"I speak and, before all, I write in the presence of all the world’s languages.” With this statement, Martinican poet, novelist, and philosopher Édouard Glissant invited us to consider and explore the rich and productive relations born of our encounter with new languages and cultures. The Department of French and Italian introduces you to worlds of exceptional historical depth and cultural diversity, two of the oldest and richest cultures that have made critical contributions to the arts and sciences of modern society. Together, French and Italian have played a key role in the transmission and development of classical antiquity and, each in its unique way, they have contributed since early modern times to the processes of globalization that have shaped the contemporary world from Europe to the Americas and from Africa to Asia.
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