WELCOME! The GAFIS Graduate Student Symposium, now in its 28th year, provides a forum for intellectual and scholarly exchange in a positive collegial atmosphere. Interdisciplinary in nature, this national event gives future colleagues the chance …
Year: 2014
Conceiving Peace, Pacification, and Conflict Resolution in the Early Modern Period
Early Modern Studies Conference This conference will touch on several interrelated questions : how can enemies reconcile ? How can we imagine peaceful coexistence ? How can nations and individuals get along ? The …
Visit by the Italian Ambassador
The Italian Ambassador to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, will talk about the importance of Italian Studies and Italy’s cultural heritage. As Italy currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the …
Professor Simon Gaunt 2014
On October 29, 2014 Professor Simon Gaunt of King’s College London gave a Germaine Brée Lecture on an alternative history of medieval literature in French. He also participated in the Department Colloquia: French outside France …
Professor Simon Gaunt 2014
On October 29, 2014 Professor Simon Gaunt from King’s College London gave a Germaine Brée Lecture on an alternative history of Medieval literature in France. The following evening Professor Gaunt also participated in the department’s …
French author Philippe Vasset Fall 2014
French 623: Communications orales en situations professionnelles
Professional communication for advanced speakers of French, with a particular focus on intercultural analysis, nonverbal communication, and public speaking. Required for students in the Professional French Masters Program.
French 449: Sexuality & Gender in French Literature
Sexualité et genre sexuel dans la littérature du XXème siècle Ce cours étudie à la fois la création et la représentation de l’identité sexuelle à travers des œuvres littéraires et cinématographiques françaises. Essentiellement fondé …
French 365: (Un)ruly Minds in French Texts Montaigne to Valéry
This course will explore the ways in which various French philosophers and literary authors have grappled with the often unruly aspects of the human mind. Topics to be discussed include the mind-body relation, the thought …
French 348: Modernity Studies
An introduction to political, social, intellectual, artistic and literary developments in French and Francophone culture, within the time period from the French Revolution to the current era. Prerequisite: French 271.