who headed to Hawaii after marrying a member of the Hawaiian nobility? Ask Ombretta Frau.
Contact
Program in Romance Languages & LiteraturesMount Holyoke College 115 Ciruti Language Center Phone 413-538-2074 Fax 413-538-3437 Email the Department