September 2019
Maupassant, l’homme qui aimait les femmes?
Noëlle Benhamou, Associate Professor at the University of Picardie-Jules Verne, presents: Maupassant, l’homme qui aimait les femmes. (lecture will be in French) Abstract: Reading Guy de Maupassant, France’s 19th-century master of the short story, can…
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Samuele Pardini, Elon University
More information coming soon.
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19th century French poetry
Riots and Revolutions in 19th-Century French Poetry Friday, November 15, 2019 4:00pm to 5:30pm The French House Catherine Witt, Associate Professor, Reed College Poets and Riots, from Barbier to Baudelaire The word émeute (meaning variously riot,…
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Merci, mais non merci: Black Ecology in a Creole Context
Bénédicte Boisseron Associate Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies University of Michigan, Ann Arbor In ecological terminology, commensalism refers to a class of relationship in which two organisms mutually benefit without affecting each other: there…
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Lecture: Foucault: littérature et vérité
Prof. Olivier Guerrier (Université de Toulouse) Lecture (in French) followed by discussion Olivier Guerrier is a leading specialist in French Renaissance literary studies, especially Montaigne (Rencontre et Renaissance : Les Essais ou le jeu du hasard…
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How to Study Humanism and the Representations of Islam? A Dispatch from the Fronts of Today’s French ‘Culture Wars’
Lecture by Professor Tristan Vigliano (University Aix-Marseille) Join us October 22nd at the French House!
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Presentation and discussion of Molière’s Don Juan
The French House will welcome Prof. Richard Goodkin for a presentation of Molière's "Don Juan" and a discussion of the UW Dept. of Theatre and Drama's production of the play. This is an opportunity…
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Foucault and Literature: Today and Yesterday
Conference by Professor Olivier Guerrier (Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès) The conference will be in English. More information to come.
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“The French 2022 Elections and the Transformations of French Politics” – Presentation by Prof. Sylvie Daviet of Aix-Marseille Université
Featuring Professors Sylvie Daviet (Geography and European Studies, Aix-Marseille Université) and Laird Boswell (History & CIFS, UW-Madison), moderator Prof. Gilles Bousquet, (French and Italian & CIFS) Co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies, the Jean…
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French Club is a registered student organization that focuses its activities on the French language and Francophone culture. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning about the French language/culture to join. The purpose of…
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French Club
French Club is a registered student organization that focuses its activities on the French language and Francophone culture. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning about the French language/culture to join. The purpose of…
Find out more »Geopoetics at the crossroad of literature, geography and botany – Presented by Rachel Bouvet
Description: Geopoetics opens a transdisciplinary field at the intersection of literature, arts, earth sciences and human sciences. Research and creation are the two facets of a sensitive and intellectual process which aims to intensify the…
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French Club is a registered student organization that focuses its activities on the French language and Francophone culture. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning about the French language/culture to join. The purpose of…
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French Club
French Club is a registered student organization that focuses its activities on the French language and Francophone culture. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning about the French language/culture to join. The purpose of…
Find out more »What Is Zeitgeist Literature? A virtual talk by Christy Wampole
Christy Wampole is a professor of French at Princeton University. Her specific areas of focus are nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first-century French, Francophone, and Italian literature, especially the novel and the essay, with a special interest…
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French Club is a registered student organization that focuses its activities on the French language and Francophone culture. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning about the French language/culture to join. The purpose of…
Find out more »FRIT Research Seminar
The FRIT Research Seminars are meant to share research in an informal setting, providing an opportunity for feedback, dialogue, and intellectual exchange. November 30th Presentations When: Wednesday November 30, 2022. 4pm- 5:15pm, small reception to…
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French Club
French Club is a registered student organization that focuses its activities on the French language and Francophone culture. We encourage anyone who is interested in learning about the French language/culture to join. The purpose of…
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Cena Italiana 2023
The Italian Club is very excited about our upcoming event on April 23rd at 6pm, Cena Italiana 2023! This event, sponsored by NIAF, is a celebration for everyone in the department: undergrads, graduate students, and faculty.…
Find out more »Encountering the Nonhuman in French Literature and Thought, a symposium
EVENT FLYER “The Nonhuman Future” Lucas Hollister (Dartmouth College) Hollister is Associate Professor of French and Italian Languages and Literatures at Dartmouth College, with areas of expertise in 20th/21st-century French literature, the novel, popular culture,…
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