The Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Graduate Society is a student-run organization that represents graduate students in Francophone, Italian and Germanic studies. FIGGS plans monthly meetings on topics of shared professional and academic interest, and organizes the annual FIGGS Conference in the spring semester. Recent conference titles include "Dis/Indentifications and Orientations" (2010), "Written in Blood" (2011), “Altered States" (2012), "Silence . . . Silenzio" (2013), "No Man's Land" (2014), "Rewriting" (2015), "Bitterness" (2016), "War of the Wor(l)ds" (2018), "Secrets" (2019), "Apocalyptic Landscapes" (2021),"Uprootedness" (2022), "Crossroads" (2023).

 

2024-2025 Board

Presidents 
Hannah Bradley 
Marie Reeb

Treasurer
Massimiliano Lorenzon 

Social Chairs
Nicola Guida
Lina Marsella
Marcus Papandrea

Roundtable Organizers
Karine Macarez
Marie Reeb 

SASGov Representatives
Massimo Sassi
Constance Sourisse

Faculty-Student Liaisons
Zhanar Beketova
Sarah Marie Leitenberger
Constance Sourisse

Social Media
Bobby Blankemeyer
Wendy Cao