MONTREAL
Courtesy:  Claire-Marie Brisson (PhD Candidate)

"The only thing certain is that nothing is certain."

- Pliny the Elder (as quoted by Montaigne, on the ceiling beams of his home)

Courtesy: Gary Ferguson (Faculty)

Paris Plage

Courtesy: Gary Ferguson (Faculty)

UVa in Lyon

Courtesy: Amanda Selsky (CLAS '17)

Paris

Courtesy: Ari Blatt (Faculty)

Paris

Courtesy: Anna Robinson (J-Term Paris, 2017)

Place Bellecour, Lyon

Courtesy: Maggie Stein (Staff)

3 FRENCH NEW WAVE EVENTS AT UVA AND VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL Oct 30-Nov 3

3 FRENCH NEW WAVE EVENTS AT UVA AND VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL Oct 30-Nov 3

Please come to three special French New Wave film events in conjunction with the visit of Antoine de Baecque to the University of Virginia. The former editor of Cahiers du Cinéma and journalist for Libération, historian Antoine de Baecque will present the film he wrote about Truffaut and Godard (Two in the Wave), give a lecture on cinema, and present a new print of Melville’s 1956 classic Bob le Flambeur at the Virginia Film Festival.

 

The UVA Department of French welcomed two guest speakers sponsored by The French Embassy, La Fondation Charles de Gaulle, and CCI Paris Ile-de-France on October 2.

The UVA Department of French welcomed two guest speakers sponsored by The French Embassy, La Fondation Charles de Gaulle, and CCI Paris Ile-de-France on October 2. Pictured here from left to right are Lova Rajaonarisoa, Claire-Marie Brisson - both from the Department of French, as well as Diane Grillère (Paris-Sorbonne; Fondation Charles de Gaulle) and Anaïs Ravet (CCI Paris Ile-de-France).

 

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News & Announcements

The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure

Deborah McGrady announces publication of her new book. "The Writer's Gift or the Patron's Pleasure? The Literary Economy in Late Medieval France".

February 4, 2019

UVA ranks as the top university in the country in number of BA degrees awarded in French

February 1, 2019

George’s first book, Montaigne’s Career, Oxford, 1998

Congratulations to George Hoffmann, PhD UVA 1990 and Professor of French at U Michigan, on winning the MLA's prestigious Scaglione Prize for his latest book, Reforming French Culture: Satire, Spiritual Alienation, & Connection to Strangers, Oxford, 2017.

January 9, 2019

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