Language and Culture Studies: News & Events

Every Thursday evening in October we will offer a new Italian film at 7pm. With the exception of the final film, none of the films being shown have US distribution and are currently unavailable to see here outside of the film festival circuit.

Prof. Tina Chiappetta-Miller will visit from UConn to discuss the final film, a new 4k restoration of Lucchino Visconti’s Bellissima, on October 26th. In addition to her talk, we are hoping to find funding for a pre-film reception.

All films are free with a Trinity College or Central Connecticut State University ID card (students, faculty, and staff).

Ever wondered what Francophone Studies is all about? Come find out! Stop by our Open House to chat with faculty & current majors, get the inside scoop on our program, and play trivia with the French Club to win Peter B’s gift cards!

Maybe you read the stellar novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) by the Colombian writer and Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez. Maybe you read it in its native Spanish, or maybe in its magnificent English translation by Gregory Rabassa. Maybe you have seen the Netflix adaptation of this novel (2024, 2026). Maybe you will watch it during Trinity Days. Maybe you liked the production. Maybe not.

Regardless of your experience with One Hundred Years of Solitude and its adaptation, we invite you to come to a panel discussion on the text, the film and their interaction with two renowned scholars in Latin American literature who have written extensively on García Márquez’s works, and also to participate with your questions and views of the series.